As the hands-on engineering principal for Telstra's API Gateway platforms, I lead a team that has successfully built and deployed a next-generation API gateway using NGINX with extensive customisation. Previously, I implemented drop-in replacements for key components in the infrastructure surrounding our Apigee installation, drastically reducing the incidents we faced while operating that platform.Other accomplishments include:* Co-founding a data science team and graduate… Show more As the hands-on engineering principal for Telstra's API Gateway platforms, I lead a team that has successfully built and deployed a next-generation API gateway using NGINX with extensive customisation. Previously, I implemented drop-in replacements for key components in the infrastructure surrounding our Apigee installation, drastically reducing the incidents we faced while operating that platform.Other accomplishments include:* Co-founding a data science team and graduate incubator alongside another principal engineer.* Providing architectural and technical guidance for critical enterprise applications in assurance and NBN integration.* Establishing a Learning Academy, enabling nearly 100 employees and contractors to obtain industry certifications in AWS and other technologies.* Advising teams on lean software development practices for several projects, with one such engagement simplifying a key network provisioning workflow that saved Telstra $5M over five years. Show less

Worked with technical and business leaders across the company to help solve Rackspace's most difficult technical problems, including contributions to the company's AWS strategy. Also helped Xero, one of Rackspace's largest customers, implement a highly successful microservice architecture on AWS.

Advised our most strategic customers on cloud architecture, service-oriented architecture, agile methodologies, DevOps, and organizational change. Worked closely with a wide range of customer stakeholders including C-level executives, infrastructure and software architects, software engineers, and other technologists. Managed other architects in similar roles.

Enterprise architect for key Rackspace initiatives including billing, taxation, PCI-DSS, and many others. Provided extensive thought leadership around service-oriented architecture and RESTful service design. Managed vendors and executed many evaluations and POCs. Led the architecture and development of an in-house custom workflow system. Architected a complex integration between Salesforce and internal systems. Managed and mentored other developers and architects.

Enterprise architect for a national online assessment platform. Helped the CTO, senior managers, and external auditors assess the platform's ongoing viability in the face of new strategic objectives. Collaborated extensively with offshore staff to mentor junior developers, improve code quality, and implement agile development processes. Provided comprehensive reviews and oversight to increase the effectiveness of offshore development teams. Utilized open-source software to drastically reduce… Show more Enterprise architect for a national online assessment platform. Helped the CTO, senior managers, and external auditors assess the platform's ongoing viability in the face of new strategic objectives. Collaborated extensively with offshore staff to mentor junior developers, improve code quality, and implement agile development processes. Provided comprehensive reviews and oversight to increase the effectiveness of offshore development teams. Utilized open-source software to drastically reduce operational costs. Show less

Enterprise architect and development manager for a gas station POS system. Managed five developers, two systems analysts, and one quality assurance lead. Performed comprehensive technical and professional mentoring, regular technical interviews, and numerous design, code, and document reviews. Collaborated with the CIO and other leaders to create software development, system analyst, and quality assurance career paths.

Helped design and implement a highly scalable CRM system with modules for ETL, data cleansing and campaign management. Performed detailed architectural reviews of RFP responses from potential offshore partners. Implemented an off-the-shelf enterprise job scheduling system.

Worked with Bank One (now JPMorgan Chase) to architect a large back-office derivatives processing system with complex financial logic and SWIFT integration. Created an architectural framework of reusable components for use by other back-office systems. Mentored junior staff and developed critical software components. Developed a similar system for Fed Funds and Eurodollar trading and related position management.

Developed an Objective-C sonar performance simulator to visualize shallow-water sonar models. Worked with other scientists to interpret simulator output and create presentations for funding initiatives.