As the Director of Data Integration at UMass Boston, I oversee the development of data integrations that align with strategic institutional goals. I lead a team of data integration specialists, collaborating with stakeholders to define requirements and establish best practices. My focus is on transitioning to near-real-time data processing, leveraging my extensive experience in managing complex data engineering and integration projects to enhance organizational performance.

Independent software engineering and integration consultant with various vertical markets: e-commerce/retail, healthcare, and hospitality.

Manage and lead a global professional services group of engineers on customer data and loyalty platforms to help businesses forge stronger relationships through smarter customer engagement.

Business entrepreneur of a major franchise, among top 50 according to 2016 Franchise 500 Rankings, within the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) Industry.

Leading the software development life cycle of the ConneX implementation, product, platform and infrastructure teams on POS integrations and back of the house data processing.

A real estate investment holding company of residential properties.

Oversee all enterprise web, portal, mobile, and back office applications within Hospital & Health Care Industry. Hands-on, lead and direct functional teams of Development, Quality Assurance, Database Administration, Release Engineering, and DevOps to develop innovative solutions that meet business needs with respect to functionality, performance, scalability, reliability, realistic implementation schedules, and adherence to development goals and principles. Provide technical oversight, guidence, and implementation over infrastructure and systems architecture.

• Managed all client facing web technologies: Participant Web, Participant Call Center, Client Access, mobile, and Interactive Voice Response (IVR)• Managed a team of developers, architects, and consultants consisting of 8-10 onshore and 6 offshore resources• Experienced in software analysis, design, development and implementation of solution components and systems integration• Proven skills in resource planning, team management, and numerous development technologies functioning as project/technical manager, architect, and engineer• Worked with cross functional teams to assure projects stay on-track and onto final product delivery, support, and maintenance• Conducted and lead technical brainstorming and development sessions, design reviews, and code reviews for quality and robust technical solution• Managed and delivered the first New York Life public facing mobile app for iOS and Android• Experienced in legacy systems migration

Parent company of SmartBargains.com and RueLaLa.com.• Participated in designs and development of business applications across many departments: merchandising, production, marketing, fulfillment, customer service, finance, and the storefront• Architected complex software solutions and system development life cycle including analyzing, designing, coding, and testing of multi-tier enterprise-level applications in a high availability environment• Served as subject matter expert in various internal systems: Merchandising Application System, SmartApps (6 applications), Order Management System (OMS), Fulfillment, Drop Ship System, and Financial System (Great Plains)• Acted as technical liaison between our main fulfillment partner, UPS, and drop ship vendors for systems integration and support. Authored and maintained the majority of the Vendor Integration Guide Technical Specification for drop ship integrations and UPS File Interface API• Primary technical person for the finance team in designing and supporting with automated reports, Great Plains system, and assisted in monthly and yearly fiscal closings• Applied industry best practices and Open Source applications for a robust and cost effective solutions• Mentored and performed code review of junior developers• Worked well individually or within a team environment

• Engaged in all phases of software development life cycle: scoping, design, build, and rollout• Designed a high-level site architecture to solve a business problem that address messaging, security, massive storage, scalability , reliability, and redundancy• Worked with other departments (Branding and User Experience, Hosting, Security, QA, and Managed Services) to ensure that client had a robust and best of breed solution• Provided technical guidance and advice to other consultants, staffs, and clients• Created prototypes, functional and technical specifications for software projects• Provided time estimates for project plan proposals• Analyzed project requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints • Utilized Breakaway’s Full Service Provider Methodology as a guide on projects for best practices and lessons learned• Built and lead a small team of consultants• Established working practices for the team (ie: source control, coding standards, etc.)• Coached, mentored others, and promoted knowledge transfer

• Built distributed web applications for the company’s state of the art e-commerce B2C site using the latest and best available Microsoft technologies• Developed and delivered multi-tier web-based applications using Internet technologies including VBScript, JavaScript, ActiveX, COM, SQL, and Active Server Pages• Experienced in building the back-end of e-commerce and web applications• Wrote project technical specifications, design, develop, test, and maintain code• Worked with development team to ensure product design and features were produced on-time in a very fast-paced environment• Worked with QA to develop a highly reliable final project and worked with product designers to meet various design requirements• Understood project requirements, timelines, and ensure timely and effective project implementation