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• Using GPT and Azure OpenAI, I used Python to create a proof of concept that detected humanitarian crises for the United Nations.• Created remote-controlled command center using Azure IoT, improving wildfire response abilities.• Created Azure IoT solution for rural India, monitoring solar systems & delivering content.• Created remote monitoring for Nigerian solar refrigeration startup using Azure IoT & a Siamese network.• Guided Kenyan startup in IoT architecture development using MQTT & Modbus, optimizing irrigation.• Crafted ML POC for rural electric co-op, leveraging smart meters to diminish peak demand.• Operationalized ML model for rural Guatemalan microgrid, cutting diesel costs by 15%.• Generated Azure migration leads, resulting in $400k in recurring revenue for two start-ups.

• Led cloud-based projects from idea to launch for small-medium global businesses.• Accelerated customer digital transformations, engaged stakeholders & presented business cases.• Identified pain points, needs, agility potential, and fiscal priorities: Global Private Equity, K St Law Firm, etc.• Educated/advised customers on Azure migrations, customized adoption plans & overall implementation.• Partnered with customer architects on requirements, POCs, deployments, and configuration.• Assembled virtual teams of engineers, architects, PMs, and account executives to solve customer problems.• Improved cloud service design, delivery, performance, production cost, flexibility & developer agility.• Strengthened client relationships and trust, leading to clearer, purposeful, and proactive engagements.

• Ingested and analyzed telemetry data from 200M mobile gamers for an Ad-tech startup using Azure.

• Founded company to bring future-focused clients into cloud-based computing. • Led ASP.NET C# application for NYC-based start-up, moved it to AWS, and added PayPal integration.

• Coordinated Azure cloud pre-sales and managed system integration project for AIG.• Trained 350+ Microsoft professionals on public cloud computing at Microsoft office in NYC.

• Managed dev team and maintained & improved financial systems tracking $35.8B in assets.• Led development of new financial system pricing real estate daily, instead of quarterly.• Utilized agile process to rapidly respond to changes for large-scale marketplace launch.• Supported data center migration out of ING to vendor facility during divestiture of Clarion Partners.

• Led team building order management system for financial security trading.

• Oversaw financial systems integration for US fintech start-up and European bank merger.

• Analyzed business requirements, wrote payroll tool system specifications, and launched app.• Managed offshore development and test teams and collaborated with security and privacy groups.

• Led financial systems development, wrote C#, and designed databases and user interfaces.