Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States
I have extensive experience in systems architecture design and implementation, high performance computing, cloud based architecture, parallel programming, website development, backend solution development, SQL, and NoSQL databases. As the CTO of a startup, I was able to gain a solid understanding of lean startup, principles of project management, agile software development, software engineering leadership, creating and managing budgets, and starting and growing a business. I have experience in reviewing, creating and obtaining patents as I was a key contributor to the intellectual property portfolio during my tenure at Validas. I was the original creator of Validas’ patented technology for analyzing wireless bills in real time via a SaaS-based service running in the Amazon cloud. I have a proven ability to take projects from inception and turn them into reality. I love solving hard problems and creating software that makes peoples lives easier. I originally taught myself how to code and then turned my passion into my career after receiving my bachelors degree in Information Technology. There's nothing like the feeling you get when you build a great product that makes a difference in someone else's life. While not working I enjoy spending time with my family, playing hockey and soccer as well as watching my favorite sports teams.
Facet Digital is a multifaceted design and development agency that specializes in creating intuitive product experiences.
As chief technology officer of Validas, my role was to align technology vision with the business strategy by integrating the company processes with the appropriate technologies. I was also responsible for all aspects of developing and implementing technology initiatives within the company, overseeing all technical resources and engineering employees of the company as well as the development and creation of the Validas patented wireless bill analysis solution. Key Contributions: o Developed several iterations of the Validas website using jQuery, Javascript, ASP.NET, Telerik controls, Dundas charting tools and PayPal to accept payments for the Validas SaaS website o Developed a Ruby screen scraping solution to retrieve a users wireless bill and other account information o Increased analysis engine performance by 10x, by designing and implementing a custom indexing engine in C# o Architected and built a flexible billing data normalization engine making heavy use of regular expressions o Supervised development of recommendation algorithms and implemented parallel processing logic to increase recommendation engine performance by 30% o Architected and implemented an enterprise based MS SQL Server 2012 database making use of stored procedures and views and deployed it in the AWS cloud o Reduced cloud costs by 40% and dramatically increased availability and scalability by migrating from relational databases to NoSQL data stores o Created Chef recipes and Amazon Machine Images (AMI’s) to automate the deployment of Windows and Linux based servers in the cloud, dramatically reducing the time to increase application capacity o Led major architectural overhaul to a service-oriented architecture using RabbitMQ o Launched enterprise scale wireless analytics product to Fortune 500 clients, State Governments and Wireless carriers in 2012 o Launched high traffic consumer website, SaveLoveGive, to initial media fanfare, saving wireless consumers over $4 million in the first 6 weeks
o Developed intranet websites utilizing ASP, ASP.NET 2.0, CSS, XML, JavaScript and vbScript. o Created an ASP.NET website utilizing AJAX tools to automate the scheduling process for internal conference meeting software eliminating a manual process. o Researched and ran proof of concepts to select and implement an intranet search engine tool resulting in increased productivity. o Administered, maintained and supported over 450 Intranet websites using IIS 6.0 o Designed and developed SQL Server databases to be used with websites and other programs. o Supported all Instant Messaging clients throughout the company as well as Instant Messaging servers. o Worked with Microsoft Identity Integration Services and Active Directory to provide a global employee catalog for over 35,000 people worldwide. o Worked with Active Directory developing programs utilizing LDAP to manage and extract information within Active Directory. o Administered and maintained Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and 2000 web servers as well as database servers. o Supported, administered and resolved issues pertaining to the corporate Blackberry Enterprise server which hosted over 1400 corporate Blackberry devices. o Supported, maintained, administered and developed rules for Esker Deliveryware enterprise fax solution.
o Leveraged Linux servers to configure, manage, and test fiber optic equipment. o Created scripts on Linux based fiber optic equipment to extract information detailing equipment specifications. o Designed and implemented a fiber optic inventory tracking database with Microsoft Access 2003 which was utilized by over 20 cable stations worldwide as the official company inventory database. o Designed and implemented a building maintenance database utilizing Microsoft Access XP that scheduled and stored all required maintenance needed for building equipment. o Developed technical solutions for performing cable system preventive and corrective maintenance practices. o Identify and troubleshoot cable system problems; evaluate severity, determine serviceeffecting conditions, and prioritize steps for resolution. o Facilitate the installation of new, and upgrades to, Fiber Optic equipment. o Trained and experienced in commissioning and acceptance testing of new Fiber Optic equipment and systems. o Experienced in emergency cable repair operations to ensure prompt traffic restoration. o Trained and experienced with implementing DS3 and T1 services as well as installing PBX equipment. o Assisted in the research and testing of new fiber optic technologies pushing the capacity of the Tyco fiber optic network to 100GB per second.
Responsibilities included revising, editing, and drafting, H.V.A.C., Plumbing and Electrical drawings using AutoCAD 14 and 2000. Other responsibilities included copying drawings, filing, faxing, troubleshooting and fixing computer problems and performing network administration tasks.