Neighborhood Studios partners with tenacious founders to build hyperlocal startups from the ground up. We are a venture studio based in Atlanta, GA with a deep expertise in local startups. We have created a repeatable process to identify unique insights to hyperlocal problems, develop novel product entry points, de-risk our product approach, recruit exceptional founder/CEOs, and ultimately launch a few hyperlocal startups per year.

Worked in various functional areas of Landing to improve business outcomes. These included: * optimizing product search* a custom API client to support a new Oracle Netsuite logistics module implementation for Landing's nationwide distribution network* billing and statement management for members

Primarily worked on architectural improvements for BillingPoint, Onit's billing solution for clients. Also worked on a POC for a product to help improve internal data quality.

Responsible for management of software development for HealthBridge Financial.

Responsible for design and development of product features for HealthPost product suite. These products enable hospital systems to realize significant cost savings and increase revenue by streamlining appointment booking and referrals.

Responsible for design and development of product features for HealthPost product suite. These products enable hospital systems to realize significant cost savings and increase revenue by streamlining appointment booking and referrals.

Responsible for design and development of product features for HealthPost product suite. These products enable hospital systems to realize significant cost savings and increase revenue by streamlining appointment booking and referrals. HealthPost was acquired by The Advisory Board in May 2014.

Responsible for design and development of product features for RedFlag, a tool that gives parents valuable insight into their children's friends on Facebook.

Responsible for technology platform design and delivery for Koached, the leading provider of real-time coaching services for sales professionals.

Provided my clients with superior application design and implementation services. I work closely with them to ensure the timely and effective delivery of solutions that positively impact their businesses. Projects included email management applications and Ruby on Rails based Web applications.

Provided technical leadership in all phases of software development lifecycle for various customer facing Web applications. Acted as the primary driver in the design and implementation of back end system interfaces.

Provided my clients with superior application design and implementation services. I work closely with them to ensure the timely and effective delivery of solutions that positively impact their businesses.Projects included email management applications and Ruby on Rails based Web applications.

Design and implement enhancements to the Shell HomeGenie application.

Implemented Web-based application solutions to support the business of the JPMorgan investment bank.• Key developer for Global Pipeline, a Web-based clearinghouse for investment bank financial transactions.• Designed and implemented a generic, JNDI based service locator to provide business, transaction, and persistence services to Global Pipeline application.• Mastered a custom service layer based technical architecture and documented suggested improvements.• Generated plans for continuous improvement of both product design and application development methodologies.

• Mastered and enhanced existing technical architecture of product, including significant Oracle database access performance enhancements, as well as the implementation of an application level object caching subsystem.• Improved multi-user performance of certain application areas by up to 500% via Java performance tuning methods, dramatically increasing product usability.• Created solutions to allow for multiple database platform support for product.• Designed and implemented new reporting architecture that maximized report accuracy and usability.• Established sound development practices, such as automated JUnit tests in application build, and creating a standard requirements/specifications document, enhancing team communication and defect discovery.• Provided technical leadership in all product development phases by sharing technical expertise, significantly raising overall productivity level of team.

As an application development consultant, provided clients with superior application design and implementation services.Architected the entire back end integration between a Blue Martini based front end Web system and a retail ERP system responsible for finance and fulfillment functions.

Responsible for application development and database administration to support HoustonChronicle.com web site.• Engineered custom Web application solutions written primarily in Perl to enhance the experience of HoustonChronicle.com users.• Implemented both purchased and custom built reporting packages to better track web site usage patterns which enabled improvements in web site design.

Responsibilities included benchmarking and performance tuning of Informix database installations, providing training for customers, and assisting customers with integrating Informix products into their software environments.• Achieved expert level competency in the integration of PeopleSoft and Lawson installations with Informix databases, which allowed clients better use of such environments.• Created several custom application interfaces to Informix databases in order to assist customers in meeting specific business computing requirements.• Trained customers to gain maximum benefit from their investment in Informix products.

Provided consulting services to clients, primarily in the financial services sector.• Led team on migration of the database platform of a 300-user customer service imaging system to Informix in order to stabilize and improve application performance for client.• Mentored team members by providing technical leadership to improve level of client satisfaction.