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Fountain Valley, Ca, Us

Boise, Idaho, Us

Costa Mesa, California, Us

Executive in charge of business planning and design for a revolutionary new marketing company from the ground up. Worked with founders to scope, design, and implement the resources required to build out a deliverable product for potential investors.• Worked with UC Irvine graduate students and faculty to design a successful business model• Carefully selected team members to implement technologies from whiteboard to the cloud• Led design team to build out full-stack solution for web and mobile apps• Manage fiscal and human resources for platform development efforts• Worked with industry experts to recruit venture capitalists for seed round funding

Irvine, Ca, Us

Software development leader responsible for creating the architecture and building a new enterprise loyalty platform from the ground up for a billion-dollar-a-year fast-casual restaurant chain. Created both the physical and virtual POS environments for both development and testing. Seamlessly integrated the business logic and transitioned the client’s old system to the new system with absolutely no downtime or customer impact. • Worked with DBM management and client to build an enterprise loyalty application from the ground up - including all aspects of the architecture, planning, and testing phases • Used latest, industry-standard practices using .NET, Docker, and AWS to containerize and distribute web-traffic workload to maintain the highest availability and security possible• Responsible for building a custom Point of Sale (POS) environment for both development and testing of a new loyalty application• Built an interface from a legacy POS application to a modern cloud-based Loyalty system• Incorporated business logic from our high-value business partner to seamlessly implement the solution to a nationwide network of over 230 restaurants• Built testing platforms utilizing AWS for virtual, as well as conventional devices and peripherals• Built virtual models of a generalized product for use in future development on AWS

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Lead Software Engineer for the Williams-Sonoma Enterprise- In charge of building and maintaining enterprise systems which support over 600 stores in an organization that generates nearly $6 billion a year in revenue- Responsible for ensuring that Point-Of-Sale (POS) systems used throughout the organization work properly and maintain connectivity to ensure business fluidity- Management of the deployment of Windows 2012-2016 servers, including the technology to support both reliability, scalability, and monitoring- Work with a team of both onshore and offshore resources to ensure that the enterprise maintains the highest levels of reliability

ValVention, Inc. is a NIH-grant funded biotech startup company which has developed a next generation transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The company has already been granted US patents for its valve and delivery systems. As a consultant, I work directly with company officers to execute a plan to obtain secondary funding for the company through private and venture capital investments.• Identify barriers to adoption of ValVention technology among primary stakeholders• Research pain points and how to improve chances for user adoption for the key stakeholders• Assess the increase in market demand for ValVention technology stemming from recent approval by FDA for use in medium-risk patients • Assess how the adoption issues and increase in market demand help to support the value proposition to venture capitalists (VCs)• Interview and survey Key Opinion Leaders (KOIs) to evaluate market feasibility• Work with leaders in the fields of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Interventionalists, TAVI/TAVR specialists, and Specialists in fields of transcatheter research to identify key attributes necessary in a winning product• Pitch product directly to VCs

Irvine, Ca, Us

Principal architect and engineer for the Secure Commerce Application (SCA) initiative for Taco Bell. Worked closely with the business to develop requirements and strategy to implement a transition from non-secure commerce applications to secure commerce with minimal interruption to business operation. Lead developer in charge of evaluation and implementation of all secure applications as well as principal engineer responsible for PCI-DSS audits and evaluations. ● Worked as principle architect and leader of enterprise development team for Taco Bell’s POS systems. Extensive experience with NCR, Toshiba/IBM, and PAR Platforms. ● Subject Matter Expert (SME) in charge of establishing corporate policies addressing the most current PCI-DSS standards ● Lead Developer in charge of transitioning over 6000 restaurant’s existing payment infrastructure to the next generation secured (SCA) and EuroPay, MasterCard, and Visa (EMV) payment architecture ● Designed, built and implemented software necessary to convert existing stores from non-secure architecture to secure architecture, during business hours, with minimal impact to store operations ● Mastery of Xpient/Heartland software integration with many types of hardware, including: PAR, IBM, Toshiba, NCR, and Hewlett Packard.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Organized and strategized an effective method to move the company to the “mobile age” by leading a team of software developers, Quality Assurance (QA) analysts and implementation engineers. Award-winning planning and execution of a national strategy to integrate and implement Social Media, Mobile and Gift Card functionality into an international brand.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Worked with and led a team of expert developers and quality assurance personnel to create a method of deploying and configuring hardware and software at over 5,500 restaurants nationwide, with minimal impact to business operations.

Owned and managed a full service hotel and restaurant. Provided customers with visa and tour services. Also served as an independent IT consultant, specifically developing POS applications and customer websites for both local and foreigner owned businesses.

Washington, Dc, Us

Served in the billet of Gunnery Sergeant, 4067 MOS Application Programmer for the development and implementation of a revolutionary, real-time asset and communications status system for the military. Reported directly to senior field and flag officers.

Irvine, Ca, Us

Successfully led Taco Bell’s flagship QA initiative from the ground state. Worked with management to establish reasonable expectations and cement the group’s necessity.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Computer Science

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Psychology

Associate Of Science - As, Cybersecurity