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Orlando, Fl, Us

Orlando, Fl, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Maintained legacy booking front-end (Zend, jQuery) while building new migration tools (Symfony, Laravel) to transfer backend date into new booking system. Utilized AWS SDK tools including SES, SNS, etc. Migrated user authentication and authorization to Azure Entra (formerly Active Directory) using Microsoft Oauth and Graph. Testing suite utilizing Selenium in Java.

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

Converted unreliable, legacy, data-delivery cronjobs to Apache Airflow using Python. From scratch developed reliable DAGs (directed acyclic graphs) which could properly alert and self-heal failures. Automated data integrity testing prevented invalid datasets from being delivered to clients.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Created architecture design specifications for complex, cross-team projects. Specifications included database schema, high-level component design and UI/UX considerations. Sought out system improvements at all layers, working with teams as well as leadership to develop ideas and guide implementation. Took ownership of many multi-team initiatives which included driving the project through to completion and assisting with go-to-market activities.Projects of note included spearheading and coordinating development efforts to migrate from outdated monolithic software model to microservice-based architecture without service interruption. Developed reverse and forward proxy systems to manage internal and external traffic to multiple API endpoints. Single-handedly drove Gitlab CI/CD pipeline migration project to reduce manual testing time and cost. Acted as lead/scrum master for the team that built and maintained C++ based "big data" applications on Linux clusters which handled the majority of data merging and synthesis.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Team lead and manager for the group tasked with building and maintaining the primary revenue-generating PHP-based web application for searching, organizing and visually mapping search results. Also designed and managed middleware and the pricing platform for generating invoices.Frontend emphasis was on intuitive interfaces and ease-of-use for non-technical users in order to drive an increase in our most profitable searches. Data management and security was GLB/DPPA and PCI compliant. Gathered business and client requirements, analyzed competitors, and built a software development plan including designing database architecture and test-driven development.Middleware projects were centered around high availability and concurrency. Pricing platform project demanded fast response times as well as intimate understanding of accounting and invoicing practices.As a manager, pushed the adoption of Agile and Scrum methodologies to drive team performance and transparency. Multiple years experience building project backlogs and sprints as well as examining and improving processes in retrospectives.

Developed C# GUI programs and C++ data ETL processes which synthesized billions of data points into digestible information while leveraging parallel processing on large-scale computing clusters. Position required the capacity to quickly choose the right development tools to deliver dozens of rapid prototypes as well as seeing them through to production on accelerated time lines.

Sunrise, Fl, Us

Developed a platform that allowed publishers and advertisers to self-service their online advertising accounts and manage their own targeting needs. Built tools to visualize clients' KPIs and track clicks, conversions, ROI, etc., across multiple campaigns.

Work included search engine optimization, corporate intranets, e-commerce sites, content management systems and Flash applications.

Built and maintained client websites, servers, and databases for varied e-commerce, CMS and intranet projects.