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Oconomowoc, Wi, Us

Waterloo, Wi, Us

As Director of IT Infrastructure Engineering, I'm leading cross-functional teams of Systems, Cloud, Networking, and Database Engineers, driving scalable infrastructure across on-premise and cloud environments. We leverage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Well-Architected Framework principles to build, manage, and optimize secure, cost-efficient solutions.

Waterloo, Wi, Us

As Cloud Operations & Systems Engineering Manager for Trek IT, I’m leading our teams of cross-platform DevOps, Networking, and Systems Engineers responsible for the hybrid infrastructure across all major Trek applications, including Trekbikes.com (e-commerce), Ascend (POS), BCycle, and Connected Product (IoT).- Achieved a 42% year-over-year improvement in software release cadences, transitioning from monthly deployments to weekly or bi-weekly releases.- Implemented fully integrated CI/CD pipelines and adopted a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) approach, resulting in reduced regression defect rates and enhanced testing automation.- Focused on cost reduction and budget accuracy in cloud infrastructure, emphasizing monitoring/alerting and automation for all aspects of the ecosystem. This effort contributed to $327,000 in infrastructure savings in 2023.- Spearheading Trek's Cloud Operations and Cloud Governance policies and initiatives to ensure efficient and compliant cloud utilization across Azure, Oracle, and Google Cloud offerings.

New York, Ny, Us

Transformed the Software Engineering Growth Domain from a small group of contractors into four teams of 3-5 software engineers, overseeing projects such as the General Assembly marketing website, e-commerce platform, Salesforce engineering, and consumer-facing business support.- Achieved a remarkable 92% growth in staffing, all while maintaining a high software delivery capitalization rate of 70%, consistently meeting business objectives and key deliverables.

Burbank, Ca, Us

The Solutions Lead Engineer position was a combination of the skills I'd acquired during my time at Major League Baseball and BAMTECH. In this capacity, I reached across the Product, Project Management and Engineering teams, worked to communicate, align and prioritize team deliverables and supported stakeholders to meet business needs.

New York, New York, Us

As Director of Web Software Engineering, responsibilities included overseeing four teams, each consisting of six to eight talented Software Engineers, as we released multiple products for the biggest clients in the industry, including HBO Now, WWE Network, PGA Tour Live and MLS LIVE, as well as MLB.com and MiLB.com, too.

New York, New York, Us

As a Senior Software Engineer, I worked across multiple departments, developing and building initiatives for MLB.com as presented to our team by Major League Baseball and internal MLBAM sponsorship, commerce and promotional stakeholders. In this capacity, I was responsible for the e-commerce web portal for MLB.TV and the WWE Network. The responsibilities within the position included leading a team of four Software Engineers.

New York, New York, Us

Within the Club Marketing department, I worked with clubs such as the Milwaukee Brewers and Atlanta Braves to develop and build ticketing, editorial and marketing initiatives for the websites. In order to help guide projects toward launch, the over-arching goals of MLBAM and the clubs would be prioritized in anticipation of any potential divergences from a shared mission and I would manage client expectations to close the gap.