Principal Build Engineer

• Oct 2016 - Present

I joined Double-Take Software, which was acquired by Carbonite on 1/31/2017. I joined Double-Take Software, which was acquired by Carbonite on 1/31/2017.

Principal

• Dec 2015 - Present

•Co-founder of team that allocates resources (funding, technical expertise & infrastructure) to early-stage tech companies. •Architected and deployed three state-of-the-art software delivery platforms for startups running TFS 2013 or 2015 and Release Management. Included custom PowerShell scripts, six development stages and automated DB deployments (DACPAC). •Led deployment of eight SQL Server clusters with 21 nodes (primarily the Enterprise edition of 2014 & 2016). •Architected three products: object storage, machine learning-based syslog analysis & server infrastructure monitoring. •Led server provisioning and deployment of 100+ Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual machines running on Hyper-V clusters. •Deployed a 700 TB high-availability, three-tiered storage infrastructure utilizing Mellanox InfiniBand FDR (56 Gbps). •Led implementation of System Center 2012 R2 (Operations Manager, Virtual Machine Manager & Data Protection Manager). •Deployed Certificate Authority (offline Root CA & Enterprise CA) that provides server, user, smartcard & SSL certificates. •Extensive work with Mellanox’s InfiniBand FDR (56Gbps) & 40Gbps Ethernet, along with Cisco IOS (including VLANs, ACLs). •Worked with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure for cloud development and deployment. •Extensive work with writing self-updating and high-availability windows services, including dynamic loading of DLLs. Show less

DevOps System Engineer II

• Mar 2019 - Jun 2022

Chief Executive Officer

• Jan 2013 - Dec 2015

• Infinite AI’s focus was on applied research applying artificial intelligence to healthcare, supply chain and enterprise applications to achieve the next-generation of software products. • As one of three cofounders, we raised $200k in seed funding and a $1.6mm Series A investment round. • Created Hospital AI, a real-time, RFID-driven system with the ability to track and save the location of millions of objects (patients, staff, assets, supplies) moving throughout a facility, thereby automating inventory management and billing. • Worked with two other computing team members to administer 130 servers (100 Windows Server 2012R2 and 30 Ubuntu Linux) across two data centers and our office. My focus was on SQL, App Servers, Software Delivery and Linux. • Designed and implemented the software delivery standards for the company, focusing on continuous integration across 20 software projects. Built on six stages and utilizing Microsoft’s Release Management, resulted in dozens of successful code deployments per day across the company. • Reviewed 1300 job applicants with our recruiter and conducted more than 150 onsite interviews, resulting in 16 hires. • Worked with our attorneys on contracts and IP management, including trademarks and pursuing patents. • Led branding, including website development, and oversaw video production for 12 marketing videos. • Negotiated with the Indiana Economic Development Corp (IEDC) to gain $1.65mm in economic development tax credits over 10 years, along with $125k in employee training, making it one of the largest per capita deals in state history. • Closed the company after we were unable to complete favorable terms on a Series B investment round. Show less

Chief Executive Officer

• Mar 2010 - Oct 2013

• Consulted on healthcare projects utilizing machine learning on purchasing data to standardize purchasing with the goal of an 80%+ reduction in SKUs and $5mm in annual cost savings. • Consulted on business intelligence projects, along with building custom C#/ASP.NET MVC applications for organizations that automated analysis of large data sets in supply chain organizations. • Consulted on disaster recovery / business continuity plans for multi-facility organizations with zero downtime requirements. • Company acquired as part of Series A investment in Infinite AI. Show less