Technical Architect focused in the areas of Production Engineering (DevOps) and Security supporting Esntial Ecommerce on Amazon Web Services.

Partnering with clients of all types to create digital media and applications, leveraging the fundamentals of user experience and solid design principles. I'm dedicated to solving your problems, delivering results, and especially love to show success where others have failed. Design - Development - DevOps.

Design secure, cloud-based microservice patterns for high availability working with Spring Boot, Angular and numerous cloud-ready systems. Currently collaborating with 4 global engineering teams and numerous internal teams covering multiple services and disciplines, including security, platform engineering, networking and DevOps. Work as part of the information security group to ensure new applications meet both internal and general PCI-DSS requirements and participate in advanced web security training.• Advise development teams on system technical design, providing solutions that reinforce the enterprise architectural strategy• Consult with internal teams on UI/UX updates to improve usability, including creation of wireframes and prototypes• Build internal developer productivity tools for debugging and quality assurance with message queues, caching and file storage• Identify shared services built within the organization that can be leveraged in current projects, reducing development timeSolutions ArchitectPrincipal Software Development EngineerSecurity Champion

Oversaw development, DevOps, and emerging technology efforts for offices in San Francisco, St. Louis, and Boston making sure completed digital projects had solid UI/UX, programming best practices and high availability. Worked directly with application teams to ensure appropriate technologies were implemented towards the goals outlined in the proposal, including evaluating and selecting libraries, frameworks and languages for each digital campaign. • Created platform-level, detailed system design, features, and stories for guidance, new application implementations • Implemented DevOps best practices with Docker, drove IoT innovation using Arduino, RaspberryPi, Amazon Alexa • Demonstrated impeccable written, verbal communication, presentation skills for both technical and non-technical audiences• Designed proof-of-concept applications, identified ways to transform legacy applications to improve overall performance and experience

Worked with a strong team of multimedia experts combining audio, video and interactive into cohesive, immersive web experiences for advertising. Implemented custom user interfaces for mobile, web and social media platforms leveraging database-backed REST APIs. Designed scalable deployment architectures for AWS to handle high availability needs of advertising campaigns. Created award winning digital media campaigns for a wide range of local and national clients.• Incorporated new streaming media technologies and workflows with cloud-native capabilities• Worked directly on new business initiatives to drive sales through in-person capability presentations• Used multiple CMS and application frameworks such as Laravel and .NET MVC to create dynamic web applications• Provided UI/UX expertise from wireframes through implementation on mobile, desktop and gaming applications

I work with local and national clients to develop interactive media solutions. My specialties include user-centered design and interaction, database design, API integration, and object-oriented programming for Flash AS2/AS3, PHP5, and numerous other modern programming and scripting languages.Some of my major clients have included Grey Goose Vodka, Bacardi, Microsoft, Intel, and American Express.

Develop web based applications for clients in the St. Louis Metro area, specifically using technologies such as Flash, Actionscript, PHP, Javascript, and XML.

Designed retail fixtures and interiors for two years while working as an Industrial Designer in both junior and senior levels. I also developed Flash-based presentations for the company website and external projects, DVD based presentations, and other interactive projects.

Industrial design intern working on metal design for the MIT Stata Center in Cambridge, MA. The project was designed by architect Frank Gehry and manufactured by A. Zahner.