Lead a data science development team. We worked with data scientists to create and maintain recommendation solutions. Also worked across teams to introduce and help implement new technologies and ideas.- Designed a scalable, distributed framework for stream processing that grew to handle 20% of North American volume with 5% more profit than previous methods- Implemented automated deployment processes that reduced time to production from 20+ minutes to 2 minutes using GitOps, Azure Pipelines, and ArgoCD- Mentored junior developers and data scientists- Presented techniques around software development and architecture to the department, with subjects including testing, data mocking, event-driven architectures, and 12-factor applications

Tasked with revitalizing their legacy codebase, building a development team, and paving the way for new features.- Increased development velocity by restructuring the codebase into independent modules- Reduced accounting errors by 20% by rebuilding the financial tracking system using an append-only immutable entry system- Mentored junior developers- Improved an ETL system's processing speed by 75% by migrating it from batch to streaming using gRPC

- Reviewed and updated development team procedures so the team could expand- Consolidated 3 redundant efforts by working with multiple teams to align goals- Started the managed services team to make the AWS architecture easier to manage and more secure- Implemented a feature environment system to deploy feature environments in the cloud- Created a JavaScript package to produce interactive maps easily

Was hired to design a new website architecture and oversee the conversion of a legacy website platform to the new platform. Transitioned to a contractor in 2012 when I moved to Minnesota but maintained the same duties.- Architected the education.nationalgeographic.com site using Python and Django- Migrated the education.nationalgeographic.com codebase to run www.nationalgeographic.org- Reduced operating costs by 23% by moving the architecture to Docker and Amazon Web Services- Reduced front-end development time by developing an internal CSS and JavaScript Library with a living style guide- Cut deployment errors by 90% by implementing a continuous integration, testing, and delivery system using Jenkins

Managed the day-to-day operations, administration, and development of several web properties. Responsibilities included assisting in each area where necessary, planning and implementing new technologies, and managing long-term projects.- Architected the washingtontimes.com site to scale to 2.5 million page views per day while reducing operating costs by 30% - Developed and held training classes for a GTD initiative- Initiated an open source program and released more than three dozen internal projects as open source

Updated the infrastructure from the bottom up including cabling, IP telephony system, new order entry system, internet and automation systems.