Experience

ECOVAP - Wastewater Disposal and Energy
• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Lead Software Engineer

  • Jun 2020 - Present


Elavon, Inc.

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Jan 2014 - Aug 2019

  ● Responsible for full SDLC of international financial transaction systems software and data center operations, and processing millions of financial transactions per day representing billions of dollars processing volume from the acquisition of credit card, debit/ATM card, electronic check, Automated Clearing House (ACH), electronic funds transfer (wires) and loyalty card transactions. ● Replaced a legacy financial clearing process with one that reduced settlement processing times by more than 94% (from 8+ hours to ~27 minutes). ● Integrated and certified 3 new on-premise Mastercard Interchange Processors (MIP) using ISO8583 and TCP/TLS socket communications ● Engineered and certified 3 new EMV/Chip&Pin/SmartCard payment terminal manufacturer integrations (Equinox Luxe & L5300, Ingenico isc-250/450 series) ● Replaced 7 legacy APIs and components with a new payment microservice written in Golang. This made it possible to migrate the entire financial network stack to a containerized environment. ● Increased automated financial transaction test coverage by more than 630% (including settlement and clearing) ● Revitalized a strategic partner software channel increasing membership by 22% ● Successfully penetrated 3 entirely new software vendor market segments for integrated ETS payment solutions: mobile race event payment systems (NASCAR, F1, etc), aviation services, and roadway toll systems. ● Redesigned and replaced 3 aging “public facing” SDKs resulting in an increase of successful 3rd party partner adoption and certification by 17%. ● Reduced average 3rd party ISV (payment systems and terminals) integration and certification period from 4+ months to 3 weeks. ● Simplified Agile SCRUM procedures and management processes that resulted in a 58% increase in software division task completion ● Many, many other accomplishments too numerous to list Show less



US Army

• United States
• Law Enforcement
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations Sergeant

  • Jun 2003 - Apr 2015

  I had the distinct privilege of serving as a member of one of the most elite military units in the world, the 1st Special Forces Regiment. In addition to multiple combat deployments in the Middle East between 2002 through 2011, I have also trained, lead, and advised US partner nation forces in both Central and South America, working extensively with US Department of State country team members. My notable awards include the Bronze Star, military campaign ribbons, achievement and commendation medals, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, and Commandant's List SF Senior Leaders Course JFK Special Warfare Center. Show less