I am passionate about “developing a better way.” …Developing a better way for dental professionals to run their practices. …Developing software in a better way. …Lifting others along the way. I pride myself on being “Hadoop for Humans,” meaning that I am able to leverage tools, methodologies, and skills to turn a large group of talented individuals into a unified, cohesive, high-performing team. I have over 20 years’ experience building and leading such teams in the systems and software development space. I directed the analysis, software engineering, quality assurance, and systems engineering efforts for both the medical and dental divisions of a Fortune 300 company (with teams based on three different continents). I was directly responsible for the ongoing development and administration of that company's most profitable product portfolio that consisted largely of SaaS offerings. I also oversaw all of the product and engineering efforts for Global Payments Integrated, the technology innovation division of Global Payments, Inc., which was recently recognized by Forbes as one of the “Top 50 Most Innovative Companies” in the world. (https://www.forbes.com/innovative-companies/)I have an affinity for developing innovative solutions that turn customers into loyal fans. I am an Agile coach and Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. As for my technical side, I can’t figure out if I am a software engineer at heart who just happens to enjoy administering systems or a systems administrator who simply loves to code. (That’s probably why I have always been drawn to database systems—no one can tell whether “database guys” are really programmers or systems administrators.)I have extensive experience developing, deploying, maintaining, and integrating solutions in the payment processing industry (including PCI DSS, PA-DSS, EMV, and E2EE solutions). I also have extensive experience in the medical & dental software sector (including PM/EMR/EDR solutions, X12/EDI, HL7, FHIR, C-CDA, and DICOM).