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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.

• 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.
• 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.

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.

US

• 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.

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.

US

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

US

Software design and development consulting.

Developed display drivers for OS/2 and Windows.