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California, United States

Cupertino, California, Us

Berkeley, California, Us

- Provide technical direction, product/tool/technology selection, architectural definition, process and many aspects of strategy – including CI/CD and microservices – for Intertrust’s DRM division, ExpressPlay.- Improve the speed and reliability of software delivery by introducing microservices, containerized deployments to Kubernetes, continuous integration, continuous delivery (CI/CD), SCRUM and unit testing.- Designed and built, from inception to launch, two new products for the broadcast TV (CAS) market. Both are highly scalable, highly available and performant services backed by 20+ microservices continuously deployed to Kubernetes. Leveraged Spring Boot, Java, Project Reactor (Reactive Streams), gRPC, REST, Kafka and DynamoDB (NoSQL).- Replaced an aging CRM monolith with 15 microservices and delivered using SCRUM in 1/4 the time of the original, while adding many new features and four external integrations.- Oversaw the operational takeover of a partner’s DRM hosting platform and ensured the company received a $1M payment for on-time completion. Managed an offshore team and interfaced directly with the partner.- Modernized the engineering group by introducing Git, pull requests, Gradle, Jira, unit testing, stress testing, Docker containers, Kubernetes, Istio, GitOps and the latest versions of Java.- Introduced a services mindset to streamline deployment of microservices. This included many aspects of 12-factor apps, GitOps for Kubernetes manifests, repeatable Kubernetes cluster builds that include automated DNS, SSL/TLS, Splunk logging and Istio. - Mentored and coached Software Engineers, DevOps and SREs.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

- Redesigned and rebuilt the backend service supporting carrier partners like AT&T and Verizon by creating detailed requirements, defining the architecture, creating designs and writing 90% of the code, while mentoring employees on the team, resulting in $500K in annual cost savings, 95% latency reduction, and vastly increased scalability and uptime.- Developed new features for Motorola’s ecommerce site – including serial number assignment, pre-paid vouchers, and factory integrations – leveraging multiple RESTful microservices using industry best practices, object-oriented techniques and open source technologies deployed to the cloud (AWS and GAE).- Led the integration of MotoCredit – Motorola’s white label credit card – including designing the look and feel, working with the third-party credit provider’s integration team, designing the Demandware integration, and managing the implementation by four offshore engineers.- Made key contributions to new product launches and new features of Moto Maker, the tool used to customize mobile phones, and managed the integration with Demandware, an ecommerce platform now owned by Salesforce.

Brookfield, Wi, Us

- Hired to triage a Magento-based ecommerce project plagued by budget, schedule and team communication issues. Managed teams from 8 different companies and successfully delivered the website in under 2 months.- Completed requirements definition and systems architecture to support a new business unit the client acquired in the book publishing space, including defining product flow through a custom fulfillment company.

Chicago, Il, Us

- Led Java-based back-end development of several websites in the MasterLock portfolio and drove platform improvements, including reducing average response time to under 15 ms by integrating Spring MVC and Lucene.- Implemented Google Maps APIs and customized interactive JavaScript maps, static maps and geocoding for the rebranding of Firestone’s auto care site, driving the conversion rate up 51%.

- Co-founded and built, from the ground up, an ecommerce startup with three online retail stores focused on different market niches. Grew sales from zero to $1.6M in under three years with limited budget and resources.- Managed all aspects of the business, including strategic direction, finances, website development, online advertising and A/B testing, logistics and warehouse management, hiring and managing staff, and outsourcing key functions.- Established an office, warehouse, call center and shipping center to handle increased sales volume.- Interviewed, hired, trained, and supervised 4 full-time and 12 part-time workers.- Designed, developed, and deployed websites using web development best practices and techniques to position company as a category leader, and optimized sites based on user experience (UX) testing.- Successfully integrated several third-party APIs including JQuery, Brightcove, Monitus and many Google APIs. Deployed static content to CDNs including Amazon CloudFront (AWS) and Rackspace CDN (Akamai).- Built custom software to automate Google AdWords tasks, leading to a peak conversion rate of 4.4% for the entire account of 41,000 keywords and drove ROI up nearly 200%.- Translated strategic objectives into project plans, prioritized tasks, and deliverables. Identified resources, assessed risks, created cost estimates, and completed all projects on time and within budget.- Survived the 2008 recession and aggressive competition from Amazon by making hard cuts and strategic optimizations.

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

- Successfully designed and built a web-based solution on a short timeline to satisfy one of MGIC’s most demanding customers in the mortgage and capital markets industry, leading to additional referral business from the customer.- Identified and implemented industry standards and open-source technologies into multiple projects, reducing dependence on expensive proprietary products and encouraging new practices within a large organization.- Led several small project teams to successfully deliver highly available and scalable back-end architectures based on Java EE, including JMS for high-volume sites including eMagic.com.

Nashville, Tn, Us

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Amsterdam, Nl

Jacksonville, Fl, Us

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Venture Finance And Strategic Management

Bachelor Of Business Administration (Bba), Management Information Systems (Mis)