My teams build software services and automation to support both Amazon's infrastructure and Amazon’s global businesses. We build and own “Tier-1” Amazon services: our services are critical for all Amazon teams and business activities world-wide. We hold ourselves to the highest bar for our services, architecture, and operational excellence.We use diverse technologies to meet the needs of our customers. Our tech stack includes projects built in Java, various JS frameworks, both iOS and… Show more My teams build software services and automation to support both Amazon's infrastructure and Amazon’s global businesses. We build and own “Tier-1” Amazon services: our services are critical for all Amazon teams and business activities world-wide. We hold ourselves to the highest bar for our services, architecture, and operational excellence.We use diverse technologies to meet the needs of our customers. Our tech stack includes projects built in Java, various JS frameworks, both iOS and Android apps, “serverless” deployments (API Gateway/Lamdba/DynamoDB), plus C# and PowerShell for Windows projects. Our roadmap includes next-gen communication services for Amazon, and a deep dive into Windows infrastructure automation.We solve problems for Amazon, first and foremost, and then look to see where our solutions provide new or improved product opportunities for AWS. We are a big-idea org, committed to solve challenging problems and deliver results that delight our customers.We're also always hiring. ALWAYS, I tell you. Show less

My teams are responsible for all operational aspects of Pearson Assessment software products ($700M/year in top-line revenue), as well as software development ownership for DevOps functions and infrastructure automation. Our 80+ technical staff members and four managers are spread across three Pearson offices in the United States and one in Mumbai, India.Working together, these teams carry responsibilities across many areas: traditional IT operations functions (across infrastructure… Show more My teams are responsible for all operational aspects of Pearson Assessment software products ($700M/year in top-line revenue), as well as software development ownership for DevOps functions and infrastructure automation. Our 80+ technical staff members and four managers are spread across three Pearson offices in the United States and one in Mumbai, India.Working together, these teams carry responsibilities across many areas: traditional IT operations functions (across infrastructure, applications and databases), systems architecture, core DevOps code/tools and processes, release engineering, application performance and availability monitoring, application performance testing, ITIL process management, application security, and more. I am passionate about cloud services and the benefits of a DevOps / Continuous Delivery model in a software development organization. Under my leadership, our organization has moved core products generating $300M+ annual revenue into a DevOps model, leveraging cloud services - while reducing both labor and infrastructure costs.I am also an organizational leader in financial and strategic planning - leading our staff growth / college recruiting program for software developers, owning all capital budgeting and the majority of shared expense budgeting for the Pearson Assessment development organization, and helping multiple teams duplicate our success with team-building and engagement in India.Key initiatives:- Maturing DevOps capabilities and integrating those practices into core business products.- Primary leadership for transition into cloud services, leveraging public and private cloud technologies to improve products while reducing costs.- Sponsorship and guidance of Continuous Delivery pipelines/flow across product and testing teams.- Real-time, hyper-analytical monitoring of key performance indicators for critical systems.- Extending DevOps capabilities to staff in Mumbai, India, for easier 24x7x365 coverage. Show less

Primary ownership for managing application and infrastructure services for Pearson Assessment products - including product launches and build-outs, systems architecture, developing and implementing an overall platform strategy, project management services, and support of production environments for systems used for high-stakes assessments by millions of students in the United States.Launched first cloud-services projects in Pearson Assessment organization as part of a broad automation… Show more Primary ownership for managing application and infrastructure services for Pearson Assessment products - including product launches and build-outs, systems architecture, developing and implementing an overall platform strategy, project management services, and support of production environments for systems used for high-stakes assessments by millions of students in the United States.Launched first cloud-services projects in Pearson Assessment organization as part of a broad automation strategy designed and driven by my team. Specific details include: extending automation capabilities to include emerging code-based configuration management tools (chef) and infrastructure automation capabilities (RightScale initially, later leveraging AWS API's directly), plus formal standards for application and database deployment artifacts.Guided the launch and evolution of off-shore engineering teams in Mumbai, India - including multiple trips to India aimed at team-building and rapidly evolving our collaborative practices.Organizational leader in multiple areas: strategic and financial planning initiatives, working with end customers on high-profile incident management cases, and more. Show less

Designated organizational lead in technical systems architecture of complex java application environments - including a very large java portal (WSRP / JSR-168) application stack with multiple WSRP producer applications, an Enterprise Service Bus, and more.Deep technical experience in infrastructure and application high-availability concepts - including load balancing solutions, application clustering methodologies, high-availability database patterns, and more. Responsible for up-time… Show more Designated organizational lead in technical systems architecture of complex java application environments - including a very large java portal (WSRP / JSR-168) application stack with multiple WSRP producer applications, an Enterprise Service Bus, and more.Deep technical experience in infrastructure and application high-availability concepts - including load balancing solutions, application clustering methodologies, high-availability database patterns, and more. Responsible for up-time of critical assessment systems, including several with very high public sensitivity due to millions of student users per year.Provided strong leadership across multiple teams in designing and implementing business systems generating $600M+ in annual revenue. Show less