Spearheaded the launch of a successful small business marketplace: Led the design, development, and deployment of a platform that connects quality buyers with high-quality business listingsArchitected & implemented a scalable AWS infrastructure: Established a robust cloud infrastructure to support a Laravel API and Vue.js frontend, ensuring optimal performance and reliabilityEnhanced user trust & platform security: Integrated Stripe for secure subscription billing and Plaid for identity verification, safeguarding sensitive user data and fostering a trusted environment for transactionsEnabled secure deal collaboration: Created a secure data room for each business listing using AWS KMS and automated NDA workflows with DocuSign integration, streamlining the due diligence processEstablished a strategic technology roadmap: Developed a comprehensive roadmap to guide the platform's future growth and evolution, aligning technology initiatives with business goals

Guiding organization’s technology strategy, ensuring that IT investments are aligned with business goals and mitigating risks while fostering innovation and operational excellence.

Led engineering strategy & execution: Partnered directly with the CEO to define and deliver on technology initiatives, leading a 10+ engineer team to achieve key milestonesDrove business growth: Played a pivotal role in securing a Letter of Intent (LOI) from a major industry player, demonstrating effective communication and positioning the company for successBuilt & empowered high-performing teams: Revamped the hiring process, resulting in the successful recruitment of 12 skilled engineers, and fostered a collaborative engineering cultureOptimized development processes: Implemented a modern CI/CD pipeline (GitHub, GitHub Actions, SonarQube, ECS, Secrets Manager) to streamline software delivery and improve code qualityModernized infrastructure: Transitioned infrastructure to code using Terraform and AWS, increasing scalability and efficiencyEstablished best practices: Developed comprehensive policies, standards, and documentation to enhance engineering productivity and maintainabilityDelivered client-focused solutions: Collaborated directly with Fortune 500 clients in the Tech and Finance sectors to build custom HR software for compensation planning, performance management, calibration, and promotionsEnsured operational excellence: Managed IT operations, employee onboarding, and successfully completed annual SOC2 Type II audits to uphold security and compliance standardsCommunicated strategic vision: Presented regular progress updates on engineering and product roadmaps to the Board of Directors, fostering transparency and alignment

Led & scaled engineering operations: Co-managed a 30+ engineer team, partnering with executive leadership to align technical strategy with business goalsDrove technical innovation: Created and reviewed technical specifications for all new projects, effectively translating complex business requirements into actionable product specificationsMitigated risk & ensured quality: Led architectural reviews, collaborating with business leaders to identify and address potential risks associated with technology choicesArchitected a core platform component: Designed and developed core services for the Marketing 360 platform, contributing to its scalability and reliabilityCultivated engineering talent: Provided technical mentorship to team members, conducted performance reviews, and implemented policies and standards to foster a high-performing engineering cultureTransformed organizational structure: Successfully implemented the Spotify Squad model and Guilds, improving team autonomy, collaboration, and delivery speedStrengthened the engineering team: Led the recruitment and hiring of dozens of talented software engineers, significantly expanding the team's capabilitiesDelivered a seamless customer migration: Spearheaded the successful migration of 20,000+ customers and 50,000+ users from version 2 to version 3 of the Marketing 360 platform, minimizing disruption and ensuring a positive user experienceAssessed strategic opportunities: Conducted technical due diligence on potential acquisition targets, providing valuable insights to inform decision-makingMaintained security & compliance: Successfully completed annual SOC2 Type II audits, safeguarding customer data and upholding industry standards

Led & empowered a high-performing application development team: Provided strategic direction and mentorship to a 20+ engineer team, fostering collaboration and driving successful software deliveryPartnered with executive leadership to deliver business-critical solutions: Collaborated closely with the CEO and executive team to translate business vision into actionable software applications, accelerating time-to-marketElevated engineering standards & practices: Implemented best practices and technology standards across the development lifecycle, resulting in improved code quality, maintainability, and team efficiencySuccessfully integrated a key acquisition: Led the seamless migration of a newly acquired payments company into Madwire's internal ERP and billing system, streamlining operations and maximizing the value of the acquisition

Engineered a data-driven marketing solution: Designed and developed a robust system for aggregating, normalizing, and analyzing marketing data from Google, Facebook, and Bing, empowering data-driven decision-makingEnhanced CRM capabilities: Contributed significantly to the design and development of the Marketing 360 CRM (PHP, MySQL), improving customer relationship management and driving sales effectivenessBoosted employee productivity: Developed a custom ERP system in PHP that tripled the number of accounts employees could manage, resulting in increased efficiency and scalabilityRevolutionized website deployment: Developed a website builder and streamlined infrastructure to reduce website launch times from 8 weeks to 2 weeks, accelerating customer onboarding and time-to-valueBuilt a customer-centric auto dialer: Integrated the phone system with a custom-built auto dialer (Kubernetes, Socket.io, Redis, PHP, MySQL), collaborating closely with end-users to ensure their needs were met and deliver a seamless customer experience

Developed a daily deal application that could be placed on any website.Developed a social sharing application that could be placed on the checkout page of an ecommerce store.Developed 1st version of internal customer management portal.Worked on client facing websites providing new features and updates.

Designed website templates in Adobe Fireworks to present to clients.Developed customer sites in ASP.NET.Web Developer since August 2008Project Manager since March 2009

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