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Fort Defiance, VA, US

Newport, Rhode Island, US

Hired and trained developers. Optimized backend services to improve throughput on various services by 10-1,000X. Reduced AWS bill by 20% by tracking down unused resources and suboptimal queries. Improved engineering team throughput by implementing code review process, deployment protocols, zero-downtime deploys, and post-deploy audits. Consolidated all.

I've been scaling software, systems and development pipelines for over 10 years. Now I'm doing that as a consultant for my new endeavor, Framework Labs.

Achieved reduction in test suite execution time by 25%. Added memory profiling capabilities to background execution tasks. Added A/B testing based on google analytics for emails and landing pages. Configured Docker-based CircleCI automated testing. Achieved 100x reduction in execution times for several background tasks to remedy queue congestion issues.

Automated the deployment of company software systems.Designed and developed a number of distributed systems, including Content Tracker, developed using Python, Django, and Tornado, deployed in AWS and Google Cloud environments, backed by Postgres and Redis.Developed multi-level cache to prevent stale data and mitigate downtime risk during disaster.

Fishersville, VA, US

Added tests and automated deployment of Ruby-on-Rails application.Optimized application code and architecture to enable to application to run on commodity virtual servers.Developed XSLT pipeline for print-to-web processing of medical journals.

Developed distributed pipeline for processing real estate data using Ruby, Perl and PostgresAutomated system deployment and testingReleased open-source projects, Corrigible,which DRYs up Ansible worksheets for collections of related server automation tasks, and Sadie, which minimizes work performed during multi-pass data processing.

Configured a network monitoring service using Zabbix.Maintained multiple systems for the Virginia Department of Forestry and several municipal governments.

Developed several web-based geographic information systems using ESRI ArcIMS, Coldfusion,Javascript, and MS SQL Server.Designed and implemented web-based emergency operations application for real-time overviewof statewide hospital resources using Coldfusion, Javascript, and MS SQL Server.Developed prototype applications using ArcSDE and PostGIS.

Developed a system which allowed parents to watch their children in daycare centers via the web using PHP, Javascript, and MySQL.Added web-spidering feature to a ship-to-shore communications service.Helped Harvard and Woods Hole design a data warehouse for a large fish population study.