As a member of the Small and Medium Corporate Customer Support Unit, I support customers in their cloud migration and modernization journeys, serving as a trusted technical advisor. In partnership with Sales Solutions Specialists and Microsoft partners, I contribute to delivering client engagements by providing Azure Cloud expertise and identifying relevant internal resources and programs to ensure the success of each project.

Senior Consultant leading solution architecture design and implementation for Enterprise projects.CLIENT: FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE – SR. SOLUTIONS ARCHITECTLead a large, globally distributed team in the development of a cloud based (AWS) system to manage document templates utilized in the creation of binding insurance policies and other legal artifacts. Involved implementation of custom web-based document editor and ancillary services to support versioning and editing of template instances.IMPORTANT ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS• Created action plan to refactor poorly performing and structured applications to a more scalable and performant microservice based architecture• Created design for a set of shared services for notification management, user identity and authorization management, caching and encryption• Conceived Common Authorization Management Platform (CAMP), which allows administrators to provision applications, define roles, resources and permissions and assign users to applications and roles• Created POCs using various technologies to illustrate best practices and approaches, including utilizing Blazor for UX/UI, performing double key encryption using AWS KMS, building column level encryption mechanism within AWS PostgresSQL.RESPONSIBILITIES• Worked closely with client’s Enterprise Architecture group to ensure all architecture and infosec standards were followed• Assisted teams in the evaluation of technologies to be utilized at various levels within the program• Mentored developers in the application of architectural patterns• Worked with external software vendors to ensure that products were utilized appropriately• Maintained architectural documentation of the program, including data flow diagrams, C4 component diagrams and process diagrams• Evaluate tools and technologies to determine feasibility of utilization within the projectTECHNOLOGIES: AWS EKS, AWS SES, AWS SQS, .Net 6, React, AWS Postgres RDS, Istio, Blazor, GraphQL

Managed multiple scrum teams responsible for developing a new platform to consolidate Neighborly owned brands into a single web and mobile experience. Responsible for overall consumer facing digital platform including Neighborly.com, NeighborlyBrands.com and the Neighborly mobile application.IMPORTANT ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS• Successfully launched the new Neighborly web and mobile experience.• Reinforced Agile practices among scrum teams.RESPONSIBILITIES• Build a high performing development organization through use of technology partners.• Lead planning and strategy sessions for future product development.• Interact with business stakeholders at all levels to ensure requirements are met.TECHNOLOGIES: CrownPeak CMS, React, React Native, AWS, .Net

Senior Consultant engaged in multiple large scale development projects. Assisted with developing responses to RFPs and participated in new business acquisition activities. Also acted as the .Net Enterprise Community Lead for the Dallas area Softvision employees.CLIENT: ANTHEM – LEAD SOLUTIONS ARCHITECTLead a large, globally distributed team in development of a cloud based (AWS) system to process member enrollments coming in via paper applications. This system received the OCR’ed version of the enrollment forms with the values captured in a complex JSON object. It then applied validation and business rules that were presented to an Anthem representative via web user interface where the values would be verified or corrected. Once verified, the enrollment would be sent to a mainframe for final enrollment into the Anthem system.CLIENT: HUMANA – CHIEF SOLUTIONS ARCHITECTLead a large, globally distributed team in the migration of an on-premise, monolithic API backend to a cloud based microservice architecture hosted in Microsoft Azure. Working with client executives to define roadmap and vision for project as well as client architects to ensure infrastructure supports the planned implementation. Team consisted of multiple architects, 40+ developers, QA and Business Analysts. TECHNOLOGIES: ASP.Net WebAPI, C#, Blazor, AzureSQL, Azure Data Factory, EventGrid, StorageQueue, Azure Functions, Azure Kubernetes Service, Docker, Azure DevOps

Managed a cross functional team in the redevelopment and modernization of DART’s employee intranet and associated custom applications. This multi-year project encompassed over 150 business applications and 75 technology supported business workflows. Oversaw both capital project and operational budgets related to my team’s activities. Also participated in PCI audit and certification of systems related to our GoPass mobile application.IMPORTANT ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS• Successfully deployed the new intranet application based upon the Sitefinity CMS to MS Azure• Implemented workflow conversions from legacy ASP to K2 workflow engine.• Conducted evaluations of current systems to determine level of security exposure and suggested plan to remediate system and reduce exposure where possible. • Planned and orchestrated the migration of DART.org to the Microsoft Azure Cloud utilizing several Azure services including WebApps, Application Gateway, CosmosDB and API Management.• Met with C level stakeholders and SMEs to determine backlog prioritization based upon enterprise needs and resource availability.• Deployed DART.org and the new intranet application across Azure regions in an Active/Active scenario to maintain the highest SLA with zero RTO and no data loss.• Led technology evaluation committee to select vendors for content management system and business process automation.RESPONSIBILITIES• Lead architecture design and technology strategy for development team• Participate in requirements sessions with product owners, SME’s and other business experts to help define features and user stories.• Define technical requirements for developers.• Participate in business continuity and disaster recovery exercises. • Engage with business stakeholders to prioritize needs across the application portfolio.• Manage vendor relationships.TECHNOLOGIES: Sitefinity, K2 Cloud, ASP.Net WebAPI, C#, Angular, AzureSQL, EventGrid, Azure Functions, Azure Web Apps, Azure DevOps

Managed a team of high performing developers, business analysts and testers in the development of a large scale, multi-million dollar project, creating a multi-tenant SaaS product. This application allowed customers to perform facility condition assessments of their real estate holdings and provided a mechanism to track inventory, plan capital improvement projects and remediate deficiencies and report on results. Customers included numerous federal, state and local government agencies and several fortune 500 companies.IMPORTANT ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS• Successfully turned around project that was behind schedule and over budget to deliver an MVP that surpassed the client’s expectations.• Made critical personnel decisions to build an effective, agile development team capable of high velocity with minimal defects.• Emphasized configuration over customization to meet new client requirements. This allowed clients to share new features as they were included in the product.• Implemented CI\CD processes to allow for rapid releases.RESPONSIBILITIES• Lead architecture design and technology strategy for development team.• Meet with stakeholders from across all business verticals, including C-level executives, to determine feature priority.• Meet with potential clients to demonstrate product and act as a technical liaison during implementation.• Manage the day-to-day activities of a distributed team of software developers. • Provide performance management feedback to direct reports.• Maintain budget allocations for projects and work with clients, internal and external, to ensure accurate reporting and charges against budget overhead. TECHNOLOGIES: ASP.Net WebAPI, C#, JQuery, MS SQL Server, Telerik Kendo UI, MS Entity Framework 6.0, Visual Studio Team Services

Managed day to day activity of a multidisciplinary team of .Net, UX and SQL developers creating and maintaining a medical provider finder application for multiple clients in the health insurance industry. This product was offered as SaaS model and provided clients a white labeling experience to maintain their brand and maintain a cohesive user experience. IMPORTANT ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS• Conceived architecture to support many clients with a single codebase through the use of configuration features. • Cut search response times down from an average of 15 seconds to 2 by utilizing the Lucene.Net search engine library.• Implemented CI\CD processes to allow for rapid releases.RESPONSIBILITIES• Lead architecture design and technology strategy for development team.• Prioritize client projects to ensure timelines were met. • Meet with potential clients to demonstrate product and act as a technical liaison during implementation.• Provide performance management feedback to direct reports.• Performed code reviews and provide assistance to developers to overcome roadblocks. TECHNOLOGIES: ASP.Net WebAPI, MVC, C#, JQuery, MongoDB, MS SQL Server, Telerik Kendo UI, MS Entity Framework 4.0, Team Foundation Server. Apache Lucene.Net

Primary architect and developer of solutions and tools created to enable citizen developers throughout the enterprise to build their own LOB applications and deploy them an IT supported infrastructure. Architect and develop solutions and tools to support citizen developers throughout the enterprise. IMPORTANT ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS• Application Management Utility: A web-based tool to allow business developers to register and deploy their applications, as well as manage security and application content. Application included several reports developed in SQL Server Reporting Services. Used n-Tier coding practices to develop data and business tiers. Utilized common OOD patterns such as the Factory pattern.• Created a Visual Studio Starter Kit that included user authentication via LDAP as well as a common set of custom server controls that provided built-in security functionality.• Rail Miles Calculator: Used WCF and C# to create a service to provide mileage information for interline moves. Service interacted with a third-party product using Win32 APIs to provide mileage lookups.RESPONSIBILITIES• Lead architecture design and technology strategy for development team.• Conducted one and two-day training workshops introducing Visual Studio.Net 2005/2008 and ASP.Net to business developers from throughout BNSF. • Coordinate quarterly user group meetings with presentations from vendors such as Microsoft and Infragistics.• Consult with citizen developers regarding SOX requirements and data governance. Participated in several application audits for SOX compliance.TECHNOLOGIES: ASP.Net Webforms, VB.Net, C#, JQuery, WCF, Winforms, MS SQL Server, Infragistics components, Silverlight, LINQ, SSIS, SSRS, Team Foundation Server