Solutions Architect

Developing IBR brand, managing all of the active projects, develop and execute client acquisition strategies, head new product and services development.

Oversee the software development department that includes front-end and back-end engineers, designer, and IT personnel. Increased DevOps performance that translated in a two thirds reduction in hosting infrastructure costs. Instituted a new set of policies and procedures that replaced the previous decentralized ad-hoc approach to software development directly adding to business value via immediate productivity increases.Responsibilities• Head the team of software engineers.• Reorganize and codify DevOps procedures.• Implement Agile-like environment for software release cycles.• Provide management with clear insight software life-cycles of existing and future projects.• Develop and implement software architecture plans to support predictable financial outcomes.Accomplishments• Rewrote infrastructure provisioning and software deployment procedures of seven mature products to accomplish direct cost savings of more than 60%.• Optimized stress points of wellness application utilized by IBM employees worldwide that increased utilization capacity by three fold on same hardware.• Organized software engineering team into a more cohesive unit via code review and frequent Agile-like meetings.• Consolidated project management processes that spanned multiple systems into single troll platform, which was consequently adopted by the Human Resources and Research departments.Technologies: PHP, Zend Framework, Node.js, Angular, Ubuntu, Zend Server, Nginx, Apache, Bower, Grunt, Ansible,AWS, MySQL, Mongo, Tableau, jQuery, git, bitbucket, trello.com

Directly responsible for developing middleware between the CRM, ERP, and logistics systems used at Lifemax as well as overseeing shipping contracts. Made a $75K total financial savings impact within the first 18 months of employment through shipping contract renegotiation, productivity increase through software, and bringing services in-house.Responsibilities• Provided strategic software development plans to executive team.• Created middle-ware to connect various third party software platforms.• Oversaw traffic patterns and trends across multiple online properties and worked closely with the marketing team to devise new initiatives• Increased productivity of the warehouse staff by analyzing processes and employing software to automate manual procedures• Negotiated with software and logistics vendors to keep expenses at the most competitive market ratesAccomplishments• Created middle-ware .NET application that facilitated order export/import between third party online commerce system and FishBowl fulfillment and inventory control software, in the process reduced two man hours daily that were previously expended by the support department for this task.• Optimized a pick/pack/ship process in the warehouse by batching the middle-ware script directly within FishBowl resulting in saving six man hours daily.• Renegotiated the shipping contract with UPS resulting in 60K+ annual savings.• Reduced monthly SaaS service contract by 33% from $21K to $14.5K.• Along with marketing team created new online property specifically targeting the athlete demographic.Technologies: Windows Server 2003/2008, Active Directory, SQL Server 2005/2008, Active Directory, Group Policy Objects, VB.NET, .NET Membership, IIS 6, FishBowl, Firebird DB, MySQL (InnoDB/MyISAM), jQuery, Toshiba Strata PBX, Jasper Reports, UPS WorldShip, git

Worked on supporting multiple counties in Florida that used CDS court management software. Tested new releases and wrote automated scripts for high level tests in dedicated bug reporting software.