Seasoned technology consultant with over two decades of experience spanning the application development lifecycle. I transform concepts from initial sketches to deployed solutions, specializing in performance optimization, system architecture, and team leadership. What continues to drive me is collaborating with people to build solutions that make meaningful change.
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Core Competencies
Technical Leadership & Performance Optimization
Optimized application performance by closing N+1 queries, refining database operations, and cleaning up inefficient functions at Cofactr, Rhumbix, et al
Led performance improvement initiatives by identifying bottlenecks through heatmaps and source graphs at Harvard Business School Online (HBX), Ground Energy
Enhanced instrumentation in monitoring tools like New Relic, DataDog and Sentry to identify performance issues and low-level problems at Cofactr, Rhumbix, HBX, Ground Energy
Replaced rough prototype code with Pandas-based production-ready solution, improving deployment safety and performance by an order of magnitude solutions backed by comprehensive unit tests at URS (2013-2014)
System Architecture & Development
Designed real-time data processing systems handling minute-by-minute updates and gigabytes of data for Ground Energy's geothermal installations (2012-2022)
Built notification systems that integrate database models with external APIs at Cofactr (2024)
Created IoT monitoring solutions using Particle.io, web sockets and Django for home heating oil level tracking at Tankclarity (2016-2020)
Aggregated Postgres data into Redis to enable real-time performance for data-intensive applications at Rhumbix (2016-2020)
Developed payment processing flows for enterprise platforms at Box.com (2022-2024)
Quality Assurance & Best Practices
Advocated for testing at all levels of the Test Pyramid, code linting and CI/CD quality gates at every stop in my career
Nicknamed “The Human Linter” by a group of off-shore developers for pull request reviews at HBX
Helped spearhead transition to Behavior Driven Development methodologies at Box (2022-2024) and Rhumbix
Created reliable deployment processes in collaboration with DevOps teams for multiple environments at Harvard Business School Online (2013-2016)
Designed test cases for CSS standards that did not exist in browsers yet at using PrinceXML for W3C (2007-2009)
Integrations & APIs
Connected systems with IoT devices including geothermal reporting systems, Ecobee thermostats, and automotive sensors (2012-2022)
Integrated payment processing through platforms like Stripe and Authorize.net across multiple client projects (2012-2020)
Implemented communication APIs such as Twilio for SMS alerts and notifications at Rhumbix and others
Built authentication systems working with OAuth and other identity management solutions for PBS’ Frontline (2010-2011)
Parsed and processed large financial datasets for Fidelity (2009-2010)
Worked directly with overseas teams at Autodesk to integrate document storage and versioning into Rhumbix
Team Leadership & Mentoring
Mentored developers of various experience levels across multiple organizations throughout my career, including managing a team of eight at Rhumbix (2017-2020)
Serve as technical lead for distributed development teams, providing final quality reviews for pull requests at HBX (2013-2016)
Lead teams and mentored junior employees throughout career (2000-present)
Did interviewing at various steps and was involved in improving and making interviews fairer at Rhumbix and Box.com
Skills
Python
Django
PHP
C#
Typescript
JavaScript
Postgres
MySQL
Redis
MongoDB
Snowflake
BigQuery
TDD
BDD
APIs
Data Processing
NLP
AWS
Azure
Elasticsearch
Solr
Selenium
Webdriver.io
CI/CD
Terraform
Cloud services
Employment Highlights
Box.com | Senior Software Engineer
Rhumbix | Staff Engineer/Engineering Manager
HBX (Harvard Business School Online) | Development Lead
Ground Energy | Geothermal IoT Project
PixelMEDIA (now RafterOne) | Full-Stack Developer and Team Lead