Expertise
Leadership
- Project Management
- Tech Lead
- Tech Strategy
- Continuous Improvement
- Tech Modernization
- Team Building
- Digital Transformation
- Strategic Planning
- Mentoring
- Team Management
- Professional Development
Software
Data
- Datastores
- ETL
- Logical Models
- Physical Models
- Data Architecture
- Data Integration
- Data Migration
- Data Pipelines
- Data Warehousing
- Business Intelligence
- Analytics & Reporting
- KPIs
- Dashboards
- Visualizations
- Machine Learning
Technology Infrastructure
Education
Bachelor's of Science
Computer Engineering
North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
Projects
Town Of Whitakers, NC
Experience
Founder CEO/CTO
06/16-Present
- Founded a non-profit design studio committed to developing technology solutions with a people-centric approach, emphasizing the structuring of creative works as intellectual property to create innovative products and services.
- Led the development of a modern, cloud-based technology infrastructure, encompassing information security, public-facing digital presence, internal business systems, and dynamic data infrastructure leveraging open-source technology.
- Built and led high-performing cross-functional project teams, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment for greenfield projects.
- Developed comprehensive documentation for infrastructure design, processes, and procedures to simplify future knowledge transfer and continuous improvement efforts.
- Managed the organization's budget effectively, allocating resources judiciously to maximize impact.
- Jamstack
- Ghost CMS
- Directus
- DNSMasq
- Nginx
- Apache
- Haproxy
- Ubuntu
- Web Services
- DigitalOcean
- LetsEncrypt
- Certbot
- Google Cloud Platform
- Identity Management
- OIDC
- SSO
- Keycloak
- Wordpress
- Ubuntu Server
- Bash
- LXC
- PostgreSQL
- SQLite3
- Linux/Unix
- Windows
- Drupal
- Docker
- Bulma
- Inkscape
- Gimp
- Tabula
- AI
- GitLab
- OAuth
- JWT
- React
- React Native
- Handlebars
- Powershell
- NodeJS
- C#
- HTML
- XML
- CSS
- Java
- Javascript
Applications Developer
11/17-07/23
- Led cross-functional teams in a multi-year effort to upgrade a modern data management platform, enabling new master data management, data warehousing, and ETL capabilities.
- Provided comprehensive app/data life-cycle management across a diverse technology portfolio, including CRM, ERP, SCM, HRIS, CMS, BI, Project Management, Financial Systems, LMS, and Collaboration platforms.
- Orchestrated a legacy migration project, successfully implementing a cloud-based Electronic Document Management System, enhancing accessibility and efficiency.
- Designed software solutions that streamlined critical internal business processes within human resources, finance, and operations departments, contributing to enhanced efficiency and effectiveness.
- Architected logical, physical, and reporting data models to support analytics, business intelligence, and data warehouse structures, ensuring optimal performance and scalability.
- Served as the technical lead for enterprise data and data infrastructure projects, providing expertise in guiding and implementing complex initiatives to efficiently meet organizational objectives.
- Ellucian Colleague
- SSO
- LMS
- Canvas
- Moodle
- LTI
- REST/SOAP APIs
- Azure
- LDAP/Active Directory
- Data Pipelines
- BI/Data Analysis
- IPEDS
- PeopleSoft
- PeopleAdmin
- Entrinsic Informer
- Salesforce
- MariaDB
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- UniData
- Linux/Unix
- Solaris
- RedHat
- Centos
- Ubuntu
- Windows Server
- Drupal
- Docker
- Elasticsearch
- GitLab
- C#
- OAuth
- JWT
- Powershell
- PHP
- HTML
- XML
- CSS
- Javascript
Applications Analyst/Programmer
08/15-11/17
- Designed, developed, and deployed a diverse spectrum of technology solutions —desktop apps, web clients, web servers, web apis, data pipelines, and system/data integrations—leveraging modern software engineering principles.
- Led the management of data architecture for enterprise data analysis and business intelligence tools, optimizing data utilization/access and empowering informed decision-making across the organization.
- Spearheaded the implementation of native mobile apps, seamlessly integrating them with ERP systems and web applications, significantly enhancing user experience and operational efficiency.
- Proactively addressed mission-critical issues within data integrations and business systems, implementing pivotal bug-fixes to ensure uninterrupted operations and data accuracy.
- iOS
- Android
- Enterprise Applications
- ERP
- Ellucian Colleague
- IAM
- SSO
- LMS
- Moodle
- SIS
- HRIS
- APIs
- REST
- SOAP
- Data Pipelines
- Data Analysis
- BI
- Cloud
- Enterprise Architecture
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- SqlServer
- UniData
- Windows Server
- Elasticsearch
- Git
- Java
- .NET
- C#
- Visual Basic
- Objective-C
- Swift
- HTML
- CSS
- Javascript
- Perl
- Python
Classroom Technology Coordinator
08/14-12/14
- Delivered engaging in-person training and technical support to middle school students, teachers, and administrators.
- Resolved hardware and software issues related to an Android-based learning management platform.
- Performed software quality duties, escalating issues to appropriate staff as required.
- Technology Training
- Tech Support
- Software/Hardware Quality Assurance
- Android
Technical Aide
05/11-08/14
- Partnered with interdisciplinary teams to develop strategy and operational direction for enterprise mobile technologies and devices with the aim to improve employee productivity, collaboration, and innovation.
- Analyzed complex datasets related to mobile application usage across the enterprise.
- Designed .NET-based data analysis tools to characterize electromagnetic signals in various environments.
- Designed desktop applications for component testing using C#.
- Collaborated with both technical and non-technical teams to develop strategies to analyze complex systems and their associated data.
- C#
- Java
- MATlab
- app integration
- business intelligence
- data architecture
- data analysis
- Subversion