Continuing role started at IBM (below) after spinoff from IBM. Specific client engagements include:- Developing the AWS architecture for a Generative AI solution used for a student onboarding experience for a large state university system.- Architecting and implementing the AWS estate for a SaaS offering being used by a state Department of Revenue. Work includes the use of IaC, primarily Terraform and Packer, to support production and non-production environments.- Architecting and implementing an AWS estate for one of the ten largest US municipal governments.- Architecting and implementing the Kubernetes infrastructure for a marketing organization of a large technology corporation. The infrastructure supports multiple sites in a resilient fashion on the IBM Cloud.- Architecting and implementing the infrastructure for a medical imaging application in the IBM Cloud for a major healthcare organization. Solution included multiple hyperconverged VMware instances in two IBM Cloud datacenters, associated WAN networking, and software-defined overlay networking.- Architected and implemented the AWS footprint for a state agency migrating from multiple on premise locations to the AWS GovCloud.- Providing pre-sales solutioning and costing for large-scale cloud engagements.- Developing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions for Kyndryl's delivery practice. Work includes DevOps solutions for creating, testing, and implementation of IaC modules and their governance. Tools include Terraform, Packer, CloudFormation, Ansible, conftest, Terratest, and others.

Architected and implemented hybrid cloud solutions for a diverse set of enterprise clients to on-board, and migrate from legacy on-premise infrastructure to public, private, and hybrid cloud solutions. Specific responsibilities include architectural design and implementation of:- Virtualization infrastructure within the IBM Cloud and on-premise datacenters for development, test, and production environments.- Container infrastructure on virtualized and bare metal environments.- Workload migration from on-premise to cloud.- Business continuity and disaster recovery.Platforms being used include: - IBM Cloud - VMware - OpenStack - Azure - Amazon Web Services (AWS)Performed pre-sales solutioning and costing for large-scale hybrid cloud engagements.Specific client engagement highlights include:Provided implementation of orchestrated container infrastructure for an industry insurance platform. The platform is a collaboration between IBM and industry leaders and includes several environments and containerization technologies.Architected a regional bank's transfer of operations from on-premise infrastructure into the IBM Cloud. Work included implementation of virtualization infrastructure and migration of customer workloads.Architected and implemented a global telematics company's hybrid cloud infrastructure, including production and disaster recovery infrastructure in the IBM Cloud.Implemented the IBM Cloud portion of the virtualization infrastructure for a global shipping firm.

Provided ongoing information technology management consultation and support to an energy consulting firm on a contract basis. Work includes extending the firm's business management system to include deeper integrations with customer, supplier, and utility systems and business processes.Provided consulting support for the use of the Google AdWords API.Sold, architected, and developed a custom business management system being used by an energy consulting firm. The system is used as an end-to-end customer management solution including customer, supplier, and contract management. The system has been used to negotiate and close over $300 million in energy contracts. Contract management includes a bidding portal and customer energy usage analytics. Client management has said that the system "​...provides their firm a unique competitive advantage."​ The system is scalable using Heroku's PaaS services for backend application (Django) hosting with additional infrastructure provided by Amazon Web Service's IaaS offerings. The frontend of the system is implemented using modern Javascript frameworks (Backbone/Marionette).Sold, designed, and built mobile applications for a federated search service. The mobile applications were built on Apple's iOS platform.Collaborated with multiple non-profit organizations to further the application of open source software development methodologies as applied to complex, engineered hardware systems.

Architected a series of prototype web applications focused on simplifying the creation of online advertisement campaigns. Early versions were monolithic applications built around Django and hosted on Heroku. Later versions were microservice-based architectures relying on the Docker and Hashicorp ecosystems (Consul, Nomad, Packer, Terraform, Vault) running Node.js services hosted on Amazon Web Services.Hired by and reported to the startup's investor to be a "coding architect" and to implement a technical solution with a small development team. Work required several third-party integrations including the Google AdWords API for ad network services and Twilio for telephony services.

Managed marketing and business development for an SAIC operation with revenue of $130 million per year. This included proposal development, opportunity qualification/pipeline management, capture management, and Business Acquisition Council presentation using SAIC business development processes and tools. Primary customers included the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and commercial energy businesses. Received two Rabbi Trust awards for work performed.Performed and assisted with assessments/audits of issues in subject areas approved by NASA Headquarters Office of Safety & Mission Assurance (Code Q). This included remaining cognizant of issues and concerns related to NASA’s manned space flight programs as well as payload and utilization activities. Led the assessment of the International Space Station’s (ISS') Certification of Flight Readiness (CoFR) process resulting in significant changes to the CoFR process for Soyuz, Progress, and Space Shuttle flights to the ISS. Received the Space Flight Awareness Team Award in 2003 for work performed. Performed test and verification support for NASA’s Orion Project.

Provided independent consulting and marketing research services. Clients included a Fortune 500 environmental services company studying safety, a Texas state agency investigating program effectiveness, a Houston law firm requesting expert statistical services, and an automotive industry supplier measuring customer satisfaction.

Provided new product and service development and launch consulting services to a diverse set of companies. Clients specialized in creating complex engineered offerings such as commercial aircraft, naval ships, automobiles, mobile internet services, and pacemakers. Delivered an increasing amount of sales every year. Sales delivered in 2001 included $4 million direct (solely responsible) and $9 million team (member of sales team) - $13 million total.* Developed flexible/lean manufacturing strategies and new/derivative aircraft certification/validation methods for a large commercial aircraft manufacturer. Methods developed have been implemented on existing and new commercial aircraft programs.* Developed a new product strategy and launch plan for the wireless internet division of a global telecommunications company. Responsibilities included development of a marketing program, deployment of an affiliate program, facilitation of system requirements definition, acquisition of start-up funding, and evolution of the division’s business model.* Led a team in the development of an Earned Value Management System (EVM/EVMS), refinement of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) used for Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, and benchmarked leading Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) practices inside and outside the shipbuilding industry.* Wrote the methodology used by Covisint, the largest automotive trading exchange at the time, to connect customers to its Product Development Collaboration and Quote Management (RFP/RFQ/RFx) services. Managed the subsequent deployment of the collaborative services and performance of related business process engineering at major automotive manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers.

Provided and presented financial analyses of operations for a $500 million global organization. Prepared results of operations and strategies for annual briefing to CEO.

Led and was a member of engineering teams tasked with the design, development, test, and evaluation of government furnished equipment for manned spaceflight. Specialized in structural and mechanical system design. Held signature authority for stress approval on Space Shuttle flight hardware.