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Marin County, California, United States

• Implemented and facilitated K-5 coding curriculum, including Lego Robotics and Scratch programming.• Cultivated a stimulating learning environment, inspiring students to explore STEM concepts through hands-on projects.• Adapted lessons to meet diverse learning styles.• Motivated advanced students to challenge and expand their abilities.

San Francisco Bay Area

IT Architect Senior and technical designer for the Banking Solutions Digital Architecture group.• Facilitated API development between 3 development groups to modernize Flex Mobile banking application.• Designed backend-for-frontend (BFF) API contracts utilizing Strangler Fig design pattern to begin monolith-to-microservices migration.• Designed a Push Notification system leveraging Google Firebase for Digital One PaaS, validated through a proof-of-concept (POC), to provide bank notifications to their customers.• Led the design and development of the Financial Wellness Warehouse (FWW), integrating complex ETL processes, providing customers with financial insights of their spending patterns.Secondary concurrent role as mentor, technical designer, and developer for the mBanking Mobile application system.• Mentored and managed an offshore team, enhancing their proficiency in SDLC, architecture, and feature development.• Enhanced mBanking platform capabilities, including support for multi-character language and protocol migrations from SMPP to REST for banks with predominantly non-English speakers.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Designed Push Notification system for mBanking Mobile Banking system so banks can communicate with their clients. Developed a proof-of-concept (POC) verifying the design validity.• Redesigned SMS Text Banking feature from SMPP (short message peer-to-peer) protocol to REST protocol for the mBanking system.• Devised a strategic plan to break up the monolithic mBanking system into microservices to modernize its technology stack and provide higher scalability and increased performance.• Managed a team of 3-6 developers and QA to provide triage and maintenance of the mBanking application system.

Petaluma, California, United States

• Designed the Digital Configuration Console (DCC) which manages the lifecycle of configurations for thousands of banks for the mBanking banking application system, ensuring correct application behavior.• Managed a team of 4-6 developers and QA to build, test, and deploy DCC into production.• Designed the Configuration Upgrade System (CUpS) which manages the multi-step, multi-approval workflow of upgrading a bank’s mBanking configuration from release to release, reducing a bank’s upgrade time from weeks to days.• Managed a team of 4-6 developers and QA to build, test, and deploy CUpS into production.• Owned the technical management of the asset services Auto Asset Generator and Theme Tool which generate mBanking mobile application branding assets for the banks.• Owned the technical management of the Self-Service portal which allows banks and implementation team members to build the mobile bank application.• Managed a multi-continent, multi time zone team of 11 developers (India, Peru, and US).

Larkspur, California, United States

• Triaged, maintained, and enhanced the mBanking mobile application system.• Designed and developed a live production upgrade of PCI data in the database, ensuring compliance and security of client data while reducing downtime to near zero.• Developed the Alerts and Messages system allowing banks to readily communicate with their customers.• Enhanced all features of the mBanking system such as Accounts, Transactions, and Bill Pay.

Larkspur, California, United States

• Developed frontend mobile features using JavaScript-to-native technology called Appcelerator Titanium, reducing multi-platform feature duplication. Targeted iOS and Android platforms.• Developed Locations mobile feature, pinning bank ATMs and branches onto a map so customers can find their closest location.• Developed Remote Deposit Capture (RDC) mobile feature, allowing customers to take pictures of their paper checks and remotely deposit them.• Worked on Cardless Cash Access (CCA) mobile feature, allowing customers to withdraw money from an ATM before they reach the ATM so that they can get their money from the ATM in less than 12 seconds.

Berkeley, California, United States

Advanced the development and maintenance of oncology-specific web-based electronic medical records, focusing on complex frontend and backend features and enhancements.• Transitioned core systems from Smalltalk to Java, optimizing clinician workflows and reporting modules.• Introduced advanced Web 2.0 technologies, integrating dynamic client interactions via JSP/Servlets and proprietary frameworks increasing performance reducing clinician workflow bottlenecks.• Designed and developed a clinical progress calendar using Adobe Flex, enhancing user interaction with client data visualization enhancing clinical comprehension of oncology protocol progress.• Refactored a Smalltalk rules engine into a Java and JEE environment increasing performance and maintainability of the clinical oncology protocol feature enhancing clinician support and speed of care.

Designed and developed the Enterprise Valuation Service (EVS) 1.0 for Fireman's Fund Insurance Company.• Designed and developed the EVS 1.0 web service providing valuation services following the standard ACORD format.• Worked closely with Enterprise Architects, Business Analysts, Data Analysts, and Security experts, ensuring security, performance, and functional requirements are met.• Developed a testing framework for EVS verifying operational correctness.• Refactored the legacy Insurance-to-Valuation service to leverage EVS.

Ross, California, United States

Developed enterprise applications and services for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to optimize their clinical drug development process.• Developed robust, scalable enterprise software solutions for pharmaceutical and biotech companies.• Developed backend services in JSP/Servlets for Palm Pilot platform running AvantGo to capture clinical information at the point of care.• Developed a macro execution framework utilizing the Microsoft Word API and macros integrated into the application framework using C# and .NET Framework.• Designed and developed a rules framework utilizing XSL templates to perform various behaviors in the clinical protocol template using C# and .NET Framework.• Designed and developed a comprehensive MS Word document difference system for authors of clinical trials to see changes made through the workflow system.

San Rafael, California, United States

Designed and developed client-server clinical information services.• Designed an application-level object proxy system to cache data, increasing application performance.• Implemented an entity management server with load-balancing algorithms, enhancing application scalability.• Improved the core OACIS II Architecture, written in C++.• Enhanced the application infrastructure and clinical domain model for the OACIS Orders Management system, increasing features for clinicians.• Developed C++ software components for the OACIS Clinical Display, enhancing the behavior for clinicians.• Established software configuration management policies and utilities for the development organization.• Performed Sun Solaris OS (Unix) and SPARC workstation system administration duties.

San Francisco, California, United States

• Designed and developed Computer-Aided Instruction simulation modules written in C++ teaching orbital mechanics to elementary school kids for a National Science Foundation (NSF), U.S. Department of Education, and Hewlett-Packard funded education program.• System administrator for a computer lab containing HP-UX (Unix) HP9000 graphics workstations and MS-DOS PCs.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Business Administration And Management, General