Leading the architectural and engineering development efforts for next generation block chain capabilities in the cloud using multiple technology platforms and advanced architectural patterns.

Helping to lead multiple teams in new right-sized services initiatives and refactoring established software architectural patterns to enable greater delivery agility and long term sustainability in the cloud including:1) Planning, budgeting, and implementation leadership and participation for multi-track cloud migrations2) Multiple region, multiple zone, and multiple account AWS cloud topology expansion3) Contract-first API design and generation tools addressing 30+ technical debt and non-functional requirements areas that were previously manual4) Distributed systems design guidance for building highly available cloud service architectures and supporting infrastructure5) Multiple realm, multiple identity provider authentication and authorization for API security6) Externalized configuration approaches for multi-region deployment pipelines, service topologies, and tooling7) Software engineering quality improvements through combinations of mentoring, publishing internal company articles on strategies and designs, and providing examples to guide individuals and team

Coordinated and managed internal and external resources in a full rebuild of the company infrastructure including complete replacement of existing e-commerce and ERP systems. Worked with department leads to insure functional and non-functional requirements are met. Liaised with other Amazon resources to align technology requirements, security approaches and develop policy requirements. Designed and developed critical service systems. Provided design and code reviews for various teams. Also functioned as the primary Information Security lead (“Security Czar”) to guide security improvement efforts and extension projects with external vendors.* Technical and architectural lead for the rebuild and redeployment of the company's technical infrastructure (e-commerce, ERP, data warehouse, operational networking infrastructure) in the Amazon Web Service cloud environment to achieve a multiple availability zone deployment that maximized scalability and availability, with in-house augmentation using on-premise virtualization technologies* Developed the integration software for the deployment of the company's presence on Amazon.com as a platinum provider storefront.* Designed core service libraries for modernized highly available and scalable distributed systems including implementing some core framework components, examples service, retry/backoff logic, and distributed locking.* Designed and implemented detailed security logging for auditing key backoffice applications* Planned, managed and/or coordinated multiple security and internal compliance projects while assisting in designing critical secure data storage systems* Conducted performance and capacity tests to determine capacity and identify most efficient points of optimization. Installed and tuned the production software infrastructure in response to test data.* Introduced and explained new and existing relevant technologies to management and technical personnel (J2EE, NoSQL, AWS, CDN, AJAX, etc.)

After having traveled 100% for 10 years and getting married, I took a break to avoid travel and do more local consulting. During this period I also honed my skills with additional research and development of distributed algorithms and scalability problems by building a 15 node system in my basement for testing my implementations' scalability and failure modes.

Provided architectural and implementation guidance on e-commerce projects utilizing ATG J2EE software platform and requiring integrations with back-end systems and multiple vendors. Liaised with implementation teams from other consulting agencies to share best design and implementation practices on each project. Assessed and prioritized key design issues with multiple parallel projects. Led emergency problem diagnosis and resolution for mission critical situations. Guided performance tuning and monitoring approaches in high volume situations.Developed automated business reporting processes to provide business leaders with crucial intelligence pending the selection and implementation of a full reporting system. Provided internal guidance and system architecture prototypes to ATG's hosting division. Supported pre-sales efforts with capacity planning and process architecture layout.* Instrumental in upgrade design and implementation of Coke B2C store, integrating new content management and full business reporting (J2EE, Web Services, Work flow, Business Intelligence, Monitoring)* Designed and implemented stop-gap business reporting for Coke B2C pending new integration (Java, Spring, SQL, Velocity, SMTP)* Provided technical guidance and planning assistance for My Coke Rewards* Performed performance problem diagnosis and optimization for Motricity (J2EE, Cache coherency, Distributed locking, profiling and monitoring)* Assisted in fault tolerant system architecture design for ATG's hosting division (Commerce On-Demand)* Developed prototype infrastructure monitoring and alerting system for Commerce On-Demand (Java, VMWare, OpenNMS, Nagios, SMS, SMTP)

Advanced from Senior Consultant to Senior Technical Director for North America. Carried responsibility for the technical success of key strategic client engagements. Designed large scale distributed systems and integrations with BroadVision Java and C++ software. Provided pre-sales support and follow-on technical guidance for many other clients. Facilitated cross-domain, cross-vendor discussions and negotiations to arrive at optimal solution sets.* Chief architect of the United States Air Force Portal (Federating 20+ applications, Workflow, J2EE, C++, Web Services, Single Sign On, Security, Oracle, Replication, Geographically Distributed, hardware virtualization).* Senior architect for Home Depot B2C site (J2EE, C++, Informix, Site-to-store/POS integrations).* Senior architect for Sears B2C site - 2nd generation (J2EE, Work flow, Content Management).* Architect of BroadVision e-Merchandizing product (Patent-pending components, J2EE, Java, Spring, Struts, Process work flow, Rules engine).* Architecture oversight for Circuit City, HP Shopping, Highmark BC/BS, Bank of America.* Senior architect Motorola B2B site, design and developed web configurator for complex hardware systems (C++, Javascript, Oracle ERP integration).* Lead design and development for e-Steel auction market exchange (C++, Javascript, Oracle, Auctions).