As the Sr. Director of Solution Architecture at Corpay, I have been at the forefront of shaping and guiding the solution architecture landscape. My role involves cross-functional collaboration and communication with various groups, including executives, product teams, operations, and development teams, across different lines of business. This has enabled me to ensure alignment and integration of strategic objectives with technical execution. My leadership in the development and implementation of Corpay Complete has been instrumental in delivering a seamless client experience, from implementation to ongoing support. My responsibilities also included contributing to the internal sales RFCs to assist the sales team. Additionally, I have been part of discussions and negotiations regarding service agreements and rates, demonstrating my commitment to maintaining favorable terms for Corpay. My tenure has been marked by a focus on innovation, operational excellence, and fostering strong client and vendor relationships.

During my time as a Principal Engineer at Corpay, I led and contributed to a wide range of initiatives that were crucial to the engineering department's success. I oversaw product stewardship, spearheaded cost-saving strategies, and was instrumental in setting technology standards. My active engagement in CI/CD practices and strategic problem-solving significantly enhanced our services. Additionally, I managed financial processes and automation workflows, with a particular focus on logging, monitoring, alerting, and APM to maintain system integrity and performance. My role was central to driving innovation and operational excellence, reflecting my deep expertise in engineering solutions and leadership in essential system management areas.

Architected, designed, implemented and managed software projects for a wide variety of customers in the Portland area. Managed senior software development teams for large enterprise software projects. Developed software in .NET, AWS, Azure, Serverless, Angular, Node.js, and Salesforce. Redesigned database schemas and migrated data. Implemented large-scale continuous delivery and deployment projects, leveraging automated, per-branch deployments. Well-versed in agile development practices, such as Scrum, backlog maintenance, and continuous delivery. Wrote specifications, design documents, customer presentations, technical responses to RFPs.

Dedication to success is garnered by a disciplined approach to development and supporting best practices throughout the engineering department. I enjoy developing new products and improving the software production process. I try to be involved in all the details, but I find it’s best to allow my team members to thrive under my leadership. I have proven leadership abilities to achieve strategic objectives for short and long term profitability and sustainability.

Dynamic leader of software development teams, offering years of progressive experience in managing multi-million dollar military access control systems. ✱ Leading research, design, development, documentation, testing and deployment of access control systems. ✱ Broad experience designing and building high volume environments in SaaS with 24x7 100% uptime goals. ✱ Designed dozens of custom software solutions for military access control systems.