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• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Team Lead / Senior Software Engineer

  • Sep 2021 - Present



Bakpax

• United States
• Education Administration Programs

• Staff Software Engineer

  • Jun 2018 - Sep 2021

  Worked with a small, fully remote team to build Bakpax from the ground up using Kotlin, Python, Node, Typescript, and React, running within AWS (Lambda, Dynamo, S3, SNS, SQS, etc.). Worked directly with CTO to define and implement product and technical direction. Worked with a small, fully remote team to build Bakpax from the ground up using Kotlin, Python, Node, Typescript, and React, running within AWS (Lambda, Dynamo, S3, SNS, SQS, etc.). Worked directly with CTO to define and implement product and technical direction.



SmartThings

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Oct 2017 - Jun 2018

  Developing and maintaining microservices in AWS, using Java, Groovy, Dropwizard, MySQL, and Cassandra. Developing and maintaining microservices in AWS, using Java, Groovy, Dropwizard, MySQL, and Cassandra.



Code42

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Staff Software Engineer / Architect / Team Lead

  • Dec 2012 - Oct 2017

  Acting as an Architect for a large scale, server-side application, supporting a team of 50+ engineers. Constantly working with Product and Engineering teams to define long-term technical direction for individual features, and the system as a whole, in order to address scaling concerns that arise daily when deploying to 1,500+ nodes, that supporting over 2 million users. Also overseeing the refactor of the current monolithic application into a microservices architecture. Every day duties include design review meetings, mentoring junior developers, reviewing code changes, and developing product features. In addition, continual work with the Product team to define upcoming feature requirements, and creation of user story maps. Development duties often involve large scale database queries, server-to-server messaging, data storage, and debugging/fixing issues in our production environment. Show less



IBM

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Jun 2007 - Nov 2012

  Lead development and design for several large sections of the product to communicate with many different types of hardware, including servers, switches, PDUs, UPSs, sensors, and other supporting devices, through various TCP/IP protocols, in order to allow customers to manage and configure their hardware in large data centers, and manage their energy usage. Architected and developed tools to aid in development, test, and error detection that were used by hundreds of people throughout the company, including a hardware simulation suite and a series of automated tools to gather and data mine log files from thousands of systems. Coordinated with many groups around the world, gathering customer feedback and developing business relationships in order to determine the best direction for the product, and then used that information to drive architectural changes into the products. Show less



IBM

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • May 2006 - Aug 2006

  Designed and developed a Java and XML based install script framework to simplify the determination and installation of additional hardware and software dependencies. Designed and developed a Java and XML based install script framework to simplify the determination and installation of additional hardware and software dependencies.



BIO-key International, Inc.

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Jun 2004 - Aug 2004

  Designed and developed a sample C++ MFC application showcasing a biometric SDK for distribution to customers for use as an example to be expanded based upon their individual requirements. Designed and developed a sample C++ MFC application showcasing a biometric SDK for distribution to customers for use as an example to be expanded based upon their individual requirements.