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Established a consultancy as a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business focused on helping other small businesses execute on their technology strategy or develop that strategy from scratch based on their business goals.I'm 100% permanently and totally disabled, but don't worry, that won't reduce my impact on your bottom line. If you're looking to support disabled veterans and you still want the best quality, then you've come to the right place!

Raleigh, Nc, Us

Leading Engineering and Architecture for the Enterprise Data and Analytics organization.

Burlington, Massachusetts, Us

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Member of the RSA Archer Product Leadership Team reporting into the Office of the Chief Technology Officer. Leads a team of 40+ associates with technical leadership responsibilities for a product development team of over 300 employees and an enterprise of nearly 3000. Includes both Product Management and Product Owner responsibilities for technical aspects of the product. Accountable for the overall cost of the product operations and implementation for our Hosted and SaaS offerings. Leads culture change within the company to become more innovative and responsive. Implemented Digital-native tools and practices to increase customer time to value. Architected new SaaS/AWS and mobility offerings serving millions of users. Offers a strategic vision for a product rated by Gartner as a Leader in four separate Magic Quadrants.RSA Archer Mobile Application - Led the design, development, and release of the RSA Archer Mobile Application helping customers stay secure and in compliance more easily and from anywhere. Used best-practices to create two highly secure, native mobile applications for iOS and Android.RSA SaaS - Led the design, development, and release of the new RSA SaaS offering running on AWS. Introduced numerous ideas and technologies in order to effectively manage this new, dynamic environment. Allowing customers to quickly add new features from our extensive suite of security and risk management tools.RSA Vendor Portal - Led the design and integration of our second SaaS offering. This tool allows customers to quickly and easily submit security questionnaires to vendors and track completion for effective auditability and vendor ease-of-use while protecting their core RSA Archer system and related data.RSA Regulatory Compliance Analysis - Used Artificial Intelligence methods to read regulations and suggest related controls to increase customer regulatory compliance effectiveness and reduce customer interpretation errors.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Member of the NAIC leadership team reporting to the Chief Technology Officer. Leads a team of 30+ associates and over 220 team members responsible for product development and management, application development and support, infrastructure services, and cloud platform services. Assists in managing a budget of over $30M. Works with insurance commissioners across the country to provide technology products and services. Staffs and participates in the Innovation and Technology Task Force to educate insurance regulators on new technologies. Improves operational efficiency by leveraging technology that automates infrastructure through cloud technology and infrastructure as code. Leads culture change within the organization to become a more innovative technology group. Working to implement DevOps tools and practices to reduce customer time to value. Increased access to data for customers and business partners through self-service business intelligence tools. Currently leveraging cloud-based technology and piloting artificial intelligence technology.Business Intelligence and Self-Service Analytics - Lead the implementation of a business intelligence tool and a community of practice. Enabled external and internal customer capabilities by launching a data and business intelligence initiative.Data Collection System - Expanded data available to regulators by using modern cloud-based technology to implement a data collection process which resulted in $2.5M in lower costs and delivered 12 months earlier than projected with existing technology. Ultimately creating a flexible system to collect many different datasets by simplifying configuration.Cloud and Platform Transformation - Lead the evaluation, selection, and business case for cloud technologies. Worked with team members and outside technology providers to develop greenfield applications using serverless technology as well as developed the plan to move legacy technology to container-based technology.

Windsor, Connecticut, Us

Leading the Cloud Architecture strategy for DST. Developed the overall architecture for a deployment pipeline, cloud platform, and common services for our transformation to the cloud using open source technologies. I've taken a holistic approach of understanding the users' needs, external constraints, internal constraints, and technological capabilities to develop the overall strategy for migrating to cloud infrastructure.This includes:● Developing standards for applications as they progress from legacy, to cloud-ready, to cloud-native● Evaluating CI/CD tools and developing the architecture based on open source technologies● Researching container orchestrators and developing the architecture for implementation to include related policiesand standards● Architecting and developing common services leveraged by all developers within the enterprise● Solving common problems once and providing the solutions to all development teams● Managing a software development and operations team● Working across organizational boundaries to develop champions in the business units● Developing the organizational architecture standards● Driving culture change across the enterprise● Teaching others about feature flags, CI/CD, containers, CAP Theorem, etc.● Integrating our solutions with AWS and GCP● Helping development teams migrate their applications to the cloud● Capacity planning for the overall environment● Providing self-service functionality for all of the systems we create● Delivering robust products rather than one-off solutions

Windsor, Connecticut, Us

I worked across the enterprise to solve problems for the Big Data team. This included hands on work such as setting up environments, configuring Jenkins, setting up enterprise artifact repositories, working in AWS to deploy applications, etc.● Took the initiative to lead a group of technical experts to develop a Deployment Pipeline, CI/CD system, container platform, Immutable VMs, and monitoring system strategy using tools like Jenkins, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, Prometheus, Ansible, etc.● Architecture was approved as the basis of an enterprise-wide transformation program● Prepared architectural diagrams, resourcing documents, and budget for the implementation of our cloud platform● Presented our strategy numerous times to the CEO and other executives

Kansas City, Missouri, Us

● Involved in developing Cerner's cloud platform● Lead the standardization of practices around Docker as well as implementing the first platforms using Docker● Created the first Jenkins PaaS at Cerner, which reduced the number of resources required to maintain a stable environment● Also created the first containerized Apache Storm cluster, which allowed dynamic creation of clusters and decreased resource contention● Worked on ReSTful services, microservice architectures, ruby scripting, Chef cookbook creation and maintenance, Hadoop management and development, Linux management and shell scripting, and Jenkins administration● Lead a team of architects in developing ReST standards for all of Cerner● Contributed back to the open source project Mesos● Implemented and operated multiple Mesos clusters

● Software engineer gave support and feedback about new software products● Determined software-writing problems and maintenance matters● Agreed on proposals and projects● Researched, designed, and implemented new or modified software products● Tested products to ensure adequate function● Produced specifications and architectural diagrams● Wrote new software and working manuals● Studied current applications● Primarily developed for Android systems with Java and XML● Secondarily developed with PHP , MySQL, HTML5, CSS3, XMPP , and JavaScript

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

● Coordinated operations between multiple agencies and maintenance functions● Ensured accurate and expedited data entry into enterprise systems● Created and presented visual aides for upper-level management● Planned daily schedules and workflows for over 40 employees● Responded to emergencies and urgent taskings by diverting employees and reorganizing workflows for hundreds of employees● Saved over $1,000,000 annually by identifying and correcting procedural errors in maintenance functions that would have caused severe damage and possible injuries● Performed maintenance actions and daily preparations for flying operations of tactical aircraft● Created a database system to coordinate tracking, repair, and inventory for aircraft equipment● Designed and implemented support section network in compliance with security protocols and established procedures

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Master'S Degree, Computer Science - Data Science

Bachelors, Computer Science