Brian Kinney Email & Phone Number

Woodbury, Ct, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

During my tenure at HumanQ, I lead engineering efforts across product development, cloud management, and security, while fostering a collaborative and high-performing team culture.Key Responsibilities & Achievements:• Technical Execution: Hands-on coding in PHP Laravel, Quasar+Vue.js, and WordPress. Optimized server environments (Apache, Nginx, CentOS) and developed mobile applications using Objective C, Java, and Apache Cordova.• API & Cloud Management: Seamlessly integrated third-party APIs like SendGrid, Agora, and Survey Monkey. Leveraged AWS services for robust cloud infrastructure and implemented Docker for streamlined development workflows.• Database Management: Managed both SQL (MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases, ensuring high availability and performance.• Security & Compliance: Led efforts to uphold security standards and achieved SOC2 compliance with SecureFrame, safeguarding sensitive data and boosting client trust.• Team Leadership: Built and led a dynamic engineering team, promoting a culture of growth, innovation, and continuous improvement. Emphasized mentorship and technical excellence in every project.💡 Impact: Elevated HumanQ’s technical capabilities, enabling smooth scaling of our platform while maintaining top-tier security and reliability.#engineering #leadership #tech #softwaredevelopment #cloud #security #teammanagement

Saratoga Springs, New York, Us

Before an abrupt company downsizing, here are some takeaways of things my team and I accomplished:Orchestrated a team of 15 3rd party development consultants to successfully implement key features, such as: Calendar scheduling for patients and providersRevolutionized the deployment process for mobile development by enabling OTA updates for our React Native application used for iOS and Android deploymentsCollaborated with the CTO to bring all 3rd party mobile development in-house, resulting in a significant improvement in performance of DORA metrics, particularly: Time-to-deploy, Time-to-liveEstablished a new platform engineering team offshore in Argentina, led by appointed principal engineers from the onshore team, to facilitate the development of: New features, Engineering timelines for 2024Pioneered the initial phases of integrating Artificial Intelligence with platform data to enhance in-platform features for provider useLed the process for EMR and EHR integrations, focusing on: HL7/FHIR data ingestion, System architecture (AWS), Ensuring compliance with HIPPA/PIA/PHI standardsSpearheaded future initiatives for SOC2 compliance to ensure adherence to industry standards and regulations.

Hartford, Connecticut, Us

Led the software engineering (Marketing Technology) team at Aetna and CVS to enable exceptional product experiences for internal sales teamsMade critical decisions on foundational technologies and developed essential libraries for logging, metrics, A/B testing, business tracking, performance tracking, and testingCreated tools for mocking, static analysis, and implemented production and development application serversImplemented server-side rendering, architecture improvements, and refined developer experienceEmphasized empathy, positive team culture, and autonomy to drive team successSet a compelling vision, defined a mission, and outlined focus areas to align team efforts towards common goalsEstablished clear roles, responsibilities, and boundaries for effective collaboration and accountability within the teamImplemented a Mentorship program to foster mentor-mentee relationships and knowledge sharing for professional growth in a remote work environmentIntegrated AI into a user experience simulator for use with insurance brokers to better help the vision of Aetna's ability to offer services to organization's usersHelped scale and integrate Aetna's 130 employee MarTech engineering team with CVS Health's cloud engineering

Hartford, Connecticut, Us

I was promoted to this position from my Senior Frontend position at Aetna / CVS. Here are some key position takeaways and new responsibilities:Collaborated across the enterprise, advocating build, test, deploy, and release best practices to increase feature velocity at Aetna and CVS's scaleProvided technical direction, organized backlog, and guided sprint planning for the team's focused goals.Conducted research and POCs for internal projects with SCRUM engineering teamsOffered guidance on CI/CD and infrastructure for Aetna and CVS's re-platforming onto multiple new tech stacks.Accountable for numerous internally and externally launched Aetna and CVS projects' stability during multiple peak seasons.

Hartford, Connecticut, Us

I led the development, scalability, monitoring, and operation of Aetna and CVS's front-end infrastructure, along with the build, test, deploy, and release processes in a team of 6 engineers for internal sales enablement teams.To streamline releases, I created automated delivery pipelines that certified quality through comprehensive functional regression coverage. This enabled multiple daily releases and a mean time to recover of less than five minutes.To facilitate continuous delivery, I developed tools that allowed engineers to preview their applications directly from their pull requests and localize development environments. The success of this tool led to its expansion, serving engineering teams in and out of our marketing technology department. I also presented on this topic at various forums within Aetna and CVS, generating significant interest.I architected the front-end infrastructure of numerous Aetna specific internal web based applications utilizing geo-distributed Kubernetes clusters on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS) and on-prem hosting solutions focusing on edge routing, security, caching, kill switching, and disaster mitigation capabilities.

Southbury, Us

NorthPage utilizes its software platform to evaluate the marketing programs of prominent organizations by examining their online presence. By analyzing their digital footprints, NorthPage offers valuable insights, compares different strategies, and recommends best practices in digital marketing. This enables clients to effectively prioritize their goals and make improvements in their digital marketing objectives.As the frontend software engineer I had responsibilities directly pertaining to the visualization of backend services through building user interfaces via utilizing backend APIs and login services.My responsibilities encompassed designing and constructing NorthPage's cloud-based software platform, which has the capability to analyze the digital footprints of numerous companies on a large scale. This is achieved through the utilization of proprietary algorithms, services, and artificial intelligence for dynamic web page analysis. The platform efficiently manages and distributes vast amounts of digital analysis data across various scalable applications. To ensure timely updates and deployments, an agile continuous delivery model is employed, serving both internal digital analysts and external clients and partners of NorthPage.I was directly involved in the implementation and deployment of NorthPage's platform, using a wide range of technologies to accomplish this task such as:- Core service & data persistence (Java, Jetty, Restlet, Hibernate, MySQL)- Configuration (Spring IoC)- Data Caching (Redis)- Automation (Selenium, Redis Pub/Sub)- Reactive Realtime Web Applications (NodeJS, JavaScript, AngularJS, Bootstrap, Sass, WebSockets)- Continuous Integration & Delivery (Jenkins, Amazon AWS, Terraform, Docker)

Revolution Development is a firm dedicated to digital design and development, with expertise in crafting branded applications, promotions, microsites, and dynamic advertising solutions tailored for both online and mobile platforms.

Southbury, Connecticut, Us

Norwalk, Connecticut, Us

In my position with Hearst, as a single contributor, below are some key position and success takeaways:Developed interactive and engaging features, including video and audio players, for all property websites.Managed server hosting on a LAMP stack, ensuring seamless availability of multimedia resources such as graphics, interactive features, maps, and videos.Proactively maintained and resolved website defects for high-profile domains, including newstimes.com, ctpost.com, greenwichtime.com, and stamfordadvocate.com.Implemented user-generated content modules utilizing Caspio.com's database service to enhance website interactivity and engagement.Monitored and analyzed site traffic, utilizing Omniture, Alexa, and Quanteast to gain insights and drive informed decision-making.Led a cross-functional team in the successful development of XML-driven homepage/section modules, integrating various platforms such as Flickr, Twitter, Facebook, RSS 2.0, and Atom syndicates.Contributed to the seamless integration of Facebook commenting across all website properties, improving user interaction and engagement.Developed Adobe AIR-based applications as potential solutions for future web developments, ensuring innovative and cutting-edge user experiences.

Danbury, Ct, Us

Computer Science

High School Diploma