AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.)

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Led migration of high-volume COBOL application processing 1M+ transactions/hour to Java.

Achieved $2M monthly cost savings and 95% efficiency improvement through modernization.

Designed and implemented large-scale data processing system for investment banking operations.

Optimized application performance handling millions of financial transactions daily.

Collaborated with infrastructure team on Oracle database optimization.

Technologies: Java, C#, COBOL, Oracle Database, .NET, Performance Optimization

Software Engineering Consultant

Founded CloakHire and secured $500K in seed funding.

Led development of MVP for recruiter split-fee network platform.

Managed team of 2 junior engineers.

Integrated acquired codebase from Viewturn, reducing development time by 60%.

Built full-stack application using Java, PHP, Python, and React.

Implemented HRIS database management and resume screening features.

Established lean startup practices and agile development workflows.

Founder / CTO

Led development of specialized Applicant Tracking System (ATS) for legal industry.

Architected cloud-based solution using AWS, PHP, MySQL, and React.

Expanded legal skills database by 60% through data modeling and integration work.

Managed full software development lifecycle from requirements to deployment.

Technologies: PHP, Java, Python, AWS, MySQL, React

Head of Engineering

Scaled platform engineering team from 1 to 9 engineers over 2-year period.

Established hiring pipeline, onboarding processes, and team architecture practices.

Pair-programmed Identity Provider (IDP) with Single Sign-On (SSO) capabilities, increasing SSO adoption by 20%.

Authored code reducing admin panel latency by 92.5% (2.5s → 200ms).

Introduced observability tools (LaunchDarkly, Datadog) improving MTBF from 4 days to 37 days (825% improvement).

Led platform architecture decisions for Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, and AWS infrastructure.

Mentored engineers on test-driven development and pair programming best practices.

Managed sprint planning, retrospectives, and agile ceremonies for distributed team.

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Software development intern supporting investment banking technology team.

Analyst Software Development Intern

Established and directed QA team of 4 engineers.

Implemented Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) practices using Selenium WebDriver and Capybara.

Built comprehensive automated test suite covering 100% of core features.

Led testing strategy for race timing and endurance sports platform.

Designed test automation framework using WebKit and Node.js.

Established QA processes including test planning, execution, and defect tracking.

Technologies: Selenium, Capybara, WebKit, Node.js, BDD, Test Automation

Director of Quality Assurance - Software Development

Led organization of 20 engineers including 13 direct reports across Platform, Revenue Cycle Operations, and Data Infrastructure teams.

Implemented customized Scrum framework increasing on-time delivery to 89%.

Conducted 80+ technical architecture interviews as hiring manager for senior engineering positions.

Achieved 90%+ retention rate over 3-year period, outperforming peer engineering teams by 20-30%.

Reduced backend latency by 80% (800ms → 150ms) through TDD and pair programming in Ruby on Rails and AWS environments.

Architected microservices scheduling integration saving $500K annually and improving response time by 80% (1s → 200ms).

Established hiring pipeline and technical interview process for platform engineering roles.

Led cross-functional collaboration between Engineering, Product, and Clinical teams.

Associate Director of Software Engineering - Platform

Built Java in-memory data aggregation framework for algorithmic trading platform.

Achieved 90% performance improvement in Trade Capture and Management system.

Practiced pair programming and TDD with team lead on core framework development.

Optimized memory management for low-latency trading applications.

Implemented algorithms for real-time financial data processing.

Technologies: Core Java, C#, JVM Optimization, Algorithmic Trading, Data Structures

Associate Software Developer

Software Development Intern

Led team of 5 backend engineers building mortgage risk analytics platform.

Increased sprint velocity by 30% through Scrum process optimization.

Improved PostgreSQL database performance by 40% through query optimization and indexing strategies.

Designed database schema for risk metrics and financial modeling.

Managed stakeholder communication with Product and Risk Management teams.

Technologies: Node.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Financial Analysis

Developed interactive dashboards consolidating internal data sources for global economic analysis.

Translated statistical algorithms from R and Matlab to Java for production use.

Replaced 100% of Matlab code and 80% of R code during tenure.

Built data visualization tools enabling strategic insights into international business ventures.

Technologies: Java, R, Matlab, Data Science, Financial Modeling, Python

Analyst Software Developer

Marketing Intern

Managed team of 5 engineers (3 contractors, 2 FTE) building autonomous vehicle data infrastructure.

Architected event-driven microservices in Python on AWS Lambda.

Reduced infrastructure costs by 85% migrating from server-based to serverless architecture.

Implemented Agile ceremonies increasing team velocity by 40%.

Led design of real-time data processing pipelines for autonomous vehicle telemetry.

Coached team on Scrum methodology in autonomous vehicle lab environment.

Technologies: Python, AWS Lambda, Serverless, Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture

Software Engineering Manager

Senior Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager. 17 years scaling platforms and teams. Spring Health, Deutsche Bank. Python, AWS, Rails. MBA Ross.

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