Principal Consultant
2007 - PRESENTMFT- Built an in-house custom accounting and ERP platform.
- Developed a streaming video application and marketplace.
- Improved and managed an employee perks delivery application.
- Refactored a social networking application.
- Supported a nonprofit home equity insurance program.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), HTML5, Ruby on Rails (RoR), RubyEngineering Manager
2018 - 2020Bigcommerce- Managed third-party applications and themes team, migrated themes billing to an integrated platform.
- Hired and trained additional manager and five engineers.
- Extended a billing platform to support a third-party resale integration.
- Coached five engineers with them being promoted.
- Architected a billing platform with SOA decomposition.
Technologies: gRPC, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Ruby on Rails (RoR), RubyVP of Engineering
2017 - 2018Dropcountr- Worked with CEO to build scalability strategy and revamp client onboarding roadmap.
- Converted data ingestion ETL to queue-based Sidekiq architecture.
- Added test suite and continuous integration.
- Rebuilt native mobile apps in React Native.
- Recruited and hired lead front- and back-end developers.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), React Native, Sidekiq, Backbone.js, Sinatra, RubyTechnology Operations
2016 - 2017Scout RFP- Managed the AWS infrastructure, DevOps, security, and compliance for a 13-person US and Latvia team.
- Partnered with the VP of engineering to refactor agile work, CI, and planning tools.
- Migrated the legacy architecture to AWS RDS, Elastic Beanstalk, ElastiCache, Elasticsearch, and CloudFront.
- Envisioned, communicated, and executed strategic security and scalability plans.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Auth0, AngularJS, React, Sidekiq, Redis, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Ruby, Ruby on Rails (RoR)Chief Technology Officer
2014 - 2016Diagnotes- Extended the API to support client-driven events.
- Integrated with clients' electronic medical records systems.
- Deployed and managed the VPN connectivity to our clients' systems.
- Managed the development pipeline and overall product strategy.
- Delivered HIPAA-compliant secure messaging, medical records, and on-call scheduling.
- Recruited and hired developers, systems administrators, and mobile team.
- Extended an application to multiple new revenue opportunities (mobile apps).
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), PostgreSQL, Android, iOS, AWS OpsWorks, Mirth Connect, Resque, Ruby on Rails (RoR)Chief Technology Officer
2011 - 2014TheRegistrationSystem.com- Architected and built live e-ticket sales application (Rails 3) in four weeks.
- Built a bidirectional API to support a multi-platform mobile application.
- Upgraded and extended the architecture to support high peak volume event sales.
- Recruited and managed the overseas development team.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Resque, Redis, MySQL, jQuery, Ruby, Ruby on Rails (RoR)Chief Technology Officer
2011 - 2014WhatNext.com- Extended and maintained a healthcare-focused social networking application.
- Optimized Sphinx searching, the Redis cache functionality, and a new feature pipeline.
- Managed a remote team for incremental improvements.
Technologies: Redis, MySQL, jQuery, Sphinx Search Engine, Ruby, Ruby on Rails (RoR)Chief Technology Officer | Co-founder
2004 - 2009Sagebit LLC- Designed the business plan and raised capital for a tech consultancy.
- Hired and trained a team of six developers.
Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), MySQL, PostgreSQL, Java, Ruby on Rails (RoR), Ruby