Manager• Led engineering team that designed and built AWS cloud migration process for physical security components rolled out to 400+ locations in 50+ countries• Managed engineers and architects, supporting career development and providing technical guidance• Interviewed prospective architects and developers for team fit and validated technical capabilities using pair programming• Led team implementing best practices across account and consulted on implementation of SRE practicesArchitect• Architected cloud-deployed applications for global cloud leader• Performed security reviews for access control systems• Designed event pipeline for lodging inventory change data for travel leader; solution reduced web pricing lag from 4 hours to 2 minutes and saved over $700,000 annually over previous solutionDeveloper• Served as dev lead for numerous Spring Boot/Java projects, including a project to ingestall lodging inventory change data for travel leader; solution resulted in client being launch customer for both Kinesis and Aurora and client presented on solution at re:Invent• Open sourced Spring Boot utility for unmarshalling json data to Java objects for testing• Functioned as team expert on Spring Boot and Maven• Created and/or contributed to Terraform-based tutorials demonstrating Kubernetes features on GCP, available on GithubConsultant• Worked onsite with customers, designing, building, and deploying applications, and managing dev teams• Researched productivity bottlenecks and dev practices at global telecom firm and presented findings indicating need for improved CI/CD, different technology choices, and greater devops adoption to increase software quality and delivery velocity• Served in sales engineering capacity for global cloud leader, determining customer needs and proposing and documenting technical and process solutions• Mentored junior team members in consulting practicesNote: Nortal acquired previous employer, Dev9

Client: Global Search & Cloud Technology Leader• Managed multiple teams implementing cloud solutions for client's customers on GCP• Mentored junior team members in consulting practices• Served in sales engineering capacity, determining client needs and proposing technical and process solutions

Client: Global Travel Leader• Architected global pricing and lodging inventory event processing platform on AWS and managed multiple teams implementing it; client presented solution at AWS re:Invent conference• Implemented solution impacting 70% of client's business as launch customer for both Kinesis and Aurora• Solution reduced web pricing lag from 4 hours to 2 minutes and saved over $700,000 annually over previous solutionOther• Presented at Seattle Java Users Group (SeaJUG) on Amazon Alexa and IoT• Presented at AWS HQ on event pipeline architecture• Achieved AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification• Achieved Google Cloud Certified Professional - Cloud Architect

• Implemented data pipeline using Kafka, Storm, and Spring Social to retrieve and process 3rd party user data for display in lifelogging mobile app• Assisted in design of RESTful API architecture to support internet-scale mobile app, replacing relational db-backed RPC API• Refactored legacy Java code to remove obsolete bits and replace custom code with open source alternatives• Guided team in improved use of Agile processes, git/Github, Maven, Spring, logging, unit testing, Joda, Jackson, and more

• Developed and maintained software performing NLP and indexing functions on millions of documents across hundreds of machines in a highly distributed Jini cluster• Used JRuby and Node.js to develop scalable services in support of well-reviewed iPad-based topical news reader• Simplified and corrected convoluted legacy build thereby supporting faster, more repeatable builds• Saved struggling team with chaotic process and limited delivery by serving as Scrum Master, introducing process structure and focusing on continuous delivery

• Implemented fake data tier to allow downstream testing when production db wasn’t complete, saving from failure a major year-long project for an external client• Introduced REST server to existing internal systems, exposing capabilities to an entirely new class of clients and laying the framework for the next-generation application• Led major refactoring efforts to introduce open source libraries and to reduce dependence on internal proprietary code of inadequate quality and/or utility• Designed and developed multithreaded data extraction system to build caches of database-sourced content to improve application speed by several orders of magnitude• Simplified complex set of Maven poms, improving maintainability and reducing dependency collisions• Coached semi-successful Scrum team in conversion to full Scrum and high productivity

Thinkronize – Architect/Team Lead• Built site for 4 million+ users using Lucene, Solr, Eclipse, Maven, JUnit and HtmlUnit• Integrated FreeMarker, Restlet, and MySQL to build Java web app backed by RESTful services• Hired, trained, and coached Agile dev teamExpedia, Inc. – Developer• Spiked data-grid/service-grid based high-performance web backend• Implemented dynamically resizing distributed cache using Tangasol/Oracle Coherence and Jini/Rio• Served as 1 of 4 team members that was 4 times more productive than client's own dev teamsTideworks Technology – Developer• Built RFID-triggered MDB/JMS-based system with JMX instrumentation to open gate arms, allowing trucks to leave loading area of shipping ports• Introduced unit testing and TDD to client, inspiring uptake among other devsSEARCH Group, Inc. – Team Lead/Developer• Developed Eclipse RCP-based app using EMF and MDA• Managed team of devs using Agile/XP practices over year-long projectCingular/AT&T – Developer• Took ownership (with team) of existing Spring/Hibernate/Struts codebase processing $1 billion in payments annually• Assisted in implementation of Spring AOP-based auditing system• Served as primary buildmaster using Ant, and MavenInternal SolutionsIQ Projects – Developer• Added Jini-based distributed build capability to Cruise Control CI system and donated code back to community• Presented above work at 9th Jini Community Meeting in Chicago by invitation of Sun Microsystems • Evaluated CMS systems for internal use including Alfresco, Exo Platform, and Liferay• Contributed connection pooling and other improvements to StoryTestIQ (STIQ) acceptance testing framework• Began reimplementation of STIQ using Restlet for wiki backend and GWT for UI–in progressClassmates Online, Inc. – Agile Dev Practices Consultant• Evaluated and reported on dev and management deficiencies• Assisted in revamping dev infrastructure and release process

• Served on a high-performance XP development team writing Java n-tiered application for county tax assessment• Led web UI integration effort after researching web app frameworks to convert from existing Swing UI• Assisted in setting up team development environment including IDE, CVS, and Tomcat 5.0 to speed development cycle

• Developed XML-RPC server software for TINI Java-powered microcontrollers to report energy consumption of servers in data centers• Interfaced with Dallas Semiconductor 1-Wire sensors attached to bus for data acquisition• Wrote compact logging package for constrained Java devices

• Taught computer science, math, history, and liberal arts to middle school students at private K-8 school• Planned curriculum and led weekly field trips to museums and other activities of educational interest• Installed school Mac/Windows network including extensive cabling• Served as primary support person for computers, network, and phone systems

• Coded, reviewed and tested major components of #1 receivables management system (FACS), used by Fortune 500 companies, in InterSystems Caché post-relational database language• Served as sole technical instructional designer and trainer for $50 million software firm• Mentored new developers, reviewing their work and coaching their progress• Polled Development Department (70+ persons) for training needs; organized all training on their behalf; taught technical classes to most of my peers • Developed system tools for debugging in Caché