Ed Lyons

Principal Technical Consultant at EQengineered
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States, US

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Mark Hewitt

Ed is rare in the tech community. He has both the ability to think strategically about architectural concerns and motivates the team to accomplish the sprint-based objectives that need to be completed. Ed is both problem solver and do-er. He is an "A," and any tech team would be lucky to have him. And, he is a just a pleasure to work with.

Michael Larkin

Ed is always interested in new technologies and spearheaded several groups of like-minded colleagues to explore new frontiers and share interests. His presentations were informative and instructive, and his grasp of the software industry as a whole is amazing.

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Experience

    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Principal Technical Consultant
      • Jul 2021 - Present

    • United States
    • Staffing and Recruiting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Software Developer
      • Aug 2020 - Present

      Building a big-data energy analytics pipeline and application for one of Workbridge's clients using Python, PostgreSQL, Amazon Glue, Amazon Lambdas. Building a big-data energy analytics pipeline and application for one of Workbridge's clients using Python, PostgreSQL, Amazon Glue, Amazon Lambdas.

    • Consultant
      • Jun 2019 - Jul 2020

      Worked as a developer on a financial data processing application using Python, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Javascript, and some React. Methodology was SCRUM, with tickets, 2-week sprints. Small team (Roughly 12 people). All onsite, then all remote work during the pandemic. Worked as a developer on a financial data processing application using Python, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Javascript, and some React. Methodology was SCRUM, with tickets, 2-week sprints. Small team (Roughly 12 people). All onsite, then all remote work during the pandemic.

    • United States
    • Research
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Consultant
      • Jan 2019 - May 2019

      I worked on a custom system to automatically create and manage medium-to-large chess tournament events for MassINC, a Boston non-profit focusing on government policy. This was an unpaid, part-time effort. The technologies are: Python, Flask, and MySQL; all hosted on Digital Ocean. I worked on a custom system to automatically create and manage medium-to-large chess tournament events for MassINC, a Boston non-profit focusing on government policy. This was an unpaid, part-time effort. The technologies are: Python, Flask, and MySQL; all hosted on Digital Ocean.

    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Consultant
      • Mar 2016 - Nov 2017

      I am currently doing consulting work for Pod, a high-end services firm that does software development, assessments, and strategy. I have been coding a collaborative learning application using Python/Django, Javascript/Node, MySQL, and Redis. I am currently doing consulting work for Pod, a high-end services firm that does software development, assessments, and strategy. I have been coding a collaborative learning application using Python/Django, Javascript/Node, MySQL, and Redis.

    • Saudi Arabia
    • Advertising Services
    • Chief Technology Officer
      • Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

      I was CTO of an exciting Brookline tech startup that helps kids and parents all over the world figure out how they can get into the best American college that they can. My duties at CTO were: overseeing the development team, making sure the architecture can handle massive growth in subscribers, develop the product, and help to raise money by doing pitches and presentations.Accomplishments: I did a complete product and website overhaul. We created an entirely new interface, added many new features, and improved mobile compatibility. We initially were somewhere in the middle of the pack, but we now have the best college admissions tools in the industry. The technologies we used were Python, Django, Flask, Postgres, Redis, PHP, and Wordpress. I also successfully ran our first summer intern program, with three great young participants who are future computer science stars!I have was directly involved in raising money for Admitster. I attended all investor presentations and helped raise $600K in our seed round.

    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director of Engineering, ADM
      • Oct 2010 - Jan 2015

      In 2011 I was named Director of Engineering for Application Development and Management, an organization comprising 3,000 members and scores of projects. The charge for the executive-type role was to increase the quality of software engineering across people, products, and projects in onshore and offshore teams. I managed up to 12 people at various times, and more for special projects. I worked on developing new service offerings for our clients related to DevOps, enterprise social solutions, content management, cloud computing, APIs, and lightweight development processes. I oversaw two product development efforts for social solutions, both based on open source technology such as Elgg, PHP, Javascript, and MySQL. I was also charged with improving the technical abilities of hundreds of engineers, more than half of whom were in India. To do that, I created new online communities of practice, created and ran two successful global hackathons, managed an innovation competition, and delivered a variety of webinars on key technologies. I also continued to help our clients understand new technology. I wrote white papers, including, one in 2013 on web-based development with platforms-as-a-service, and another in 2014 on the value of hackathons for organizations. I also did client workshops, and was the technical lead on several strategy engagements on topics like DevOps, content management, and social technologies.

    • United States
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Director of Technology Solutions
      • Mar 2004 - Oct 2010

      After successful client projects and research, I became Director of Technology Solutions in 2009. I was responsible for creating technology Centers of Excellence and managing the people in them. Accomplishments- Conducted client technology strategy assessments- Managed five technology practices each with 3-5 people in them- Directly managed five engineers- Worked for several financial services clients, such as Fidelity and SEI- Wrote more than 15 technical white papers to help clients adopt new technologies, including an 11-part series, “Embracing the Web,” explaining why large organizations needed to adopt the the innovations of startups.

    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Technologist
      • Sep 1998 - Mar 2004

      I was employee eleven at a services startup that did high-end consulting and development work for clients such as Wellington, Citibank, Fidelity, Novartis, and Johnson and Johnson. I did Java development for distributed applications using CORBA. I also spent 18 months in an internal research and development group, creating Java-based application generation tools for client projects. I also spoke at three conferences at this time: JavaOne, and O’Reilly’s Enterprise Java and Open Source conferences.

    • Defense and Space Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Software Developer
      • Sep 1996 - Aug 1998

      I was a programmer for a defense contractor who built ships for the US Navy. I worked on large Informix databases that were used for ship design, graphical tools using X-Windows, and scripts to run naval simulations. The programming languages I used were Java and C. I was a programmer for a defense contractor who built ships for the US Navy. I worked on large Informix databases that were used for ship design, graphical tools using X-Windows, and scripts to run naval simulations. The programming languages I used were Java and C.

Education

  • Iona College
    M.S., Computer Science
    1994 - 1996
  • University of Connecticut
    BA, Political Science
    1989 - 1994

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