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Chicago, Illinois / Castle Rock, Colorado

Reporting to the CTO at UCLA, I completed phase one of a modernization project, collaborating with all infrastructure and application teams to assess and document their system details, laying the foundation for the development of a strategic multi-year plan. Recommended actionable items to drive improvements.Collaborated with the Disaster Recovery team to.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Led team, with no prior UI experience, to develop a React and Node.js UI for the Menards Buy-n-Fly rewards program. After a third-party travel-service provider terminated our contract, we quickly researched alternatives and implemented the UI to interface with our rewards system API before the contract expired.Led team to redesign Menards credit card.

Guided the team to develop a proposal, including a proof of concept and estimate, to use Apache Airflow as the new scheduling system for the Rewards platform. Collaborated with Rewards engineers to understand the major issues with the current scheduling system, ensuring these were addressed in the proposal.Challenged the team’s previous approach of.

Chicago, IL

Architected and implemented changes to the Credit Card Authorization system to enable Apple Pay for Neiman Marcus credit cards. Collaborated with Apple, Mastercard, and Capital One architects to define the overall flow, and worked closely with Mastercard engineers to design request/response exchanges through TCP/IP sockets, facilitating the.

Greater Chicago Area

Consulted with Ernst & Young to design and develop systemic changes supporting the integration of several Unix and Mainframe systems involved in two corporate mergers.

Rosemont, IL

Collaborated with engineering leads to rearchitect and rebuild numerous subsystems across all International Fare Quote reservation system platforms from the ground up. Developed a three-year plan to integrate the new subsystems into a cohesive whole, resulting in a highly accurate, adaptable, and resilient system.Led the redesign of a multi-platform system.