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Philadelphia, PA, US

Newburyport, MA, US

Newburyport, MA, US

Booksio is a brand new bookstore dedicated to supporting charity in a significant way. As one of a small number of stores able to provide print, audiobooks, and ebooks from all major publishers, we're passionate about educating the world while 10% of our revenues build it into a better place.

Fresno, California, US

• Managed on-site, remote, and offshore teams across six separate business verticals
• Led multiple greenfield projects that launched new revenue streams, including a charity-focused book store on desktop and mobile devices with state-of-the-art in-house DRM to protect digital content
• Redefined data storage practices to reduce costs and power an eCommerce store with 20 million SKUs
• Introduced AWS Serverless technologies to cut costly servers, scale business globally, and ensure uptime
• Led a machine learning initiative to have incoming free-text data processed quickly and automatically
• Formalized data management policies and upgraded digital security to win partnerships with Fortune 500publishing and production houses

• Built DrawNow’s local and remote engineering teams, transitioning from an outsourced group
• Pitched a Series A round that secured 5 million in venture funding
• Re-architected the proof-of-concept product to support international scale and instant response times
• Traveled to and worked alongside clients to support a product redesign that drove their engagement
• Authored industry-first transportation routing and scheduling algorithms to maximize efficiency
• Developed vendor relationships to eliminate costly in-house document processing work

Nashville, Tennessee, US

• Grew engineering department from 3 on-site to 12 on-site and remote hybrid
• Launched open-source projects and delivered tech talks nationally to attract world-class talent
• Transitioned product from struggling on-site servers to AWS with auto-scaling infrastructure
• Drastically increased revenue through a new big data warehousing system to optimize sales
• Modernized data security practices to encrypt customer PII and comply with privacy laws (GDPR)
• Negotiated deals with enterprise software vendors to significantly reduce operational costs

Wilmington, Delaware, US

• Built two on-site engineering teams through internal recruitment and delivering tech talks at local events
• Transitioned company from a failing tech stack to a newly designed cloud-based suite on AWS
• Modularized the product, allowing rapid entry to new business verticals and revenue streams
• Created an operations auditing system to reduce liability and store business records securely long-term
• Enabled the launch of a SaSS arm, opening a revenue stream in the licensing of in-house modulartechnologies to businesses in different industries

US

• Led teams as large as 150 software engineers to create and customize next-generation eCommerce
• Worked directly with executives and retail leaders at brands including Mattel, Timberland, NASCAR, Peacocks UK, Tumi, Eastern Mountain Sports, Spanx, and Toys R Us to create their eCommerce experience, driving over a.
• Drastically reduced development time by creating internal tooling to streamline production processes
• Traveled internationally to collaborate with European developers in creating a new online store engine for all eBay Enterprise customers

Assisted in the design, construction, and implementation of a cutting edge web-based video distribution service. Utilized Amazon Web Services technologies to scale worker services on-demand.

Sewell, NJ, US

Website design programming, application programming, UNIX administration, Flash design/programming, Video/Audio editing.

Self-Employed; Performed stage magic from events ranging from social celebrations to large corporate affairs. Exercised small business management skills, including finance, insurance, client relations, and promotion (including web design and maintenance). Requires fast thinking, excellent people-skills, business foresight, refined public speaking skills.