Senior Solutions Architect in Oracle's North American Cloud Engineering OrganizationResponsible for the design of highly available, fault-tolerant applications on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (Oracle IaaS).My team provides end-to-end support for our enterprise customers which includes: architecture design and deployment, security & networking reviews, proof of concepts, pre-sales support, onboarding sessions, cloud migrations (Oracle Cloud Lift), and training.

Co-founded SweetTalk, a consulting firm focused on delivering E-commerce, web and POS capabilities to boutique retail stores. https://sweettalk.io Designed, built and managed complex, multi-site networks internally and for clients. Components included both network and security infrastructure, comprised of VLAN’s, VPN’s, switches, routers, and firewalls. Responsible for the design, implementation, and support of POS systems, E-commerce websites and integration with financial / payment hardware and software such as Cayan, authorize.net, Stripe, and Quickbooks. Created and documented all of the internal processes for the firm and for new employees to enable consistency in service delivery.Grew the business 150% year-over-year by leading the customer acquisition process and by initiating a partnership with Lightspeed Retail.

Founded AppDevy, a web and application development company delivering E-commerce websites and applications to entrepreneurs, SMB, and various startups.Lead architect for client web applications utilizing frameworks such as; AngularJS, Backbone, Bootstrap, Meteor, Express, and MEAN. Created and implemented tools for efficient operational management (monitoring (Chef/ Puppet), alerting (Pingdom), incident handling, version control etc. Design, implemented, and maintained all aspects of Ubuntu Linux servers utilizing Amazon Web Services (EC2, Elastic Beanstalk, S3, VPC, Route 53). Deployed production servers using open source software to meet budget constraints. Also managed Apache (redirects, SSL, VirtualHosts) and Nginx configuration.Lead development staff and managed offshore engineering team. Implemented modern development practices such as Agile methodologies. Negotiated and won several complex deals ($20,000-$250,000). Won numerous awards and achievements including Chicago’s Top 50 startups to watch in 2015 along with press in Crain's Business & Built in Chicago.

Provided day-to-day end user support (2,000 students), user account administration in Active Directory, print server configuration, desktop support, network/VOIP configuration(freeSWITCH, OpenPBX), etc.Responsible for VoIP deployments and administration from management of a hosted cloud PBX utilizing FusionPBX (FreeSWITCH).Implemented and administered multi-server complex environments internally and for clients that included Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, Exchange, and SQL databases. Configured Linux (Ubuntu) and Windows (2008) servers in physical and virtualized (VMware vSphere) environments. Physical servers and various hardware I used included: Dell PowerEdge 1950 and 2950, Barracuda Spam and Virus Firewall 1300, Digidesign Serv GT, Xsan, Promise RAID, Overland SNAPserver 620, and Avid Isis 1000. Assisted with Cisco configuration (1800 series router), administration, and access point (Cisco Small Business 100 Series ) installation.

Founding partner of the first Apple Specialist specifically for the music industry.Formulated sales and marketing strategies, business infrastructure, service offerings and product positioning / pricing.Responsible for advancing client needs, hardware configuration, training technicians on Apple hardware and software repairs, along with upgrades. Provided Apple Authorized Service directly to Live Nation, AEG, tour staff and artists. Provided remote support for clients (Mac & PC).Certifications Obtained: (ACMT Apple Certified Macintosh Technician) Secured contracts with major touring acts such as: Roger Waters, U2, Britney Spears, Bon Jovi, Lady Gaga, Eagles, Justin Bieber, Black Eyed Peas and Eagles.

Managed day to day operations for two Apple Specialist stores. Cultivated and supervised relationships with vendors. Strong focus on business development, account management, marketing and consultative selling.