Designed a serverless architecture for a public API and developed the initial POC.

Served as Tech Lead for an engineering team.Established Engineering standards, guidelines, and best practices.Helped the team grow. Mentored and sponsored several software engineers. Conducted recurring training and knowledge sharing sessions. Interviewed candidates.Re-engineered monoliths into modern microservices with RESTful APIs. Created architecture diagrams and proposals. Led related initiatives.First use of AWS CodeArtifact and EventBridge at the company.Organized an engineering book club.Developed React applications, Pythonic microservices with RESTful APIs, CI pipelines, test frameworks and suites, and libraries.

Member of the Integrations team and award-winning Mobile team.Developed microservices with RESTful APIs. Automated tests and CI/CD pipelines. Migrated consumers and services to Kubernetes.2019 projects:- Added OAuth 2.0 support to mobile back end services.- Developed back end service to support in-app purchases (IAP) of auto-renewing subscriptions in App Store, following Apple's best practices.- Acted as ScrumMaster for 1 quarter.2020 projects:- Developed a POC for web push notifications using Amazon API Gateway and Lambda functions.- Redeveloped web push notifications for global scale.- Added landing pages to AWeber's public API.

Developed enterprise software for newspapers.Managed releases of Layout-8000 versions 11 through 16 (current).From 2007-2010, managed development of the company's flagship product, Layout-8000™, through versions 11 and 12. Acted as ScrumMaster for major projects.From 2011-2012, managed development of Layout-8000 software for Gannett's U.S. Community Publishing Division, which includes 80+ daily newspapers and 450+ weekly publications.Brought software updates within easy reach of customers.Designed a High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and monitoring system. Engineered a Nagios-based system for nationwide monitoring of on-premises servers. This work helped SCS become a Managed Services Provider (MSP).Extended the application of Layout-8000 software from newspapers to magazines.Designed a data warehouse and reporting system that uses PostgreSQL, Python, and various chart- and report-making tools. Customers can visualize and report on KPIs and business metrics.Co-developed microservices and an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB). Automated their deployment.Developed wide screen graphical user interfaces.Innovated practices in a variety of areas, including software delivery, training, support, scheduling and operations.Worked with development, support, marketing, and sales teams on a close and regular basis.Quoted in:1. NEPA Business Journal2. "Still Standing"​ - Author: Jim Rosenberg, Editor & Publisher Magazine - August 2010 issue3. "Layout-8000 Helps Gannett Consolidate Pagination Services"​ - Fresh Copy newsletter - March 2013 issueInvolved in technical sales and marketing. Formed quotes for enhancements and custom interfaces. Updated screen shots and sales literature. Created "slick"​ sales sheets. Hosted What's New seminars. Recorded videos that demonstrate new features and benefits. Replied to 200+ page Request for Purchase (RFP) and hosted workshops with an international prospect.Attended and presented at User Group Meetings.

Developed a competency-based Elementary Report Cards package. Facilitated design meetings with project stakeholders. Renovated graphical user interface of StudentPlus suite. Developed custom programs, reports, and data conversions. Co-developed an automatic DB upgrade tool.

Converted programs in the company's flagship product from Structured ForTran to C.Developed tools used by software developers, including a ReportWriter.Designed a High Availability system. Deployed an rsync-based mirroring system in 2001 before other major vendors.