Work on strategic product initiatives

Work with product team to shape and bring forth new productsE.g: https://www.certara.com/pressrelease/certara-introduces-update-of-pinnacle-21-enterprise-and-new-pinnacle-21-data-exchange-module/Note: acquired by Certara

- Leveraged CloudFormation, Docker, and Python to create reproducible, testable, and scalable deployment automation for remote sensing data pipelines.- Leveraged S3 to enforce compliance and access controls to high volume, mission critical scientific data.- Deployed Elasticsearch clusters and custom Cloudwatch dashboards to monitor environment end to end- Leveraged IAM & AWS Config to enforce security and compliance- Reviewed code and debugged issues in all parts of the stack, including AWS networking, Node.js serverless microservices, and front-end Javascript / React code- Contributed changes back to NASA open source projects- Wrote a reference guide for GDPR compliance- Contributed to Element 84 blog- Obtain AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate certification- Present at several meetups (Java Users Group and Data Philly, Philly Scala Meetup, Gatsby meetup) on various topics - machine learning, satellite imagery, AWS

Team lead for software engineering team that builds and supports life sciences SaaS products.Notes* Interview dozens of Software Engineers, DevOps, Project Management, and Graphic Design candidates * Provide engineering leadership during rapid growth* Research & Make technology decisions for IQVIA content management platform* Evaluate and recommend vendors* Adapt agile methodologies to an enterprise, life sciences environment* Achieved peer recognition for expertise in a range of technologies* Occasionally, provide direct engineering support to high profile customers* Fill in various roles as needed: QA, PM, Build/Release Engineer, Solr Architect* Give meetup talks* Involved in committees for local conferences

Work on almost all Wingspan products, reporting to Wingspan CTO, using a wide range of technology: Sharepoint and Documentum integration products, and custom verticals for regulated industries.Responsibilities, at different times:* Responsible for on-time project delivery of several consulting projects* Team lead for multiple consulting engagements ranging from teams of 2-8 people* Team lead for tier 3 support team for high profile SaaS project* Direct Client Communication / On-site visits* Heavy use of Java, Scala, Javascript (React, ExtJS), * Go-to person for database design, performance (Oracle, Postgres, Solr)* Ongoing involvement in recruiting, interviewing, one-on-ones, and inter-departmental training* Occasional writing for company blog, outside speaking engagements

Software developer on a web application to help law firms do research for marketing.Worked on a C#/VB.NET application which used SQL Server Reporting Services + Oracle to render custom business intelligence reports across the legal industry.Responsibilities/accomplishments:* Took ownership of a legacy codebase feared by senior engineers* Significantly improved code quality of a recently acquired startup/proof of concept project* Performance tuning of application queries against an Oracle OLAP database* Work with remote DBAs to tune application* Work one on one with senior business analysts to identify opportunities for new functionality* Interview new employees

Worked on desktop client Bankruptcy software - team of two, as an intern, then full time.* Worked to fix client tickets in large codebase* Tested/quality improvements to e-filing for bankruptcy in most states* Developed a system for automated testing against a complex form printing process

Intern for Jury Instruction Software project* Quickly learned a new language (Delphi) * Responsible for fixing many defects reported by clients* Rewrote a custom library which generated RTF files to remove many customer tickets