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New York, New York, Us

Lead Architect for Strategic Clients: Served as lead architect for key high value clients, defining comprehensive architectures and overseeing the delivery of large-scale digital commerce initiatives, ensuring alignment with client objectives and driving impactful, scalable technology solutions.Designed Financial Services Solution: Led enterprise architecture for payment, fraud, and credit account management in a major retailer’s migration from a legacy mainframe eCommerce system to Salesforce Commerce Cloud, delivering an end-to-end integrated digital payment and fraud protection solution.Modernized ERP Integration and Launched Digital Commerce Solution: Designed a solution for a B2B manufacturer leveraging Adobe Commerce Cloud to create a solution seamlessly integrated with the existing SAP ERP system enabling their customers to order online for the first time.

Cleveland, Ohio, Us

High-Availability Cloud Hosting Platform: Designed and built a cloud based commerce platform with integrated DevOps and middleware for Magento and WordPress sites, consistently exceeding SLAs and achieving 99.999% uptime for optimal performance and reliability.Cloud-Native iPaas Platform: Designed and led the implementation of an AWS cloud-native iPaaS platform featuring embedded analytics, proactive data monitoring, and issue alerting, greatly improving data visibility and reliability organization-wide.Enhanced Team Efficiency and Delivery Speed: Implemented an Agile delivery process using Scrum, serving as Scrum Master to improve team alignment and productivity. Implemented a DevOps methodology reducing feature release cycles from weeks to days and elevating deliverable quality by automating deployment processes and testing activities.

Founder and Strategic Leader: Established the company and built a skilled team to develop and host applications for retail and manufacturing clients across diverse industries, overseeing hiring, sales, and architectural strategy.Implemented API-First, Cloud-Based Solutions: Designed and led delivery for 30+ clients across retail, manufacturing, insurance, and financial services, leveraging API-first and cloud-based architectures with Magento, WordPress, IBM WebSphere, and custom-built applications using open-source technologies.Architected API-First Headless Solution: Designed and built a REST API layer for WebSphere Commerce (now HCL) to support a clothing retailer's shift to a headless architecture, fully decoupling the frontend and implementing API-first and headless commerce principles to enhance flexibility and scalability.

Phoenix, Az, Us

Practice Development and Leadership: Established a digital commerce practice with client-focused teams of developers and architects, leading training initiatives in content management, commerce and integration. Led Technical Delivery for eCommerce Practice: Managed technical teams on IBM WebSphere Commerce projects, ensuring high-quality execution and seamless integration with enterprise systems through APIs and middleware systems.

Covington, Ky, Us

Collaborated on Software Solution for New Plant Builds: Partnered with a major automaker to design an IBM WebSphere Portal-based reporting and dashboard solution, incorporating tailored integrations to streamline management and oversight throughout the construction process.Acquired by Ascendant Technology

Delivery & Sales Architect: Served as lead technical architect for high-value digital commerce initiatives, instrumental in building a 50-consultant eCommerce practice and fostering the IBM partnership to drive strategic growth.Advanced to Trusted Consultant: Built expertise in cross-platform solutions, data center setup, management, application development, and architecture, contributing to impactful eCommerce solutions.Established Data Center Infrastructure for Luxury Retailer: Built and configured data center infrastructure, including server and network devices on Linux and AS/400 hardware, to support IBM WebSphere Commerce for a luxury retail client.

Developed GPS Web Application for Technician Routing: Built a GPS-enabled application to optimize service technician routes, resulting in a 40% improvement in response times.Managed Multi-Platform Data Center: Directed operations of a data center with Windows, Linux, and Unix servers, ensuring seamless functionality for critical email and web applications.Implemented Location-Based Mapping Solutions: Designed and launched map-based location applications for banking and retail websites, significantly enhancing the customer experience.

Led Development of Medical Bill Auditing Workflow: Managed a team to create an auditing and imaging workflow application, streamlining medical bill processing and improving efficiency.Implemented HIPAA-Compliant Document Management System: Spearheaded the transition to a paperless office by deploying a secure document management system, ensuring compliance with HIPAA regulations.Deployed Messaging and Time Tracking Solution: Introduced a messaging and time tracking application that enhanced team collaboration and improved accuracy in time entry.