Experience

This Dot, Inc
• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Project Manager

  • May 2022 - Present


AbleSpark

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Architect / Project Manager / Operations Specialist

  • May 2020 - Apr 2022

  Project Manager for multiple custom software client projects, with responsibilities including: * Software Architecture * Requirements Breakdown * Planning & Estimation * Roadmapping * Managing and Directing Development Resources * Code Review * Software Testing * Day-to-Day Development Contributions * Release Management * Directing Technical Operations Brought Business Operations structure to the organization, including: * Building out a formal sales pipeline * Reviewing and updating marketing strategy * Reviewing and updating internal communication process/tooling/strategy Show less



Informulate

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Developer/Architect

  • Jan 2017 - May 2020

  At Informulate, I was hired to architect, develop, and maintain a project management component of a larger software platform that houses and maintains the bulk of the business operations for one of the company's clients. As a result of the quality of my efforts, Informulate was eventually granted the contract to oversee development over the entire software product that powered this client's business and I became responsible for several key mission-critical components of that application. My ongoing day-to-day responsibilities included development of new features, bug fixing/maintenance and refactoring, some amount of project planning and estimation as well as architecture on new work products that were requested by the client, and assisting in maintaining environments as well as troubleshooting problems whenever they arose. Primary Technologies used: PHP/Laravel, JS/jQuery/Vue/Node, MySQL (raw SQL and Eloquent), Git, Linux (CLI) Show less



Sales Genii Inc.

• United States
• Software Development

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Feb 2016 - Jan 2017

  Sales Genii was a technology startup aiming to improve retention and upsell metrics through gamification strategies. I was brought onboard to take the founder's prototype and use it to architect and build out a fully functional SaaS based platform hosted within AWS and built on a PHP/Laravel backend with some Angular and Bootstrap on the frontend. Sales Genii was a technology startup aiming to improve retention and upsell metrics through gamification strategies. I was brought onboard to take the founder's prototype and use it to architect and build out a fully functional SaaS based platform hosted within AWS and built on a PHP/Laravel backend with some Angular and Bootstrap on the frontend.



Sonobi

• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Supply Side Technology

  • Mar 2015 - Oct 2015

  Hired to come in and bring structure and process to a growing startup. Implemented a Development and QA process that allowed us to reduce our 6 month lag time between releases to 2 week iterations. Increased general developer productivity by over 3x and significantly stabilized and increased the functional quality of the product. Hired to come in and bring structure and process to a growing startup. Implemented a Development and QA process that allowed us to reduce our 6 month lag time between releases to 2 week iterations. Increased general developer productivity by over 3x and significantly stabilized and increased the functional quality of the product.



GotChosen, Inc.

• United States
• Internet Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Solutions Architect / Lead Developer

  • Jun 2013 - Dec 2014

  Lead Developer for one of GotChosen's new platforms and proprietary technologies. I report to the CEO and manage a quickly growing team of developers using a mix of principles loosely based in agile methodologies. My development responsibilities are primarily to serve as a guide and leader for a team of very sharp and talented engineers. I provide a lot of the foundation and architectural vision that my team uses to build extremely robust systems, both on the frontend (HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript using AngularJS) and the backend (RESTful APIs built on top of PHP using the Symfony framework and Doctrine for ORM with MySQL). My other responsibilities include some project management, product and sprint planning, recruiting and hiring to grow my team, as well as working with the CEO on the strategic vision and planning for the long-term technical aspects of the business. Show less



Omega Vortex

• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Founder

  • Jan 2012 - Jun 2014

  At Omega Vortex, I'm responsible for the strategy and execution of our development, sales, marketing, and general growth efforts. I oversee and work on all of our consulting contracts, handle primary design and architecture for our software development, as well as managing and leading our development, sales, and marketing teams. Through my team's work, we have experienced growth as much as 215% month over month. At Omega Vortex, I'm responsible for the strategy and execution of our development, sales, marketing, and general growth efforts. I oversee and work on all of our consulting contracts, handle primary design and architecture for our software development, as well as managing and leading our development, sales, and marketing teams. Through my team's work, we have experienced growth as much as 215% month over month.



Bold Technologies, LLC.

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineer, Web

  • May 2012 - Jan 2013

  Lead developer on company's "Bold Community" platform for managing advertisements geared toward supporting non-profit organizations. Architected and designed new features and functionality as well as developed new APIs for integrating their mobile apps. Reported directly to the CTO and managed a team of web development interns as well as a remote consultant. Handled all Project Management duties related to the website as well as providing mentoring and direction to the web team. Lead developer on company's "Bold Community" platform for managing advertisements geared toward supporting non-profit organizations. Architected and designed new features and functionality as well as developed new APIs for integrating their mobile apps. Reported directly to the CTO and managed a team of web development interns as well as a remote consultant. Handled all Project Management duties related to the website as well as providing mentoring and direction to the web team.



Highwinds

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Systems Engineer

  • Dec 2008 - May 2012

  Systems Administrator responsible for maintaining hundreds of Linux and Windows systems in a Production environment with a 99% uptime SLA. Engineered several systems and tools to make Administrating large numbers of systems easier, including an automated build system for Linux and Windows servers. Systems Administrator responsible for maintaining hundreds of Linux and Windows systems in a Production environment with a 99% uptime SLA. Engineered several systems and tools to make Administrating large numbers of systems easier, including an automated build system for Linux and Windows servers.

• Founder & Lead Developer

  • Sep 2007 - Aug 2009

  Software Development and Consulting company I founded. Responsible for day to day business operations as well as the architecture, design, and development for the company's software development efforts. Built multiple web applications as well as commercial add-ons to existing web applications. Did a lot of work integrating Facebook and Twitter connectivity into various applications. Software Development and Consulting company I founded. Responsible for day to day business operations as well as the architecture, design, and development for the company's software development efforts. Built multiple web applications as well as commercial add-ons to existing web applications. Did a lot of work integrating Facebook and Twitter connectivity into various applications.



Peak8 Solutions

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services

• Software Engineer

  • Jul 2006 - Sep 2007

  PHP Developer responsible for company's "Supportal" brand of web sites and web-available knowledgebases. Integrated several commercial and open source web applications together and created a custom set of Web Services that allowed external applications to programmatically interface with the site. PHP Developer responsible for company's "Supportal" brand of web sites and web-available knowledgebases. Integrated several commercial and open source web applications together and created a custom set of Web Services that allowed external applications to programmatically interface with the site.



Completely Unique

• Director of Product Development

  • Jan 2006 - Oct 2006

  Responsible for day to day management of a team of Developers creating turn-key web application solutions. Architected and designed a distributed web application that was capable of propagating content and interface changes between several linked and re-branded sites. Responsible for day to day management of a team of Developers creating turn-key web application solutions. Architected and designed a distributed web application that was capable of propagating content and interface changes between several linked and re-branded sites.