Chief Architect

• Oct 2021 - Present

Chief Technology Officer

• Oct 2019 - Oct 2021

Director of Software Engineering

• Nov 2018 - Oct 2019

Converted our source control repository from TFVC to git and implemented a mandatory pull request and approval processes to ensure code quality.Introduced containerization and micro-services to the MedCompass platform.Worked with team leads to introduce automated unit testing to the product and DevOps pipelines.Created and continue to foster a culture of learning, mentorship, and continuous improvement.Continue to expand and grow our product development team.Raise concerns to senior leadership, as needed, and remove roadblocks.Support recruitment efforts and resource planning for the team.Work with external consultants for overflow capacity when additional capacity is needed.Drive technical aspects of solutions, providing technical guidance and expertise.Develop and maintain the architectural road map for the platform.Communicate architectural decisions, plans, goals, and strategies to the organization.Work with the CISO to ensure the security of the solution architecture, hosting platform, internal systems, and SDLC processes.Provide technical advice, guidance, and support to the various implementation teams.

Development Manager & Architect

• Sep 2016 - Nov 2018

Interviewed, evaluated, and hired potential team members.Managed our growing internal development staff and mentored individual developers.Led our team of software developers in the conversion of our product to a modern Angular frontend and modern ASP.NET Core RESTful APIs. Worked with team leads and architects to establish best practices for the product development organization.Established individual performance goals and provided feedback to team members.Worked with internal and external stakeholders to ensure our product met and exceeded their expectations.Implemented continuous integration and deployment pipelines including continuous code quality and security scans.

Lead Software Developer / Senior Product Engineer / Software Architect

• May 2014 - Sep 2016

Continued to work in various roles as a Lead Developer, Senior Product Engineer, and Software Architect on major implementation projects and on our internal product MedCompass.Continued to lead our development team of software developers to enhance our product.Executed security analysis and penetration testing against the platform to ensure compliance.Worked with internal stakeholders on the conversion to Agile/Scrum methodologies for internal product development.

Lead Software Developer / Senior Product Engineer / Software Architect

• Apr 2010 - May 2014

Worked in various roles as a Lead Developer, Senior Product Engineer, and Software Architect on major implementation projects and on our internal product MedCompass.Mentored and provided guidance to developers to ensure they achieve their individual goals.Oversaw and supported third party contractors involved in company projects.Designed, developed, and maintained system architecture and system framework components.Performed memory and performance analysis and improvements.Provided technical support and guidance to our customers on system integration points.Created and maintained development design standards and documentation for reference by other developers.

Software Developer

• Sep 2009 - Apr 2010

Worked as part of a team to develop and maintain web-based and desktop applications using C#, Silverlight, WCF, WPF, Entity Framework, and SQL Server technologies for the health care case management industry.Participated in design, development, testing and deployment of new application features.Performed application debugging, defect correction and testing to ensure proper function per design documentation.Communicated with Project/Program Manager to clearly provide feature estimates, progress updates, roadblocks and offer solutions.Performed application feature demonstrations to internal support staff.

Technical Analyst

• Jul 2004 - Sep 2009

Information Technologies Department, Technical Analyst Developed and maintained custom applications to support and improve the manufacturing process using Visual Basic .Net, C#, and VB6. Administration and support of over four hundred computers and over six hundred users using Active Directory, SCCM, WSUS, and Group Policy. Configuration and administration of network backups using EMC Networker. Managed and maintained production SQL Server databases and servers. Polishing Department, Manufacturing Maintenance Technician Participated in Six Sigma Greenbelt training and projects. Member of a cross-site quality improvement team between sites in Japan and North America. Polishing Department, Equipment Operator Developed a plan to reduce cycle time through an area’s bottleneck process. When this plan was implemented it successfully increased that area’s production by 17%. Received Customer Satisfaction Award in April of 2005.