Christopher Brown Email & Phone Number

San Antonio, Texas, US

- Leading the iOS, Android, and API development of the floatme app. - Support us at https://floatme.io

Bulverde, Texas, US

• Responsibilities: Cyber Security Solutions Architecture, System Administration, Project Management, Install Base Sales
• Consulted enterprise customers daily in cryptographic solutions used to encrypt and decrypt financial data.
• Designed and delivered custom solutions for tokenization, P2PE, PKI, and other general purpose cybersecurity needs.
• Managed internal SugarCRM system which stored critical company information: contacts, accounts, sales, opportunities, etc.
• Developed python scripts using socket and m2crypto to test various functions of our Hardware Security Module
• An Expert in Enterprise Cybersecurity Solutions - Cryptography, Data Security, Point-to-Point Encryption, Public Key Infrastructure, EMV Issuance & Processing, Mobile Payments, and Tokenization.

• Project: EDW, Application Transfer API, Intranet, Inquiry Service
• Developing in Java, Camel, Pentaho Data Integration, Postgres DB
• Built ETL System to consume Application and Loan Data for the Sun Loan DivisionProject: Sun Loan Customer Contact Management SystemResponsibilities: Software Development, Strategy, Project Management, and Product.
• Worked closely with internal business partners to design a custom SMS and Email contact management system that included Enterprise Level Reporting, Message Processing, API integration, and Mass Communication options.
• Developed application using Django, Python, Bootstrap, jquery, and Postgres hosted on AWS Infrastructure using S3, EC2, RDS, SES, Elastic Beanstalk, and Code Pipeline
• Held weekly standups with the business to communicate progress and plans

• Launched Startup in less than 30 days. Profitable after 9 months!Financing, Vision, Strategy, Recruiting Talent, Marketing, Technology, Project Management, and Sales
• Pursued entrepreneurial venture and co-founded a start-up in the Paint and Sip industry that is presently operating with minimal overhead and high profit margins.
• Participated in all aspects of business plan development and execution of company strategy.
• Managed day-to-day operations, event logistics, vendor relationships, and accounting.
• Launched company website on Rackspace Cloud Ubuntu Servers, Load Balancer as a Service (LBaaS), and MySQL Database as a Service (DBaaS).
• Integrated company website with Acuity Scheduling System, Quickbooks, PayPal, PagerDuty, and Google Analytics.

San Antonio, Texas, US

• Technologies: C#, HTML5, CSS3, SQL Server 2008r2, Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis, ActiveMQ, OpenStackProjects: ARIC 3.0, Event Management 3.0, Suppression Manager 3.0, Rackspace Private Cloud Product, Newton Fast Server.
• Managed an Agile Software Development Department consisting of Software Engineers, UX Designers, Quality Engineers, Business Analysts, Scrum Masters, and Project Managers located in San Antonio, Austin, and India.
• Served as the Product Owner of the Rackspace Business Automation System, a system designed to execute millions of customized business processes each month saving Rackspace more than $100 million a year in man hours.
• Facilitated bi-weekly Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions between the Business and Development Teams in order to ensure functional requirements and product goals were properly defined and aligned to business.
• Created and managed the roadmaps of several applications and projects running in parallel, ensuring they were on track and within Capital and Operational budget (Capex and Opex).
• Designed and Developed several internal Restful APIs leveraging C# and ServiceStack across multiple projects.

San Antonio, Texas, US

• Technologies: VB, Telerik, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL Server 2005Projects: Event Viewer 1.0, Suppression Manager 1.0, Password Management, Incident Management Portal, PingWatch, and Mass Diagnostic Utility
• Managed and prioritized the Rackspace Business Automation product backlog by working with key customers and stakeholders.
• Designed and developed multiple enterprise grade applications leveraging VB.Net 2.0/3.0, MS SQL Server 2005, and BMC Atrium Orchestrator.
• Integrated propriety applications with the Rackspace Monitoring Infrastructure (MOM, SiteScope, Nimbus, and OpenNMS) in order to facilitate end-to-end monitoring automation.
• Integrated applications with the Rackspace ticketing system, Managed Backup System, Dell Alert-find application, and several other internal APIs in order to expand workflow capabilities throughout Rackspace.
• Developed numerous VB Scripts that were used to automate routine Windows 2000, 2003, and 2008 tasks across Rackspace’s customer base.

San Antonio, Texas, US

• Served as the highest point of escalation for all critical customer issues revolving around SQL Server (2000, 2005, and 2008), IIS (5.0, 6.0, and 7.0), and Windows Server (2000, 2003, and 2008)
• Assisted Senior Account Managers in developing a strategy for strengthening the team’s account base relationships to include defining Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)
• Assisted all engineers in troubleshooting efforts, guiding them towards a final resolution.
• Assisted with the proof-of-concept development and integration of a Run Book Automation Platform that would be used to eliminate non-value add work across the business.

Washington, DC, US

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Information Technology

Bachelor’S Degree, Information Technology