Akouba was acquired by Velocity Solutions in 2018.Oversee all product development, engineering, security, and compliance at a fast-growth FinTech company. Akouba has created a private label, digital lending platform with a custom built underwriting engine that reduced the time to apply for a small business loan by 65%. We were selected by the American Banker's Association as the best small business digital lending tool in the market. Partner with the CEO in developing strategic plans and budgets. I'm responsible for developing and executing on a budget for all engineering & product functions. I have built and oversee a product development process that maintains the highest standards for security, UX/UI, and B2B/B2C customer engagement. We utilized Agile in planning work flow and directing both onshore and offshore engineering teams, stepping in to roles as required - from Software to DevOps to Product Mgmt to QA. Lead sales pitches and presentations to prospective clients and investors. Supervise and mentor a team that included more than 15 employees and outside contractors.• Wrote the first lines of code for the multi-tenant, enterprise platform that includes synchronous & asynchronous ops and state machine driven work flow. Played a lead role in the product being endorsed by the American Bankers Association. Platform included many critical API integrations (XML and JSON-based API development) - including credit bureaus and government agencies. • Served as product & technical SME for exit strategy and related meetings. Generated due diligence that was recognized by prospective buyers for being clear and thorough. • Achieved top 10% performance across security vulnerability measures, including days open, time to fix, serious vulnerabilities, and windows of exposure. • Mentored employees on both product & engineering teams through career growth and eventual promotions within Akouba

Conceived and launched a new business that integrated preparation of healthy food, mobile ordering technology, and kiosk-based distribution. Oversaw all areas of operations that ranged from food preparation to technology. Communicated the vision and brand of to stakeholders ranging from investors to employees to customers.• Created prototype and iterated through several distribution models. • Designed and developed native iPhone and Android apps and backend that supported profiles, shopping carts, pickup locations, and credit card payment options. • Oversaw product development for software, food menu/production, and supplier management.

Performed consulting projects while launching RyteBytes.

Gained platform development experience with an enterprise B2B company across hundreds of servers and multiple data centers. • Selected for a core engineering team that re-architected the platform and infrastructure to support multiple data centers.• Led the design, implementation, and deployment of our caching layer using Redis.

Developed solutions for ASTRO Mission Critical Radio Systems. Customers included the US Army, US Marines, FBI, DOJ and other security focused organizations. - Selected as the youngest team lead in the division of over 1,000 engineers - For 2 years, I managed & directed a cross-disciplined team that designed & built a comprehensive authentication & authorization framework supporting 3 operating systems- Delivered the solution on time and under the nearly $600,000 budget I was provided- Worked with a dozen other team leads to integrate the solution into the entire organization of over 20 different software products