August 2020 – Present

Persistent Systems

Senior Practitioner, Cloud Practice

• Communicate with clients to establish architect for solutions
• Mentor development team on architecture and coding practices
• Work with Project Managers/Scrum Master to ensure proper definition and scoping of work
• Architect migration from legacy application framework to cloud-based services using Azure
• Build POC environments and application frameworks for development teams
• Establish development standards and best practices

November 2019 – August 2020

KForce – Marriott International, KRGT

Architect/Lead, Contract

Reason for leaving: COVID-19 layoff

• Leading team in best practices for developing modern enterprise level software applications
• Architect micro-service based application utilizing Microsoft Azure services, including App Services, Functions and API Management.
• Migrate legacy application to modern framework, .NET Core 3.1
• Advise and guide team on developing DevOps practices and modern software architecture
• Mentor junior developers to guide them in increasing skills and experience

November 2018 – November 2019

MANSoftDev

Solutions Architect, Fulltime

Reason for leaving: Increased responsibilities

• Assist in re-engineering Angular and .NET solution using industry best practices to meet State and Federal guidelines.
• Advise and guide team on developing DevOps practices and modern software architecture
• Leading team in best practices for developing modern enterprise level software applications
• Mentor junior developers to guide them in increasing skills and experience
• Develop multi-lingual video content streaming application for web and mobile devices
• Architect solutions for enhancing existing applications
• Establish development standards for Front-End and Back-End development teams
• Develop project plans and schedules in coordination with development team, PMO and client representatives
• Architect application framework for cloud-based document management system using Azure Service Fabric and Functions
• Advise on modernization and education effort for implementing DevOps procedures using Azure DevOps
• Train and mentor staff on best practices for SDLC, application development and Agile

September 2017 – November 2018

Maintenance Connection

Sr .NET Architect / Developer, Fulltime

Reason for leaving: Position redundancy from multiple acquisitions

• Evaluate existing technology and develop roadmap for modernization of legacy systems
• Lead effort to migrate application from hosted data center to AWS cloud environment
• Architect solutions for modernizing applications using Azure and .NET Core using a Microservices architecture
• Develop and deliver critical client integration application utilizing REST-based API
• Lead modernization and education effort for implementing DevOps procedures using Azure DevOps

March 2016 - September 2017

MANSoftDev

Solutions Architect, Fulltime

Reason for leaving: Increased responsibilities

• Design and implement high performance secure web application used for analyzing health insurance claims
• Lead UI/UX architect for department ensure all application utilized best practices and adhered to corporate standards, train and mentor junior developers
• Collaborated with business users and product owners for application design and architecture
• Architected and lead team developing ASP.NET MVC based Web Applications using C# and client-side scripting with AngularJS
• Implemented and trained teams on DevOps processes and automated testing
• Architected and developed REST-based API for application business logic and exposed it via Azure API Management services
• Implement Azure based services for API management and exposing business logic to authenticated clients.

September 2015 –March 2016

Avanade

Solutions Architect / Group Manager, Fulltime

Reason for leaving: Position eliminated

• Interface with clients, from business leaders to C-Level, to identify information technology needs
• Interview and hire team members
• Architect and implement solutions to meet client business requirements
• Manage and direct team to accomplish implementation and delivery
• Mentor junior team members in software development skills

January 2015- September 2015

Hitachi Consulting

Solutions Architect / Manager, Specialized Services, Fulltime

Reason for leaving: Lack of work

• Manage and direct team of 30 off-shore and on-shore resources.
• Interface with clients, from business leaders to C-Level, to identify information technology needs
• Design, Architect and Develop ASP.NET MVC application hosted in Azure to give internal users access to database containing project details and sales information.
• Setup and configure Office 365 SharePoint Online environments for projects.
• Architect and develop an Azure hosted SharePoint App built with ASP.NET MVC used for revenue growth projects combining multiple data sources into a unified view.
• Lead Architect on multi-million-dollar web application upgrade project for industry leading client.
• Mentor junior team members in software development skills
• Implement procedures for automated developer unit testing for front-end and back-end code

June 2012 – January 2015

NTT Data

Solutions Architect / Associate Director, Fulltime

Reason for leaving: Lack of work

• Participate in Pre-Sales activities, including in-person client meeting with C-Level executives, writing proposals and defining SOWs.
• Provide Solution Architecture and Team Leadership for SharePoint applications ranging from document management to web content management.
• Implemented coding standards for C# and JavaScript used through the business unit.
• Architected unique solution for synchronizing data between on premise SharePoint and cloud- based CRM system.
• Lead and manage on-shore and off-shore development team for ASP.NET Web Application hosted in SharePoint 2010 used by national insurance company.
• Defined architecture for document management application migrating multi-million item content from third-party platform to SharePoint 2010

January 1998 – March 2012

MANSoftDev

Solutions Architect, Fulltime

Reason for leaving: Increased responsibilities

• Lead effort to initialize SharePoint Practice within organization to provide a Center of Excellence to clients needing SharePoint implementation and development services.
• Provided Solution Architecture for SharePoint applications for multiple clients.
• Meet with key business stakeholders and business analysts to gather and write requirements and formulate project schedules.
• Architected a re-engineering effort for an ASP.NET web application utilizing a first of its kind Single Page Application architecture used by a national corporation’s internal sales and marketing staff to improve scalability, reusability and maintainability of code base and improve User Experience.
• Advised and mentored clients on Agile software development practices and other SDLC and ALM best practices.
• Evaluate training needs for development team, plan and conduct training on .NET Framework, ASP.NET and general development best practices.
• Architected innovative solution for migrating manual legacy process to web-based application that increased efficiency of critical intake and response operation.

Master of Information Systems

University of Phoenix GPA: 3.6

BS, Computer Science

American Intercontinental University GPA: 3.6

Project Management Masters Certificate

University of Pittsburgh, Katz School of Business