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Metairie, Louisiana, US

Leading cloud and infrastructure operations at a premier GovTech software organization focused on supporting key democratic processes in states across America.

St. Paul, Minnesota, US

Engaged graduate engineering school leadership to evaluate IT and cloud computing curriculum and recommend changes to better align with current business needs. Served as a mentor for Fellows participating in the New Product Tech Ventures Program. Designed one of the first graduate engineering courses in the country to address DevOps and cloud.

Authored and presented content for the BETA tech accelerator Spring 2024 cohort focused on key cloud computing and software delivery patterns for tech startups. Advised a new cloud computing and DevOps consultancy on growth strategies. Built cloud architecture and software delivery processes for a stealth tech startup. Engaged a large University in the.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

Spearheaded the recruitment and mentoring of new Platform Engineering and IT teams which enabled the organization to exceed its growth goals for 8 consecutive quarters. Developed transformative technology processes which allowed the business to successfully onboard over 400 new employees in 30 months while reducing application access times from days to.

Minneapolis, MN, US

Lead the service delivery and production operations practices for an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) company with an AWS-based multi-tenant platform. Identified a strategy to significantly reduce operational complexity and burden, while aligning company processes with a modern service delivery strategy. Initiated multiple projects to reduce technical.

Plano, TX, US

Served as a key engineering lead on the design and implementation of a cloud-based critical communications platform which directly impacts the lives of patients in healthcare organizations. Introduced modern service delivery practices including continuous build pipelines, automated deployments, DevSecOps, and feature flagging. Championed cloud-native.

Lead the transition of a highly regulated healthcare platform from a regional data center into AWS. Introduced cloud computing architectural patterns through a series of training events to traditional engineering organizations. Key technologies used: AWS, Puppet, Foreman, Terraform, Python, Spacewalk, Stash, Confluence, Docker, Sumologic.

Round Rock, Texas, US

Engaged with one of the top cloud computing R&D teams in the world at Dell to build a multi-cloud management platform. Contributed directly to user-facing technology components and served as a subject matter expert on business application hosting needs. Key technologies used: AWS, Jenkins, Vagrant, Artifactory, GitHub, AngularJS, Grails.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

Recruited a development team and provided technical mentorship for a Big Data real estate platform using a MEAN (MongoDB/Express/Angular/Node) software stack. Negotiated IT vendor agreements. Assisted with product development strategy, marketing, and sales engagements.

Co-founded an application hosting provider in 2001 and helped it grow into one of the largest providers of data center services in the Midwest. Architected the core service management platform supporting product ordering, incident management, and configuration management. Recruited and managed an engineering organization responsible for the 24x7x365 health.

Recruited by the business founders to build a web hosting division from the ground up to complement marketing and development services offered by the digital-marketing business. Provided hosting infrastructure and web application development for dozens of well-known regional and national retail brands including National Checking, Minnesota Orchestra.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Software Engineering -- Big Data & Machine Learning Concentration

Bachelor'S Degree, (B.S.) Interdisciplinary - Technology And Communications