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First and foremost I excel at using technology to solve business problems. I've worked in technology for over 19 years, delivering custom application development projects ranging from simple websites to complex enterprise systems, with various team sizes from 1 person all the way up to 120 people.
My core focus is technology leadership with an emphasis on user experience. My view is that technology itself is only as valuable as the experiences that it can create for users and the value that it can generate for businesses. My job is to enable these possibilities.
I enjoy learning and applying new technologies at every opportunity. The technology landscape is rapidly expanding with entirely new solutions appearing daily. Using my expertise and experience, I am able to evaluate, digest and master new technologies quickly.
Specialties: C#, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Web API, SharePoint Technologies, MS SQL Server, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, JavaScript, TypeScript, Knockout.js, Angular, Python, Django, MS Azure, Google App Engine.
CTO, June 2014 to present
- Owned product management, technology selection, architecture, infrastructure, development and development operations.
- Responsibilities include: product feature selection, technical and visual design, user experience, business process flow and customer service.
- Built a robust online marketplace where event planners can find suppliers, compose a Request for Proposal (RFP), accept supplier proposals and present online reporting to the end customer.
- Designed and implemented a scalable Hotel directory containing 70,000+ profiles with detailed search criteria, high performance characteristics and high quality user experience. Try it now.
- Technologies include: C#, ASP.NET Web API, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Knockout.js, Angular
- External integrations: Foursquare, SendGrid, Stripe, Intercom, Google places
Technical Architect, Group Manager, Dynamics CRM Service Line - May 2010 to June 2014
- Architect on engagements for both CRM on-premise and CRM Online working closely with clients, business analysts and program management in all phases of delivery.
- Team lead responsible for mentorship and team building.
- Produced technical guidance on strategic consulting engagements to support large scale business decisions. Includes technology selection, high-level design guidance and value proposition.
- Designed and lead implementation of multiple large Dynamics CRM deployments including sales force automation, call center and incident management solutions.
Solution Architect & Associate Partner - Aug 2004 to May 2010
- Technology discipline lead for the Portal & Collaboration practice responsible for people development, resourcing, recruiting, and technology leadership.
- Functioned as foremost expert and mentor with regard to SharePoint custom application development.
- Technical lead responsible for solution architecture and development execution on high profile deliverables for internal Microsoft clients and Microsoft Partner engagements.
- Company-wide leadership role regarding SharePoint technologies. Advocated SharePoint platform by conducting training and mentorship across 200+ employees.
- Released Rapid Tools for SharePoint 2007, as an open source project (http://rapid-tools.googlecode.com). Rapid Tools for SharePoint is a set of developer productivity tools aimed at making the SharePoint platform more accessible to custom application developers. This includes a tool called SPDeploy which compiles a Visual Studio Project to a SharePoint solution package (wsp). This allows for the use of isolated development environments, automated deployment, continuous integration and unified source control. SPDeploy is used by Ascentium (and others) as a core development tool supporting custom application development projects on the SharePoint platform.
- Developed a custom content management solution called Rapid WCM (RWCM). RWCM is based on SharePoint and supports many of the features of SharePoint Server ECM such as in-line content editing, custom field controls, page templates, pages libraries and aggregation. RWCM is a lightweight alternate to SharePoint Server ECM which Ascentium markets as an entry level CMS tool.
- Contributed to Ascentium win for Microsoft Information Worker Solutions, Portals and Collaboration Partner of the Year in 2008 (http://tinyurl.com/3pzukp). This is a global award from Microsoft recognizing achievement in technical implementation and overall business value delivered on the SharePoint platform.
Technology Lead - Apr 2000 to Aug 2004
- Technical lead responsible for solution architecture and development execution on a variety of solutions: Productivity Portals, Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, and Business Automation.
- Acted as mentor to junior developers to provide guidance on emerging technologies and best practices.
- Responsible for providing technical support to sales and marketing efforts including project planning, new technology evaluation and technology recommendations.
Senior Developer & Technology Lead - Dec 1997 to Apr 2000
- Acted as team lead working closely with graphic design staff, project managers and clients to produce numerous successful solutions focused on e-commerce, content management, data collection and automated content delivery.
- Designed, developed and deployed a content management solution capable of managing hundreds of web site instances each with a customizable templates. Supports rich content including images, streaming media and formatted text. Developed custom content insertion ActiveX control allowing the site administrator to format and upload content with minimal HTML awareness.
- Designed and developed a custom online real estate exposure and purchase solution. Project includes flexible object oriented framework built to support hundreds of thousands of real estate listings on a nation-wide basis. Online purchase process includes submissions of all documents necessary to place an offer on a home. Customizable content delivery for promotion of listings based on user preferences and online usage habits.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering - 1998
Completed projects of interest:
- Web-based public transportation information system able to deliver data on location, speed and direction of city buses, trains, taxicabs, etc. Engineered infrastructure to transmit GPS data from a mobile unit to a central server location where relevant data could be retrieved from bus stops, dispatch centers or any HTTP enabled client.