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• Lead a team of engineers, focusing on mentorship, skill development, and high-impact project delivery.• Spearheaded the launch of PublicInput Canada, ensuring compliance with Canadian privacy laws, significantly expanding the company’s market.• Fostered collaboration between engineering and other departments, improving cross-functional efficiency.• Key driver in achieving SOC II Type 2 certification, enhancing the platform's security posture and trust with clients.• Reduced… Show more • Lead a team of engineers, focusing on mentorship, skill development, and high-impact project delivery.• Spearheaded the launch of PublicInput Canada, ensuring compliance with Canadian privacy laws, significantly expanding the company’s market.• Fostered collaboration between engineering and other departments, improving cross-functional efficiency.• Key driver in achieving SOC II Type 2 certification, enhancing the platform's security posture and trust with clients.• Reduced operational costs by identifying and implementing cloud infrastructure optimizations, including serverless solutions. Show less

• Managed a team of full-stack developers, delivering citizen engagement features with high quality.• Acted as a player/manager, contributing to sprint items while leading the team.• Optimized engineering resources and reduced costs, maintaining focus on strategic initiatives aligned with business objectives.

• Improved Page Load Time by 90% by optimizing the CI/CD build process, significantly enhancing user experience.• Migrated background task processes to Azure Functions, resulting in a 98% cost reduction.• Integrated Virtual Public Meetings (VPM) with third-party platforms like Zoom, driving near real-time data synchronization for public meetings.

Redmond, Washington

• Led efforts to improve Bing search availability by driving root cause analysis and debugging incidents.• Developed tools for site reliability, enhancing the team’s ability to diagnose and resolve live site issues.• Full-stack development experience with technologies including Knockout.js, Typescript, jQuery, and ASP.NET MVC.

Redmond, Washington

• Led a team that improved Bing Maps continuous delivery by 20%, identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks.• Drove feature requests and infrastructure improvements to increase the coverage of automated testing, ensuring higher reliability and performance.

Redmond, Washington

• Built UI automation testing infrastructure for Bing Maps and Local Search services, driving significant improvements in test coverage and reliability.• Developed tools to analyze bugs and issues, contributing to higher service quality and receiving internal recognition for contributions.

Redmond, Washington

• Migrated Vicinity store locator clients to Microsoft's MapPoint .NET XML Web services platform.• Developed and implemented solutions using C#, ASP.NET, Javascript/HTML and Data services for Fortune 500 clients.• Built an interactive SDK for the MapPoint.NET Web services API.Developer on MSN's Virtual Earth mapping solution using AJAX.

Sunnyvale, California

• Onboard client location data used by Vicinity's store locator and mapping solutions. Owned end to end client data pipeline from ftp, geocoding, custom data services using shell/perl scripts, uploading to db and eventually consumed via spatial search for brands such as The Gap, Hilton, Best Western, & Olive Garden.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Lead analyst responsible for implementing EDI transaction services for Levi's suppliers and retailers.• Excelled in debugging and troubleshooting EDI communications with partners. Worked closely with 3rd party vendors to store the Levi Strauss UPC catalog(the bar codes on a tag).• Developed and published a site for partners outlining Levi's EDI requirements and implementation guidelines.