Managing Director

• 2014 - Present

A subsidiary of Gaming Realms of the UK. Blastworks Inc formed when GameHouse sold Slingo brand and assets to Gaming Realms. Technologies: * Languages - Bash, Perl, Java, C# * Agile/Scrum Methodology * Java, GO, .Net, Unity C#, PHP, Javascript * iTunesConnect, Google Play, Amazon App and associated Developer consoles * Facebook Canvas Apps, Business Manager, UA and developer consoles * Service Orientated Architecture (SOA) * Spring Integration Framework * Socket.io, Nats.io * Mobile - iOS, Android, Amazon (Android) * Network - Cisco ASA & Catalyst, Juniper SRX, Amazon VPC * Operating Systems - CentOS, SmartOS * Applications - Apache Tomcat, Httpd, Jetty, HAProxy, MySQL Cluster, Redis, MongoDB, AD, Atlassian: Confluence, Jira * Load Balancers - Brocade, ALB, ELB * Packaging - RPMs * Content Delivery Networks - Amazon CloudFront, Instart Logic * Cloud Computing - Joyent, Amazon AWS, EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, EBS * Monitoring | Alerting: Nagios, NewRelic, Zabbix, Cloudwatch Show less

Principal Consultant

• 1996 - Present

* Technology Consulting Services * Agile/Scrum/Kanban Transitions * SDLC + Process Improvement * Technology Consulting Services * Agile/Scrum/Kanban Transitions * SDLC + Process Improvement

Sr Director, Engineering & IT

• 2011 - 2014

* Implemented Agile/Kanban methodologies across all Engineering teams, with a focused rebuild of line management resources, and individual contributors for efficient product build and delivery. * Established effective KPI’s across Product Development, providing insight for better execution, delivery, and risk management. * Ensured business continuity with on-time delivery of multiple product features and releases, tied to a rigorous schedule and tranche payments. * Reduced operating costs by $800K per year by leveraging discounts from VARs, migrating services to a private cloud, and implementing process for a refined IT budget. Technologies: * Languages - Bourne Shell, Bash, Korn, Perl, Java * Agile/Scrum Methodology * Java, Grails, .Net, ASP Com, PHP, Javascript, Objective C * iTunesConnect, Google Play, and associated Developer consoles * Enterprise Messaging * Service Orientated Architecture (SOA) * Spring Integration Framework * Mobile - iOS, Android * Storage - Oracle NAS ZFS 7420, Sun Storage 2500 * Hardware - HP Blade Chassis - x86_64, Dell, APC, Oracle x4470 * Network - Cisco ASA & Catalyst, Juniper SRX & NSM, HP ProCurve, 10GE * Operating Systems - Red Hat, CentOS, Oracle Linux, Ubuntu, VmWare ESX, Windows Server, WePOS, POSReady 7, Windows 8, OVM * Applications - Apache Tomcat, Httpd, Solr, HAProxy, Oracle RAC, MS Exchange, AD, IIS, Atlassian: Confluence, Jira * Packaging - RPMs * Content Delivery Networks - Amazon CloudFront * Cloud Computing - Amazon AWS, EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, EBS * Monitoring | Alerting: Cacti, Nagios, Keynote Show less

Manager, DevOps & IT Operations - Abebooks

• 2008 - 2011

* Led a $1M Oracle migration achieving huge gains in performance across the online store * Directed a $500K network migration which saw the lift of the core network infrastructure onto redundant Cisco core switching, load balancing, and firewalls. * Effectively maintained 4 data centers and over 500 servers in an active-active configuration, leveraging Akamai, UltraDNS, and Active Data Guard. * Rejuvenated an archaic infrastructure of search indexes, which spanned across 72 servers - utilizing Endeca and now holding over 180 million items with an average response time under 1 second. Technologies: * Languages - Bourne Shell, Bash, Korn, Perl, Java * Applications - Tomcat, Apache, Oracle RAC, Coherence, Endeca, Sonic MQ, ActiveMQ, Camel, Atlassian, MS Exchange * Operating Systems - Solaris, Red Hat, Debian, VmWare ESX, Windows Server * Storage - EMC Clarion, NetApp FAS, HP EVA * Hardware - Oracle|Sun|HP Blade Chassis, Sparc - M Series & T Series, x86_64 * Network - Cisco ASA, ACE, PIX, FWSM, Catalyst * Content Delivery Networks - Akamai, Amazon CloudFront * Cloud Computing - Amazon AWS, EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, EBS, Softlayer Show less

Sr Build Engineer / Solutions Architect

• 2007 - 2008

* Replaced a cumbersome code build and deploy environment challenged with identifying bugs or failures. Reduced deploy time defects by 95% and deploy time to production servers decreased by 8 hours. * Wrote a new framework for code builds and deployments to Development and Quality Assurance environments. Performance rose as high as 40% in production environments and stability increased by 80%. * Successfully migrated all legacy Java source code from Borland StarTeam software repository to Subversion software repository. Technologies: * Subversion * Ant * Maven * Solaris (pkg), Red Hat (rpm) and Debian (deb) Packaging * Fisheye/Crucible * Anthill Pro * Borland StarTeam * Cruise Control * Continuum * Bourne (Bash, Korn) Shell, Perl, Java Show less

Sr Build Engineer / Sr Unix Engineer

• 2004 - 2007

* Resolved a source code repository problem in use by the Development Team. The end-to-end process, once complete, drove code process to just under 30 minutes from an average of 85 to 90 minutes. * Successfully migrated all legacy Java source code from MKS software repository to IBM Rational Clearcase software repository. * Exceeded expectations building a new data center from scratch with only 3 months to deliver on this project. Completed all associated racking, installation and configuration of all servers one month ahead of schedule. Technologies: * IBM Rational Clearcase * Ant * Maven * Solaris (pkg) Packaging * Together Architect * Solaris * Veritas Volume Manager, Flashsnap, Storage Foundation * NIS/NFS * MKS * Sun ONE Web * Bea Weblogic * Oracle 9i RAC * IBM MQ Series * Bourne Shell (Bash, Korn), Perl, Java Show less

Solutions Architect

• 2002 - 2005

* Provided the firm with direct access to servers and the ability to update their sites continually. Localized all incoming and outgoing mail, data, and file stores for site images drastically reducing the time to market. * Migrated all production systems from Windows to UNIX. Moved infrastructure in-house, over the course of 3 years yielded a savings of $80K, substantial for a start-up. Technologies: * Red Hat Linux * Apache 1.3, 2.0 * Windows Advanced Server * IPTables, RIP * DHCP, DynDNS, Bind, Samba * Sendmail, Postfix * Bourne Shell * Cisco Show less

Systems Administrator

• 1999 - 2004

Senior Technical Support

• 1998 - 1999