Resume

Professional Summary

Hands-on software engineer and engineering leader with 20+ years of experience architecting and operating scalable cloud, data, and distributed systems. Background spans agentic AI development, AWS serverless architecture, platform modernization, full-stack application development, and engineering team leadership — with a focus on building reliable systems that support real-world operational workflows at scale.

Proven track record delivering high-volume transactional systems, real-time platforms, and production services supporting thousands of users. Experienced in hiring, mentoring, and scaling engineering teams while remaining actively involved in system design and development.

Key Skills

Languages

• JavaScript, Bash, Python, SQL, CFML, PHP

Backend & APIs

• REST APIs, backend services, data modeling, transactional systems

AI & Automation

• Agentic AI Development (Kiro), MCP Servers, RAG (Amazon Bedrock)

Frontend

• React, modern JavaScript frameworks

Cloud & Infrastructure

• AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, Cognito, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, Glue, Redshift, EKS, Kinesis, Amplify)
• Serverless architecture, Kubernetes

Systems

• Distributed systems, event-driven architecture, real-time streaming

Databases

• MySQL, SQL Server, DynamoDB, Redshift, schema design, DBMS management

Tools & Practices

• Git, CI/CD pipelines, Playwright, pytest
• Hiring, mentoring, performance management, delivery ownership

Professional Experience

National Testing Network

Director of Information Technology (Engineering & Cloud) | September 2015 – Present

• Built and led engineering teams (up to 7 members), including hiring, mentoring, and establishing development and operational best practices.
• Owned delivery of customer-facing SaaS platform serving thousands of users, ensuring availability, performance, reliability, and scalability across production systems.
• Led modernization from a legacy monolithic ColdFusion application to AWS-based distributed architecture (serverless, APIs, React), improving deployment efficiency by ~40% and enabling scalable development.
• Built a remote proctoring platform in ~2–3 weeks using AWS Kinesis Video Streams and backend services, replacing a $50K vendor solution and enabling continued operations during COVID disruptions.
• Designed and implemented a real-time video platform using LiveKit, Kubernetes (EKS), and Helm to support streaming and recording workflows.
• Built a middleware proxy enabling standard MySQL clients to connect to AWS RDS Data API, improving developer workflows and enabling serverless database usage.
• Partnered with executive leadership on technical strategy, prioritization, and budgeting decisions, aligning engineering efforts with business goals.
• Implemented CI/CD pipelines and automated testing using Playwright and pytest, improving release reliability and reducing regression risk.
• Implemented AI-assisted development workflows to improve team productivity and accelerate delivery.
• Owned production systems end-to-end, including monitoring, debugging, incident response, and root-cause resolution.

Senior Web Developer | 2013 – 2015

• Built and maintained 8 high-traffic web applications serving tens of thousands of users with ~99.9% uptime.
• Designed and executed migration from a single-server environment to AWS (Lucee on Elastic Beanstalk, RDS), improving uptime by ~80% and performance by ~60%.
• Developed full-stack applications and backend systems supporting public safety testing and licensing workflows.
• Built backend services, APIs, and database-driven systems (MySQL, CFML) for document management and transactional workflows.
• Standardized development practices and built internal frameworks, improving development speed by ~25%.
• Mentored developers and contributed to development standards and team practices.

Everett Community College | 2005 – 2013

Software Developer

• Developed and maintained full-stack web applications using CFML, SQL Server, and JavaScript.
• Built backend systems and database-driven applications supporting academic and administrative workflows.
• Designed and implemented application features focused on usability, performance, and maintainability.
• Contributed to system design, database architecture, and application development across multiple projects.

Instructor — Database Design (Part-Time)

• Taught database design and SQL fundamentals across multiple academic quarters.
• Mentored students in data modeling and system design concepts.

Education & Certifications

B.S. Cloud and Network Engineering — Western Governors University (expected June 2026)

• AWS Certified Developer – Associate
• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
• CompTIA Security+
• CompTIA Cloud+
• ITIL Foundation