Results-oriented, AI Leader Certified professional with over twenty years of experience transforming complex business challenges into scalable software solutions.
Certifications & AI Tools: Claude Certified Architect - Foundations (CCAR-F), Anthropic, Generative AI Leader, Google, Agents and Workflows Certified, Open AI Academy, Azure Fundamentals, Microsoft
Featured Skills: AI Architecture, API Management, Cross-Functional Team Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Performance Optimization
Expert Skills: Enterprise & Solution Architecture, AI Integration & AI-Enabled Systems, Cloud & Serverless Architecture, Microservices & Distributed Systems, AWS & Microsoft Azure, RESTful API Design & Development, Automation & Systems Integration, C# / .NET / ASP.NET Core, Java / Spring Boot
Remote
Solutions Architect
- Established and lead a cross-functional ten-person engineering team in architecting and delivering a secure, scalable C# API and SSO platform on AWS for enterprise deployment, saving the client more than $30,000 per month in operating costs.
- Manage Enterprise Architecture and DevOps teams to align cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and security controls across AWS and Azure, improving deployment cadence and enterprise security by 20%.
- Create onboarding frameworks, engineering standards, and technical documentation to systematize architectural consistency, strengthen maintainability, and enhance quality.
Computer Science Tutor, Virtual Nationwide
- Own and manage a private tutoring company focused on developing the next generation of technical leaders.
- Conducted 2,800+ tutoring hours with 150+ students, simplifying complex technical topics into practical learning experiences that resulted in fifteen promotions into technical management positions and four top-20 U.S. College of Engineering acceptances.
Chicago, IL
Digital Architect
- Designed an award-winning night audit automation solution for nine critical bookkeeping processes that run nightly, saving the company an estimated $400,000 in its first year.
- Developed a prototype and scaled the solution to twenty-two resort locations across North America, generating the Company an additional $100,000 on a recurring, annual basis.
- Led a cross-functional team with group sales leadership to pinpoint technical enhancements for the national party booking process, improving the customer experience by 68%.
- Managed a dynamic team of six software engineers across various experience levels, fostering skill development and project ownership.
Chicago, IL
Principal Technical Architect
- Managed a team of three Software Architects in designing backend web services, optimizing DevOps processes, and enhancing database query performance by 14%.
- Established DevOps for our Agile board, source code management and CI/CD-enabled deployments.
- Spearheaded Algolia Search implementation for Trimble.com, product websites and the internal career website.
Chicago, IL
Associate Director of Software Engineering September 2019 - July 2021
- Developed and implemented talent acquisition and development strategy for the department, resulting in a 35% improvement in year-over-year employee retention.
- Led organizational growth by managing the process of recruitment through onboarding of new C# and QA engineers.
- Guided an Agile delivery team of fourteen Software Engineers and one QA Resource for mortgage-industry asset monitoring, including SSO authentication for banking customers using SAML and Ping Identity.
Solutions Architect Managing Consultant March 2015 - September 2019
- Architected high-volume transaction processing into a healthcare billing database using SQL stored procedures and C# batch services, improving data accuracy and processing efficiency by 10% within the revenue cycle.
- Oversaw design and delivery of an automated denied-claims response solution using a Random Forest algorithm, reducing manual review workload and accelerating reimbursement timelines.
- Expanded call-center application capabilities for smaller medical practices by gathering requirements, designing workflows, and coordinating cross-functional delivery.
- Incubated Navigant Predict, a machine learning-enabled evidence review platform for email and SMS data, translating data science models into intuitive application for legal professionals.
- Designed and developed a C# application using Telerik widgets, deploying to kCura/Relativity platform and achieving 100% project cost recovery within two years.
University of Illinois at Chicago - College of Engineering
Master of Science, Computer Science
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science