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Fishers, In, Us

MadeLabs is a technology consulting and software company that specializes in digital transformation and product development. We are software engineers, product owners, and designers helping businesses solve complex problems through modern technology solutions.

Naperville, Il, Us

KeHE is a $6B+ food distribution company which embarked on a digital transformation of legacy AS400 enterprise systems to modern software processes and solutions.Web and mobile application software running on multiple different platforms provide solutions for order management, electronic proof of delivery, logistics, warehouse management, and a wide variety of other complex and integral business processes.KeHE hired me to establish a culture of engineering success and provide higher level architecture and software development processes to their product engineering division which grew to approximately 80 team members.Technologies: C#, SQL, Postgres, Angular, ASP.NET WebAPI, Ionic, Bootstrap, Git, TFS, Jenkins, AWS, Lambda, API Gateway, SNS/SQS, Datadog/New Relic, and others.

San Francisco, California, Us

Flightdocs is a SaaS provider of aviation maintenance tracking and compliance regulatedinventory control. The primary goal is to provide large scale aircraft fleets with their stateof airworthiness as well as tools to run flight operations.My role was to design and develop the initial architecture and recruit a top-tier softwareengineering team to build the flagship product and reinvigorate the business. I grew theteam with 20 full time engineers across multiple technologies and successfully launched anenterprise-class web and mobile application resulting in 39% year over year growth.Technologies: C#, SQL (AWS RDS), Angular, ASP.NET WebAPI, Redis, Xamarin, Bootstrap,Git, Jenkins, AWS, Elastic Beanstalk, Salesforce.A sampling of major product accomplishments include:• An inventory and purchasing system specifically designed for heavily regulatedaviation compliance. Initial release of this new product module bolstered sales by 2Mwithin the first 90 days and contributed to 95%+ customer retention rate.• Industry standard REST-based API using oAuth2 with partnerships from varioussoftware companies throughout the aviation industry.• Pilot dashboard to streamline complex data for pilots.• eSignature and electronic workflow with full auditing capabilities.• Custom equipment management which led to the development of Flightdocs HMX - ahelicopter targeted version of the flagship product. After release, hundreds ofhelicopters have signed contracts with Flightdocs.• Work order management for use both internally and for organizing and bidding largemaintenance requirements.• Retirement of two physical data centers and move to AWS cloud with redundancy toMicrosoft Azure saving the company hundreds of thousands of dollars a year ininfrastructure and licensing.• Awarded the CenturyLink 2017 “Innovention” Award

Naples, Florida, Us

Software development and integrations manager for a billion+ medical device company with20% year over year growth. Able to advance from business analyst (generic title for allsoftware developers) to software development manager while still maintain lead applicationdevelopment technical strategy.Technologies: C#, SQL, Knockout, TFS, WCF, ASP.NET, Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle EBS, QADERP, SAP, SSRS, Sharepoint, Salesforce.A few of the significant projects include:• A single, multi-tiered, change resilient platform for custom development to house future business requested applications. The platform uses distributed membership, security, role-based authentication, modular data access to multiple data server types, dedicated business logic layer, service façade for Service Oriented Architecture, and a single dynamic web-based presentation layer.• FDA regulated Medical Complaints Application used in tracking and resolving medical device complaints.• Global Trade Compliance regulated Shipping Application used in request and tracking of non-ERP shipments made including address verification for potential dangerous shipments.• Tissue Bank commission tracking and reporting process running through ASP.NET and windows service.• Payment Gateway to centralize all online credit card payments into a secure and single entry point which can be leveraged by all applications within the Arthrex development stack.• A National Sales Contract management application which integrates with the Arthrex ERP system and allows for future CRM integration.• Lead Technical Role in the implementation of Oracle’s Manufacturing Execution System and Quality Management System comprising of EBS, Discrete Manufacturing, Quality, Inventory, Oracle SOA Suite, Learning Management System, Agile Product Lifecycle Management, Manufacturing Operation Center, Kepware CNC/PLC Machine Connectivity, and Loftware Label Connector.

Jacksonville, Fl, Us

Initially hired as a consultant for a one year contract; hired as a permanent employee within three months. Promoted after one year. Technologies: C#, SQL, ASP.NET, SSRS, Sharepoint, Diamond (insurance specific), RulesEngines.A few sample projects include:• Disassembly and recovery of lost source code for internal intranet application.• Check printing application for bulk development of monthly claims and commission checks using SSRS.• Centralized configuration management database and corresponding libraries for the management of application settings and connection strings in multiple SDLC environments. • Performance optimization of the public website, intranet, and custom rules within underwriting and rating engines.• Managed all software development vendors including Diamond, the primary insurance-specific platform used for business operation.

Focused on the development and maintenance of a large backend administrative platformfor an E-Commerce and Distribution SaaS solution. Clients involved comprised of the OneCampaign, Harrah’s Casino and the World Series of Poker, United Nations (Nothing butNets), any many more.Technologies: C#, VB.NET, SQL, ASP.NET, jQuery, Telerik.Primary areas of development included:• Inventory management and item definition.• Customer call support application development for tracking support issues, productorders, and time tracking of all interaction with end-customers.• Recurring billing and re-ordering.• Inventory velocity and predictive purchasing quantities and dates based on supplierrequirements, customer behavior, and bulk purchasing discounts.

Wide-range of responsibilities, including the creation of small to mid-sized websites and PHP programs, graphic design, liaison between clients and developers, initiating and closing sales of websites and web-based applications and coordinating/advising on web-based marketing campaigns.Technologies: PHP, MySQL, HTML, Javascript.*Also worked 2/1999 – 3/2000 doing entry-level programming and onsite technician work.

Troubleshooting, repairs, maintenance, and system builds. Worked with hardware, software, and networks. Technical support (phone and one-on-one). Sales to both retail and wholesale customers.