Steve Green

Engineering Leader | Delivery Executive | Conference Speaker

Detroit Metropolitan Area

About

The gap between engineering capability and business outcomes continues to widen. Iโ€™ve spent more than 20 years in that space, translating between technical reality and strategic intent for systems that matter. Today, I lead delivery for ambitious, high-impact programs across complex and regulated industries. I work alongside engineers, product teams, and clients to coach leaders and guide teams through change. I help create environments where people can move fast, solve hard problems, and trust each other enough to talk about whatโ€™s really going on, especially when itโ€™s uncomfortable. ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป. My career began in code, and that foundation still shapes how I lead. As an engineer, I developed a systems-level mindset to navigate complexity and build things that work. I bring that same precision to delivery by defining success clearly, anticipating edge cases, building resilience, and continuously improving. What distinguishes me is the bridge between deep technical understanding and business acumen. I have led engineering organizations, architected enterprise platforms, and built teams that thrive under pressure. Above all, engineering taught me humility. Things break. You learn. You iterate. That principle applies equally to systems and to leadership. ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป. ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€. Leadership is a craft that demands care and curiosity. Thinkers such as Brenรฉ Brown, Daniel Pink, Simon Sinek, and Seth Godin have influenced how I show up for teams. They remind me that leadership is human work and that vulnerability is a strength. Autonomy, mastery, and purpose are not perks. They are the foundation of high-trust teams where accountability and psychological safety can coexist. ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—”๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐˜† ๐—๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† โ†’ Built and scaled a MarTech consultancy to $2M+ in revenue, with an acquisition exit โ†’ Led cloud alliance strategy across AWS, GCP, and Microsoft, turning partnerships into joint go-to-market plans โ†’ Designed the AI Transformation Office, adopted as NTT DATA's enterprise AI operating model โ†’ Delivered AI programs across consumer brands, insurance, public sector, and healthcare โ†’ M.S. in AI at Purdue with a focus on management and governance โ†’ Keynoted at CodeMash, VS Live, IT/Dev Connections, and CodeStock ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ. ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป.

Experience

  • Launch by NTT DATA (Detroit Metropolitan Area ยท Remote)
    • Managing Director, Delivery
      Dec 2024 - Present ยท 1 yr 7 mos

      As Managing Director of Delivery at Launch, I lead the firm's Delivery Management capability: a national organization responsible for executing and evolving complex transformation programs across regulated industries. โ€ข ๐—”๐—œ ๐—š๐—ผ๐˜ท๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ & ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ: Authored the AI Transformation Office operating model, later adopted within NTT DATA as an enterprise framework for AI governance and operational execution. โ€ข ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—”๐—œ & ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ท๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜†: Help shape Launch's enterprise AI strategy through a flagship three-layer agentic platform, establishing scalable delivery and governance models for AI-enabled transformation programs. โ€ข ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ & ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ท๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ: Lead the full delivery lifecycle across strategic accounts, spanning intake, staffing, mobilization, execution, escalation, and outcomes. Apply systems thinking and engineering rigor to operating models that balance predictability, governance, and speed. โ€ข ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—–๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ถ๐—ฑ & ๐—”๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ: Lead vendor and alliance strategy across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure, including joint go-to-market, delivery collaboration, and contracting models for strategic engagements. โ€ข ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† & ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ท๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: Evolve delivery through leadership frameworks, engineering maturity initiatives, and mentorship of emerging leaders. โ€ข ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† & ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ: Active national speaker across KCDC, CodeMash, Live! 360 Tech Con, and Devnexus, with sessions including ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต: ๐˜ˆ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜Ž๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, and ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฐ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต: ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ.

    • Managing Director, Engineering
      May 2022 - Dec 2024 ยท 2 yrs 8 mos

      As Managing Director of Engineering at Launch by NTT DATA, I led cross-functional engineering organizations responsible for delivering enterprise digital products and large-scale modernization programs spanning architecture, engineering, platform delivery, and cloud transformation. โ€ข ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ: Directed architectural strategy and modernization for more than 100 legacy applications across federal, state, and enterprise organizations, establishing cloud-native standards, patterns, and scalable delivery models. โ€ข ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€: Scaled engineering from a few delivery pods (~30 engineers) into multi-workstream engagements of 50 to 80 engineers, building the leadership structures and operational rigor to sustain growth. โ€ข ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† & ๐—”๐—œ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: Authored the AI-Enhanced Engineering Maturity Model, a firm-wide framework spanning six dimensions, five maturity levels, and more than 150 measurable attributes for engineering assessment and capability development. โ€ข ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ท๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† & ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ: Led solution shaping, modernization, and pre-sales engineering with sales, product, and delivery teams, defining execution models, staffing, and governance for large programs. โ€ข ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ & ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜: Oversaw engineering planning, budgeting, talent development, and delivery while mentoring managers, architects, and technical leaders. Spoke at CodeMash, including ๐˜ˆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ and ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด: ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ, ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ.

    • Senior Engineering Manager
      May 2021 - Apr 2022 ยท 1 yr

      As Senior Engineering Manager at Launch by NTT DATA during a period of rapid post-acquisition growth, I led multidisciplinary engineering teams of approximately 30 engineers, delivering complex digital platforms for clients across aviation, healthcare, and life sciences. โ€ข ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€-๐—ข๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ: Remained actively engaged through architectural reviews, engineering strategy, rapid prototyping, and technical direction while leading teams through the full software delivery lifecycle. โ€ข ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Drove adoption of CI/CD, DevOps, cloud-native architectures, containerization, and distributed delivery models, establishing engineering patterns that improved scalability, consistency, resiliency, and long-term maintainability. โ€ข ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ค๐˜ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† & ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ท๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—˜๐˜น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Accountable for engineering quality, technical standards, and delivery execution across multiple agile pods spanning discovery, architecture, implementation, and production release. โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ธ๐˜๐—ต & ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ท๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: Mentored engineers, architects, and emerging managers while building pod-based delivery structures that scaled alongside the organization's rapid growth. โ€ข ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ & ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ: Partnered closely with clients to align technical strategy with business outcomes, shape delivery roadmaps, and translate complex technical requirements into executable plans while contributing to recruiting, workforce planning, and operational scaling initiatives.

  • MBB (Kansas City Metropolitan Area)
    • Vice President, Engineering
      Apr 2019 - May 2021 ยท 2 yrs 2 mos

      Following MBB's acquisition of Blue Rivet, the consultancy I founded, I joined as Vice President of Engineering to integrate engineering delivery into the agency's strategic and creative practice and establish a modern engineering organization capable of delivering integrated digital products at scale. โ€ข ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜-๐—”๐—ฐ๐—พ๐˜ถ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Led key aspects of the operational and cultural integration of Blue Rivet into MBB, establishing a unified delivery model that combined engineering rigor with strategy, design, and creative services. โ€ข ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€-๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ: Expanded the organization's engineering capability across healthcare, financial services, consumer products, and B2B clients by scaling the delivery frameworks, engineering culture, and operating models established at Blue Rivet. โ€ข ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€-๐—ข๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ: Remained actively engaged through solution architecture, engineering reviews, mentoring, and technical guidance across multidisciplinary delivery teams. โ€ข ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Advanced engineering practices through DevOps, automation, cloud-native architecture, and scalable delivery processes while improving collaboration across engineering, strategy, design, and client services. โ€ข ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜† & ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป: Partnered directly with clients on solution architecture, roadmap development, and pre-sales initiatives, translating business objectives into executable technical strategies and scalable delivery plans.

    • President and CEO, Blue Rivet
      Apr 2016 - Apr 2019 ยท 3 yrs 1 mo

      As Founder and CEO of Blue Rivet, I built a software engineering consultancy from the ground up, growing the firm to approximately 20 employees and multi-million-dollar annual revenue before its acquisition by MBB. โ€ข ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ: Built the firm from inception, specializing in helping creative and marketing organizations deliver technically sophisticated digital products and platforms. โ€ข ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Became the engineering partner agencies relied on to turn ambitious concepts into production-ready platforms, spanning enterprise websites, eCommerce, digital experience platforms, innovation work, and IoT. โ€ข ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—”๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€: Built partnerships with Kentico, Sitecore, and Contentful in the Kansas City market, advising partner-aligned clients, hosting community events, and contributing to partner advisory initiatives. โ€ข ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€-๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ท๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†: Delivered scalable solutions across healthcare, retail, entertainment, financial services, and B2B, focused on long-term transformation rather than short-term campaign execution. โ€ข ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—พ๐˜ถ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป & ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Led Blue Rivet through a successful acquisition by MBB, preserving team continuity, client relationships, and engineering culture, then continued as Vice President of Engineering. โ€ข ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: Spoke regularly at KCDC, CodeMash, DevNexus, VS Live, CodeStock, and IT/Dev Connections, with sessions including ๐˜ž๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด, ๐˜ˆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, and ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข ๐˜š๐˜–๐˜“๐˜๐˜‹ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ? on software architecture, modern .NET, MarTech delivery, and engineering leadership.

  • Oakwood Systems Group (Kansas City Metropolitan Area)
    • Practice Manager, Digital Experience
      Mar 2015 - Apr 2016 ยท 1 yr 2 mos

      As Practice Manager for Oakwood Systems Group's Digital Experience capability, I designed and launched a new market offering while leading the firm's expansion from St. Louis into the Kansas City market, with responsibility for strategy, delivery, operations, and growth. โ€ข ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† & ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜น๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Designed and launched Oakwood's Digital Experience capability and established the firm's Kansas City presence, building a new regional practice from the ground up. โ€ข ๐—•๐˜ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ธ๐˜๐—ต & ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ข๐˜ธ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ: Grew the practice to more than $5M in first-year sales while owning regional P&L, recruiting, business development, and delivery operations. โ€ข ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€-๐—™๐˜ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ท๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ: Led a multidisciplinary team of ~25 engineers, UX architects, designers, and QA professionals delivering enterprise applications, digital platforms, and customer experience solutions. โ€ข ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ & ๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ท๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†: Partnered closely with Microsoft on joint engagements, Azure modernization, and regional go-to-market that strengthened client relationships across Kansas City. โ€ข ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ: Combined practice leadership with hands-on architecture, maintaining delivery quality and engineering discipline while developing emerging technical leaders. โ€ข ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† & ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ: Represented Oakwood at KCDC, Days of .NET, and Iowa Code Camp, with sessions including ๐˜ž๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด, ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข ๐˜š๐˜–๐˜“๐˜๐˜‹ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ?, and ๐˜ˆ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ต on craftsmanship, technical debt, modernization strategy, and engineering quality.

    • Principal Architect
      Apr 2014 - Mar 2015 ยท 1 yr

      As Principal Architect within Oakwood Systems Group's Microsoft Practice, I served as a senior technical leader designing and delivering enterprise solutions across the Microsoft ecosystem for clients undergoing cloud modernization and digital transformation initiatives. โ€ข ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ: Designed and delivered enterprise solutions across Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, .NET, and modern application platforms, leading cloud migration and application modernization that translated client objectives into scalable, maintainable architectures. โ€ข ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—”๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: Supported Oakwood's Microsoft partnership through joint solution design, co-delivered engagements, and collaboration with Microsoft field architects, strengthening the firm's technical credibility and Azure presence across the region. โ€ข ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜ท๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†: Served as a trusted technical advisor for complex initiatives involving distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, modernization strategy, and cloud-native engineering practices. โ€ข ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ & ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜†: Contributed to proposal development, technical estimation, solution roadmaps, and pre-sales strategy, shaping consulting engagements from concept through delivery. โ€ข ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ & ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ท๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜ธ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€: Helped develop internal delivery frameworks, engineering standards, and knowledge-sharing practices that improved consistency, scalability, and delivery quality across teams.

  • Software Architect at Keypath Education
    Sep 2013 - Apr 2014 ยท 8 mos

    As a Software Architect at Keypath Education (previously Plattform), I shaped the technical direction of the company's digital education platforms, working across product, engineering, and leadership teams to design scalable, modern systems that supported student experience and institutional growth. โ€ข ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ & ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Guided the design and development of scalable, modern software systems, translating product and business goals into architectures that supported student experience and institutional growth. โ€ข ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜ถ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Prototyped new product ideas and validated architectural approaches, documenting system designs to keep teams aligned and de-risk delivery before build. โ€ข ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ค๐˜ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† & ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ: Conducted code reviews, provided technical guidance, and mentored engineers to foster growth, maintain code quality, and accelerate delivery. โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—˜๐˜ท๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป & ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†: Partnered with technical leadership to evaluate emerging technologies, assess platform scalability, and present architectural recommendations that supported Keypath's evolving business and product strategy. โ€ข ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜ธ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ท๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Balanced technical rigor with agile, testable innovation, creating frameworks and patterns that enabled experimentation while supporting long-term maintainability.

  • Technical Architect at Clickfarm is now part of Useagility
    Apr 2013 - Sep 2013 ยท 6 mos

    As a Technical Architect at Useagility (previously Clickfarm Interactive), I led engineering across the agency's most strategic client engagements, guiding solution design, implementation strategy, and technology evaluation to ensure delivery excellence and innovation. โ€ข ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€: Architected complex, scalable digital systems powering modern marketing, commerce, and engagement experiences, spanning platform selection, infrastructure planning, application design, and integration. โ€ข ๐—•๐˜ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€-๐˜๐—ผ-๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Translated business needs into well-structured, maintainable solutions that balanced delivery speed with long-term quality. โ€ข ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฑ-๐˜๐—ผ-๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ท๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ข๐˜ท๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜: Worked across cross-disciplinary teams to oversee technical execution from concept through delivery, ensuring quality, performance, and alignment with client goals. โ€ข ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—˜๐˜ท๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป & ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—•๐˜ถ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด: Evaluated and introduced new technologies, frameworks, and patterns that elevated project outcomes and internal engineering capabilities. โ€ข ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ & ๐—•๐˜ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ท๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: Served as the senior technical voice across the agency, partnering directly with clients and supporting business development.