Chris Hunter Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Principal / Director Software Engineering, Strategy and Management – April 2022 to PresentPlatform Architect, MarTech – April 2021 to April 2022Solutions Architect, MarTech – Aug 2020 to April 2021Senior Solutions Architect, APIs – May 2020 to August 2020

Bethesda, Md, Us

• Architected new web platform for Marriott.com from scratch including runtime, authoring, content promotion, code promotion, CI/CD framework, SEO implementation, Microservice and platform principles. Adobe Experience Manager / Adobe AEM with Microservices, RESTful APIs, Reactive Java, GraphQL -- using AWS, OpenShift, Spring 5, React, Node.js, Redux, Redis, CouchBase, Artifactory, Akamai, F5, NGINX, Akana• Led decision to on-boarded Spring as the enterprise framework for Marriott from Akka/Play.• Led decision on moving from centralized to domain-driven API structure. Akana, Microservices, GraphQL• Designed product Search solution. Kafka, Spark, ElasticSearch, DialogFlow• Designed WeChat Loyalty App integration solution

Stamford, Ct, Us

Digital Solutions Architect and Director API Platform – 2015-2018• Servant Leader for onshore and offshore Starwood API Agile Scrum team to develop, enhance and maintain Starwood APIs (2mm budget, $800mm revenue, 9mm hits per day, 95 tps); Java.• Directed the planning of a full-scale transition strategy merging Starwood to Marriott using theStarwood API to service Mobile Apps, Web and Call Center channels (400% JVM capacity increase).• Oversaw Starwood to Marriott API Integration efforts from inception through completion including security, planning, implementation, release and post-release monitoring.• Led conceptualization and creation of the new Starwood loyalty WeChat App (20k users per day).• Led creation of a new RESTful system for managing on-property meetings in real time (“ProMeetings”); Java, Spring, Oracle, AWS, Angular.• Managed 3rd party revenue generating vendor’s requirements from inception through delivery.Digital Delivery Lead and Application Owner, API Platform – 2012-2015• Assumed ownership of API Team and drove creation of functionality for feature rich applications.• Led team of developers and coordinated with business stakeholders, analysts, QA, middleware, run-team and vendors primarily through Agile Scrum methodology.• Oversaw complete SDLC including requirements, design, implementation (using Agile Scrum), QA, performance testing, and releases.• Defined and implemented APIs for universal revenue and guest engagement; Java.• Consulted with Vendors to “solution” their products using the Starwood digital capabilities.• Identified and resolved business and technical anomalies, scheduling, release and turnover risks.• Identified and addressed system vulnerabilities to minimize malicious attacks through OAuth, HMAC, Akamai, Shape to minimize malicious attacks.Lead API Developer, API Platform – 2011-2012• Designed the ground-breaking, feature rich, revenue producing API platform; Java, REST, SOA.

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Des Moines, Iowa, Us

Des Moines, Iowa, Us

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Created enterprise-wide intranet applications for strategic business use including: document management, financial reporting and training resources (CBT’s). Projects involved securitization, database integration, document retrieval/distribution, application integration.GTE was the best work environment I ever worked in. Unfortunately the company moved from Stamford CT to Dallas TX with the merger into now what is Verizon.

Ba, Philosophy, English, Computer Science

Certificate, Internet Technologies

Certification, Database Systems

Ma, Computer Science