Jul 2021 – Aug 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · Dallas, Texas, United States

• Following the initial round of development to reach the market, I lead a team of highly skilled engineers in the development of new features, following our pattern of functional programming and pre-computed data for a high-concurrent system, powered by AWS Lambda and DynamoDB, amongst other AWS family products.

Nov 2020 – Jul 2021 · 8 mos · Dallas, Texas, United States

• Contributing to a new age, Fintech product, where users are financially rewarded for healthy habits. This involved developing Node, RESTful APIs and micro-services in the AWS suite of products, notably AWS Lambda. Interfacing with third-party services, such as the underlying financial products, through a set of webhook-based systems, allows for a customizable financial product unlike most. As a consequence, I am listed as an author on one of our pending patents for this layer of communication between Paceline's systems and the various third-party financial services.

Jun 2017 – Nov 2020 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Dallas, TX

• Co-founded and grew a global software consultancy to ~$1.2M ARR, building and leading a 7-person distributed engineering team delivering high-complexity systems across North America and Europe.
• Architected a disciplined delivery framework combining probabilistic estimation (3-point forecasting), architectural decomposition, and contractual accountability to reduce delivery risk while maintaining engineering rigor.
• Directed technical strategy across multi-month engagements, designing scalable service-oriented and event-driven systems using Node.js, FeathersJS, React, and WebSocket APIs for a concentrated portfolio of enterprise clients.
• Operated at the intersection of architecture, execution, and business development, owning client relationships, delivery outcomes, and team performance.

Jun 2011 – Jun 2017 · 6 yrs · Dallas, TX

• Joining a consulting agency allowed me to work with incredible people, solve interesting and unique problems, at a scale and pace unique to high-performing teams. I was part of a team hired, primarily by medium to large corporations, with their own team of Senior Engineers, however, were in need of expanding their skills in JavaScript, web-development, or getting their project across the finish line.
• The first couple of years were focused exclusively on web application, UI development. Architecture patterns, specifically tailored to the browser, were our specialty. I contributed to tooling, developed by Bitovi, that had not yet existed in the industry:
• CanJS - a JavaScript, MV* framework
• FuncUnit - a JavaScript testing framework which runs in browser, simulating user actions
• A notable contribution to CanJS was the initial version of live-binding for EJS (embedded JavaScript) templates, demoed at JSConf 2012.
• Following the UI-specific development, we expanded into full-stack development with Node and training for clients, meetups, and conferences. As one of the Senior Engineers, I led teams for multiple client projects and was the primary trainer for new client teams. Training was typically a 3-day to 2-week course of JavaScript, jQuery, and CanJS concepts. Notable exercise was to develop a jQuery-lite version with trainees, allowing people to apply JavaScript and DOM fundamentals to real-world use cases.

Apr 2010 – Jun 2011 · 1 yr 2 mos · Plano, Texas, United States

• An opportunity not to be missed was re-joining the AutoRevo team with a new version of the core systems, migrating from the original .NET infrastructure to a Ruby on Rails system. The core MSSQL database remained, however, a new Rails interface was developed utilizing jQuery and Backbone.
• Key contribution for this phase was the concept to develop a new mobile-focused interface for the consumer facing websites. A simple set of new RESTful APIs were developed in C# and consumed by a new jQuery Mobile UI. This architecture choice reduced the project timeline from months to weeks of development.

May 2006 – Aug 2007 · 1 yr 3 mos · Plano, Texas, United States

• Developed the first consumer-facing websites. These were developed using the .NET framework with C# as the core language. Primary contribution was the concept of dynamically generating WordPress websites, pulling data from the existing AutoRevo, RESTful APIs.
• Due to AutoRevo's core business and architecture, image storage was a challenge that resulted in multiple solutions in concert. This included round-robin targeting for where the image data was stored, dynamically resizing images for consumption, and migrating images from system to system as capacity was reached.

Aug 2007 – Apr 2010 · 2 yrs 8 mos · St Louis, Missouri, United States

• Developed a new version of the Landscape Brands, e-commerce web application. This was a .NET, C# application, with server-rendered pages, to allow for customers to place orders in concert with the more widely used call center services. Inventory was in sync between both initiatives, with data stored and accessed via MSSQL Server.

Sep 2004 – May 2005 · 8 mos · Dallas, Texas, United States · On-site

• Provided end-user support for Ernst & Young Inc. under contract with IBM. Acted as administrator for support teams in Lotus Notes and Windows and trained new-hire technicians.