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Cork, Ie

Helping the world keep its promises to comply with the ever-changing landscape of regulations through superior technology.

Jacksonville, Fl, Us

AutoQuotes is a leading provider of solutions for the foodservice equipment and supplies (FES) industry as a service. We deliver the industry's most comprehensive product catalog, quotation, and design solution.• Drove $300k of annualized saving migrating from SQL Server to cloud services• Revitalized Engineering team with agile processes and XP & DevOps engineering practices (eNPS scores moved from negative to 63)• Drove 30% of new revenue from new product development in 2020• Made effective use of on-demand talent with contractors and UpWork• Performed tech diligence and integrated development teams for first 10 Revalize acquisitions

Austin, Texas, Us

Helping software organizations move fast, build smart, and run with confidence through:• moving to cloud infrastructure• architecting cloud-native services• enabling comprehensive DevOps practices• effective agile processes

• Created IoT proof of concept for GPS analytics startup. Backend in AWS Lambda and DynamoDB. Dashboard in React.• Created proof of concept mobile application in React Native backed by Google Cloud Platform and Firebase.• Data strategy consulting and ETL between Elasticsearch and ProstgreSQL in Python.• Django API design consulting and Python coding.• Managment consulting after sale of StrataCloud.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Responsible for all technical aspects of leading Association Management System offered as a service to over 3 million users worldwide.• Lead development teams. Responsible for all development and architecture. SaaS stack: Angular, WebAPI, C#, SQL Server• Lead IT/Infrastructure team. Responsible for 99.99% uptime. Platform: AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, Redshift, DynamoDB, SQS)• Lead DevOps. Responsible for automated deployment of solution to AWS environment.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Leading the Engineering team at StrataCloud where we are bringing the promise of software-defined infrastructure to converged infrastructure.• Transformed product development into an effective agile process with regular deliveries.• Delivered first release of private cloud enablement platform--written in Erlang,running on Linux, and making use of MongoDB, Node, RabbitMQ, and Docker.Took over leadership of StrataCloud to protect investor capital and explore strategic options as we exited the software-defined infrastructure market. Secured a multi-year, 7-figure license and maintenance deal to recover much of the initial investment.

In 2013, EagleEye had the best predictive analytics engine for the insurance industry, but didn't have the most usable application to deliver that value. I was brought in to help build the application and associated infrastructure to pair with the analytics.• Transitioned to an agile delivery model.• Cross trained developers across the technology stack.• Modernized tech stack from Silverlight, WCF, ADO.NET and TFS to HTML5, WebAPI, MVC, Entity Framework, Git, TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, RabbitMQ, and AWS.• Reduced monthly IT spend by 40%.• Reduced system errors by 75% in first six months.• More than doubled development team output.• Delivered great user experience that eventually led to EagleEye getting acquired by Guidewire.

Holmdel, Nj, Us

• Led the design and development of the company’s forward-looking SaaS and Mobile products.• Led development of on-line/off-line iOS and Android mobile clients in HTML5• Introduced Scrum process and eXtreme Programming engineering practices.• Grew Engineering team five-fold in two years.

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• Architected and led development of Agentek’s flagship mobile workforce optimization product (highly extensible, service-oriented, message based, enterprise mobility, C#, ASP.NET MVC, NHibernate, SQL Server, NServiceBus). • Hired outstanding developers.• Trained and mentored team in OO, TDD, SOLID principles, and general software craftsmanship.• Led the transition from waterfall process to agile methods.• Led development team in building an HTML5-based cross-platform mobile product.• Made technical sales presentations.• Provided technical product strategy.

Alpharetta, Ga, Us

Helped to create the world's best Agile software project planning and management software, delivered on-premises and as a service.

Alpharetta, Ga, Us

Led development of low-level components that enabled OpenSpan software to integrate with otherwise closed applications. Reverse-engineered third party and operating system components.

As Development Manager and Architect, enabled a transition of the development organization from pure legacy COM/DCOM, client/server development to the Microsoft .NET platform. Managed a team of five developers. Recruited and hired. Bootstrapped the .NET development effort (SCM strategy, continuous build, application architecture, etc.). Within a year, Alogent was able ship its first no-touch deployed smart client application, revolutionizing the corporate check-capture market.

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Had architectural and technical lead responsibility for a Web-based auctioning and strategic sourcing application. Technology: C++, C#, JavaScript, Web Services.

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Software design and development consulting.

Developed display drivers for OS/2 and Windows.