• Spearheaded the transition to Kubernetes, enhancing system reliability and deployment efficiency, significantly reducing deployment times by 350% by optimizing infrastructure configurations and build pipelines.• Rebuilt our CICD pipeline from scratch, reducing build times by over 400%, and reduced failed builds by over 300% in some repositories.• Engineered and executed a comprehensive business intelligence strategy, bolstering product development cycles and feature delivery, contributing to a 250% increase in project delivery speed.• Fostered a culture of technical excellence and cross-functional collaboration, mentoring engineers in the transition from Ruby to Elixir, which elevated team productivity and innovation capabilities, increased fault tolerance in the application, and contributed to a 93% reduction in ship date slippage.• Served on the engineering leadership team, making recommendations to and implementing priorities of the C-suite staff.• Served on HITRUST implementation team, leading various projects to achieve HITRUST compliance.

• Led the architecture and development team for Interfolio Data Services, a pivotal strategic product that enabled faculty users to seamlessly search and import a wide array of publications and research data, significantly enhancing academic research capabilities by enabling instant access to external sources.• Collaborated with business units across the enterprise to facilitate and coach implementation of company priorities.• As the first team using Elixir in Interfolio, mentored developers making the switch from Ruby to Elixir through pairing and 1:1 coaching in the company's formal mentorship program.• Served on Interfolio's technical leadership council.

• Led architecture planning and feature implementation for an intelligent construction finance platform, reducing administrative burden and accelerating decision-making processes for customers.• Developed and implemented testing strategies, enhancing code reliability and operational efficiency, contributing to a 63% increase in unit test coverage and a 220% increase in E2E tests while reducing time for E2E test runs.• Led experimental implementation of an event-sourced data architecture, which led to a final evented (post hoc) application communications architecture.• Mentored engineering staff, fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation.

• As CTO, led the development of Bidlily's technical infrastructure, leading to its recognition as the premier recruitment management solution, enhancing organizational efficiency and eliminating recruitment paperwork.• Extracted high-throughput endpoints to an Elixir websocket-based architecture, which led to dramatic increase in ability to support erratic, highly concurrent workloads with a 95% reduction in server count.• Developed full breadth of the application, including client-side applications, which included server-rendered views as well as judicious use of React to implement highly interactive client features, communicating the the server using an extensive GraphQL backend.• Implemented a novel matching algorithm and flexible reporting solutions, significantly improving member pairing accuracy and organizational reporting adaptability.• Innovated client UX, design, and architecture, integrating seamlessly with other vendors, which played a pivotal role in Bidlily's acquisition by OmegaFi in December of 2019.

• Led the planning and development of a data curation application and data pipeline into the machine learning infrastructure at The XO Group.• Transitioned the primary backend language of the data science team from Ruby to Elixir, enhancing efficiency and scalability.• Delivered historical insights and trends using a partially event-sourced data architecture, generating usable intelligence for company and customer data.

• Overhauled Ticketbud's payment processing system by enhancing transaction efficiency and security.• Introduced advanced architectural patterns at Ticketbud, facilitating modularized services and analytical capabilities.

• Led the transition from MRI Ruby to JRuby, achieving a 68% decrease in request times and over300% increase in throughput, enhancing system performance and scalability.• Mentored early and early-mid-career developers through pairing, code review, and consultation, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.• Collaborated with business units to identify and create opportunities to advance core products, driving innovation and product development.

• Led the strategic overhaul of system and application architecture at Inductive Applications, ensuring full compliance with HIPAA regulations and enhancing operational efficiency and security protocols.• Directed a global development team in major refactorings of our flagship application, improving system performance and user experience.• Championed the adoption of innovative technology solutions, fostering a culture of technical excellence and cross-functional collaboration that resulted in the successful delivery of complex projects on time and within budget.

• Small boutique web application development agency• Key client I worked with during this time was Breakthrough.com, an online mental health provider marketplace that allowed virtual therapy sessions over a videochat interface.• Spearheaded full-stack, behavior-driven software development initiatives, leveraging Ruby on Rails,Javascript, HTML, CSS, and additional technologies as needed, to deliver robust front-end to back-end solutions.• Drove client account development and management, enhancing client satisfaction and retention through strategic account oversight and personalized service delivery.• Led and innovated private and public training classes on a variety of technical topics, fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill enhancement among peers and clients.

• Created a state-of-the-art biosurveillance network, elevating public health monitoring in Texas by integrating advanced automated data collection technologies, thereby positioning the network as anational benchmark in public health innovation.• Pioneered the development of OpenPHIN, the inaugural open-source platform adhering to CDC PCA guidelines for emergency alerting, enhancing public health response capabilities by enabling cost-effective, scalable deployment of critical alerting applications.• Championed a culture of open-source contribution and technological advancement, significantly impacting public health infrastructure by facilitating the inclusion of versatile applications, thus broadening the scope and efficiency of health surveillance and emergency response efforts.

• Designed and maintained business critical systems like a remote DICOM viewer and PACS integration.• Developed a novel library for UI elements using XML, XSLT, and Javascript for rapid UI development.• Achieved seamless integration of report generation and client-side toolkit for enhanced user experience.