Experience

Protopia AI

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal Architect

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Remote * Drive and implement standards for SDLC * Scrum Master, driving sprints and retrospectives * Setup MLOps workflows * Created GPU Enabled Kubernetes Cluster with Autoscaling Capabilities * Assisted Customers with POC deployment and setup with Nvidia Trident for Inferencing and running in Jupyter Notebooks * Developed Snowflake Native App for demonstrating running a neural network layer on structured data * Created Kustomize Generator Plugin via golang for managing and creating… Show more * Drive and implement standards for SDLC * Scrum Master, driving sprints and retrospectives * Setup MLOps workflows * Created GPU Enabled Kubernetes Cluster with Autoscaling Capabilities * Assisted Customers with POC deployment and setup with Nvidia Trident for Inferencing and running in Jupyter Notebooks * Developed Snowflake Native App for demonstrating running a neural network layer on structured data * Created Kustomize Generator Plugin via golang for managing and creating kubernetes manifest for running training jobs * Reviewed and Contributed to Internal Pytorch Setup Show less



7CTOs

• United States
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  Mentorship and collaboration with fellow technologist to solve challenges and guidance



Toyota North America

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Product Security Engineering

  • Jul 2022 - Aug 2023

  Remote * Provided software and services for out-of-car cybersecurity, including code signing and encryption services * Managed and Supported teams for product cybersecurity release management for cloud and embedded software releases as well as cloud software services * Provided budget, timeline estimations, and plans for new projects * Reviewed and created architecture requirements * Provided guidance and proposals for Secure Software Development Lifecycle * Supported Multiple… Show more * Provided software and services for out-of-car cybersecurity, including code signing and encryption services * Managed and Supported teams for product cybersecurity release management for cloud and embedded software releases as well as cloud software services * Provided budget, timeline estimations, and plans for new projects * Reviewed and created architecture requirements * Provided guidance and proposals for Secure Software Development Lifecycle * Supported Multiple organizations across different timezones for software delievery and support * Drove quality improvements for qa testing, coding standards, and automation. Show less



N-able

• France
• Government Relations Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal Architect

  • Mar 2021 - Jun 2022

  * Hosted and led Architecture Meetings to bring together architects across several different products and technologies * Drove and implemented Spotify's Backstage Developer Platform to have a single pane of glass for engineers to identify different services, ownership of services, API definitions, architecture designs, service documentation, and more * Worked closely with the Security team to review security standards and recommendations * Mentored and Assisted teams with Data… Show more * Hosted and led Architecture Meetings to bring together architects across several different products and technologies * Drove and implemented Spotify's Backstage Developer Platform to have a single pane of glass for engineers to identify different services, ownership of services, API definitions, architecture designs, service documentation, and more * Worked closely with the Security team to review security standards and recommendations * Mentored and Assisted teams with Data Analytics, Data Platforms, Kubernetes Migrations, and Platform Services Show less



SolarWinds

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Solution Architect

  • Oct 2020 - Mar 2021

  Remote * Reviewed DevOps and Software Architects' designs * Mentored developers for personal growth and engineering practices * Helped debug and assist teams with performance, observability, and performance tuning * Created golang cli to for assisting saml authentication to aws via IDP brokering with keycloak and MFA via azure active directory. * Worked with the Security team for reviewing and generating poc's for WhiteSource, checkmarx, GitHub security, and other security scanning tools.

• Principal Developer

  • Aug 2017 - Oct 2020

  Dallas/Fort Worth Area * Constructed a java GRPC service for multi-language publication and consumption with built in Kafka failover support while maintaining order guarantees. This includes construction of GRPC client interceptors for csharp, golang, java, nodejs, and python for client OAuth token generation. * Implemented Envoy for servicemesh architecture * Develop Kubernetes deployments using docker, artifactory, helm, and kustomize for deploying and running services on Kubernetes. * Work closely with… Show more * Constructed a java GRPC service for multi-language publication and consumption with built in Kafka failover support while maintaining order guarantees. This includes construction of GRPC client interceptors for csharp, golang, java, nodejs, and python for client OAuth token generation. * Implemented Envoy for servicemesh architecture * Develop Kubernetes deployments using docker, artifactory, helm, and kustomize for deploying and running services on Kubernetes. * Work closely with devops in providing terraform modules for setting up aws and github resources, as well as creating the appropriate monitoring, metrics, and runbooks for support. Maintain Jenkins and Jenkins pipeline for CI/CD. * Constructed a data validation service that takes a random sampling of data from a source and a sink and identifies the health of our data pipelines using python3 and pandas. * Create ETL pipelines utilizing AKKA and snowflake.

• Lead Software Engineer

  • May 2016 - Aug 2017

  Plano, Tx * Created an ETL process using 3 microservices written in clojure utilizing docker and AWS ECS. * Added new functionality to existing Ruby on Rails application using angular and D3.js * Improved performance and tuned existing queries on Postgres servers * Created terraform modules/project, and packer ami's to manage AWS infrastructure across all environments * Added Chef recipes to manage EC2 servers and Jenkins pipeline for existing repos.



Match.com

• Human Resources Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Search Application Engineer

  • Jan 2014 - May 2016

  Dallas/Fort Worth Area * Performance tune in-memory services to minimize GC's, total memory usage, and response time. * Work with Product Managers to A/B test and enhance existing processes. * Implement and research new technologies including Cassandra, Kafka, Storm, and Couchbase using Java and C#. * Enhanced real time notification using Match's internal API, real time notification service, and jQuery.

• Senior Search Application Engineer

  • Sep 2012 - Jan 2014

  * Created and maintained in-memory searching services that ranged from 30 - 120GB of memory using C#, .net 4.5, WCF, Parallel Task Library, and MSMQ. * Updated ASP MVC web app for internal monitoring and QA Testing. * Created SQLCLR objects to send msmq messages as well as XML Parsing. * Worked on prototypes and exploring new technologies as pertains to searching and matching.

• Database Administrator

  • Jul 2011 - Sep 2012

  Dallas, TX * Rearchitectured database design for internal monitoring system utilizing visual studio database projects and TFS. * Developed Windows Service following the SOLID principle and utilizing Ninject and Entity Framework 4.1 to monitor SQL servers based on requirements gathered from business owners. * Created business intelligence cubes for predictive analysis of disk space utilization. * Perform requirement maintenance, and server upgrades. Work with all aspects of internal customers… Show more * Rearchitectured database design for internal monitoring system utilizing visual studio database projects and TFS. * Developed Windows Service following the SOLID principle and utilizing Ninject and Entity Framework 4.1 to monitor SQL servers based on requirements gathered from business owners. * Created business intelligence cubes for predictive analysis of disk space utilization. * Perform requirement maintenance, and server upgrades. Work with all aspects of internal customers to assist them with debugging, performance, security, and informational needs.

• Database Engineer

  • Jan 2008 - Dec 2011

  * Designed BI Cubes solutions to allowing data to be sliced and analyzed based on the business needs using XMLA, SSIS, and SSAS. * Optimized and tuned existing ETL processes to improve performance and decrease server load. * Added data marts to existing 10 TB data warehouse. * Created replication using several different methods including: push and pull transactional replication, updateable subscribers, and custom replication stored procedures. * Worked with Application… Show more * Designed BI Cubes solutions to allowing data to be sliced and analyzed based on the business needs using XMLA, SSIS, and SSAS. * Optimized and tuned existing ETL processes to improve performance and decrease server load. * Added data marts to existing 10 TB data warehouse. * Created replication using several different methods including: push and pull transactional replication, updateable subscribers, and custom replication stored procedures. * Worked with Application Engineers to create necessary schema, stored procedures, and queries to create enhancements and features to website. * Debugged application using SQL profiler and implemented solutions to correct issues that caused erroneous data and flawed user experience.



Texas A&M University-Commerce

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Aug 2009 - May 2010

  * Online Instructor for Microcomputer applications that introduced students to Computer basics – Internet, Computer, Microsoft Office, Databases. * Online Instructor for Intro To Programming that introduced students to general programming concepts which include data structures, databases, and object oriented design.



Blue Cross Blue Shield

• United States
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Contract Developer

  • Nov 2007 - Jan 2008

  * Modified VBA code in Access databases allowing outside departments to execute queries and reports as needed. * Engineered DB2 queries based on user requirements and priorities to derive needed data. * Ported DB2 queries to MS SQL server to allow transfer of data for upgrade. * Prototyped C# application to replace Access Forum. Aided team members to optimize and tune DB2 queries, improving query execution time. * Tested and verified data of existing reports to confirm… Show more * Modified VBA code in Access databases allowing outside departments to execute queries and reports as needed. * Engineered DB2 queries based on user requirements and priorities to derive needed data. * Ported DB2 queries to MS SQL server to allow transfer of data for upgrade. * Prototyped C# application to replace Access Forum. Aided team members to optimize and tune DB2 queries, improving query execution time. * Tested and verified data of existing reports to confirm accuracy of accessible reports. Show less



Sage Telecom

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Database Administrator

  • Feb 2007 - Nov 2007

  * Perform bi-weekly maintenance for production releases including script deployments, system upgrades, database restores, and table reindexing during on call rotation. * Created new databases and users while monitoring disk space utilization and performance. * Aided developers in the creation of scripts for QA testing or Application releases. * Monitored Log Shipping for disaster recovery and replication. Assisted BI analysts in maintaining 5 Terabyte SQL Server including… Show more * Perform bi-weekly maintenance for production releases including script deployments, system upgrades, database restores, and table reindexing during on call rotation. * Created new databases and users while monitoring disk space utilization and performance. * Aided developers in the creation of scripts for QA testing or Application releases. * Monitored Log Shipping for disaster recovery and replication. Assisted BI analysts in maintaining 5 Terabyte SQL Server including debugging DTS and ETL jobs, creating monitoring jobs to notify of spid blocking and log space utilization. * Documented existing stored procedures and schema layouts as well as database file locations, server details, and backup schedules. * Managed Database Security including creating new users and monitoring existing security permissions making adjustments as needed.

• SQL Developer

  • Sep 2006 - Feb 2007

  * Reviewed, tracked, and corrected database cleanup issues including erroneous information in tables, missing data, and mass updates. * Submitted defects to developers to add “user input” validation for information accuracy in databases. * Automated repetitive tasks to maximize time efficiency and empower end user. * Completed special projects and performed other duties as assigned including generated ad hoc queries for data warehouse, marketing, and other internal departments as… Show more * Reviewed, tracked, and corrected database cleanup issues including erroneous information in tables, missing data, and mass updates. * Submitted defects to developers to add “user input” validation for information accuracy in databases. * Automated repetitive tasks to maximize time efficiency and empower end user. * Completed special projects and performed other duties as assigned including generated ad hoc queries for data warehouse, marketing, and other internal departments as well as identify software defects and provided corrections to assist developers and end users. * Provided additional support to database administrators and production support.

• Business Analyst

  • Sep 2005 - Sep 2006

  * Produced reports and SQL queries to analyze and manage “risk management” customers on a daily basis as well as updated database tables for information retention. * Analyzed data and studied trends and line usage to determine business rules for dealing with credit reporting, collection agencies, advance payments, and new customers acquisitions. * Supported the development of Aspect Ensemble Pro Dialer file creations for automated call campaigns as well as file creations to send to… Show more * Produced reports and SQL queries to analyze and manage “risk management” customers on a daily basis as well as updated database tables for information retention. * Analyzed data and studied trends and line usage to determine business rules for dealing with credit reporting, collection agencies, advance payments, and new customers acquisitions. * Supported the development of Aspect Ensemble Pro Dialer file creations for automated call campaigns as well as file creations to send to outside vendors including Source Check and TransUnion. * Distributed information for outside collection agencies by generating balance updates and lists of new customers based on SQL queries. * Demonstrated the ability to prioritize and complete ad hoc reports and queries upon request.