SUMMARY

Seeking a leadership opportunity in software development or overall IT operations in order to make positive changes in the culture and practices of an organization.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• C, C++, C#, Go Software Development
• PHP 4, 5 & 7 Software Development
• UNIX Shell Scripting
• Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla & Concrete5 CMS Development
• Object - Oriented Software Development
• Java & Android App Development
• CodeIgniter, Symfony, Yii, Zend, Cake, Laravel, Django, RoR, Poco, Wt, AngularJS, Express.js
• Architecture Tradeoff & Analysis Method, Risk Analysis, Quality Attribute Analysis, Utility Trees
• .NET Tech Stack Software Development
• Embedded C & Asm ARM Software Development
• Linux Administration
• MySQL, Postgres, SQLite, sQl Server & Oracle DB Administration
• MVC Programming Paradigm
• Software Testing, CI & Code Quality Metrics
• CVS, Fossil, Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Visual SourceSafe Version Control Systems
• SOA, Microservice, n-Tier, EIP Architecture Design & Modeling in UML
• HTML5, CSS, Javascript & Node.js Development
• Budgeting & Project Management
• SOX, HIPAA, & PCI, SSAE 16 Auditing & Compliance
• Software Development Life Cycle & Agile Practices
• Security & Cryptographic Software Development
• Ecommerce, Online Payments & Encryption
• Teaching & Mentoring Software Interns and Leading Teams
• WSO2 and Other Middleware, ESB, ESL Design & Implementation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Atlanta, Georgia

Responsibilities:

• Promoted to Chief Technology Officer to lead R&D and new technology development team within six months of being hired Worked with executive team to understand business strategy & design information systems solutions to meet business needs Design, specify and select solutions considering functionality, data, security, integration, infrastructure and performance
• Develop and maintain a model of current architecture and model future architecture that is stable, resilient and performant Lead the organization in use and knowledge of IT solutions to drive organizational change and business process design Understand and support to software architecture design and support development team in developing solutions.
• Estimate cost, and prepare business cases for IT solutions, considering infrastructure, licenses, development and support Architected solutions using SOA, microservices, custom and open-source ESBs, Apache Camel, WSO2 and other components Assisted programming teams with hands-on development using Go, PHP, SQL, C, C#, VB.net and ASP.net

Confidential, Atlanta, Georgia

Responsibilities:

• Partnered with organizations to understand business strategy & designed IT solutions to meet business needs Maintained an awareness of new technical solutions particularly that might support business mission requirements Investigated information systems that might benefit the company and our clients
• Designed, specified & selected solutions considering functionality, data, security, integration, infrastructure & performance Developed & maintained models of current & future architecture that were stable, resilient & performant for clients Lead the organization in use & knowledge of IT solutions to drive organizational change and business process design Provided software architecture designs and support to development team for developing new client solutions
• Estimated cost, and prepared business cases for IT solutions, considering infrastructure, licenses, development and support Worked with the PM's and BA's to develop high level project schedule resource plans for implementation projects
• Architected solutions using SOA, microservices, custom and open-source ESBs, Apache Camel, WSO2 and other components Assisted programming teams with hands-on development using PHP, SQL, C, C#, VB.net and ASP.net

Confidential, Atlanta, Georgia

eCommerce & Integrations Development Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Developed eCommerce & related tech to interface with REST APIs for open-source CMSs like Wordpress, Drupal & Joomla
• Developed & maintained plugins for WooCommerce, WP eCommerce, Magento, WPMU Membership, OpenCart, VirtueMart, WHMCS,
• ECWID, X-Cart, Demandware, GravityForms, Prestashop, osCommerce, Ubercart and Commerce::SEO
• Developed & maintained software libraries using C, C#, Objective-C, Java, Python, PHP, Perl, VB.net and Javascript
• Used CVS and Git version control for software change management on the CLI along with Github & BitBucket web front-ends
• Used multi-language frameworks for internal and external software projects like Zend, Laravel, CakePHP, RoR and AngularJS
• Managed the company's Interns, Junior and Senior Software Engineers working on the E-commerce & Integrations Team
• Managed the software development life cycle for 60 individual project lines
• Reported directly to CTO and CEO for the planning and implementation of new eCommerce projects
• Worked with VP of Sales to help new business customers identify and work through technical issues
• Worked with VP of Marketing to help promote the company's new eCommerce software
• Worked with other Team Leads inside the company to gain additional resources for projects
• Worked with new partner businesses to guide direct technical integrations
• Developed summer college internship training program for department
• Spoke at local and national events needing experts in cryptography, eCommerce or online payments

Confidential, Atlanta, Georgia

Senior Developer/Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Used CVS, Git & Mercurial version control for software change management on the CLI along with Github & BitBucket Managed back-end PHP, Javascript developers and front-end HTML, CSS UI/UX developers Developed custom support ticketing system using C, PHP and SQLite3 database on the back-end Developed IT knowledge base system using PHP, Javascript, CSS and the CakePHP & Laravel frameworks Introduced IEEE 1016-2009 standards for software design documentation and wrote all SDDs for company Introduced OO application design through MVC frameworks and planned legacy code migration Audited legacy code for security flaws and bugs using visual code inspection, code reviews and scanning tools Planned, purchased and configured Linux development server and LAMP stack environment
• Architected solutions using SOA, microservices, custom and open-source ESBs, Apache Camel, WSO2 and other components Redesigned and rebuilt e-commerce payment processing system using PHP and C

Confidential, Amarillo, Texas

Owner/Lead Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed client requirements, formulated proposals and bid on client projects
• Designed and developed custom software solutions in PHP, VB.NET, C and Bash shell scripting
• Advised business units, created dashboards and reports using OBIEE
• Utilized SQL and my own custom PHP framework in lightweight environments
• Enhanced security features of existing client software
• Created many eCommerce solutions and helped found the Authorize.net Developer Community
• Architected solutions using SOA, microservices, custom and open-source ESBs, Apache Camel, WSO2 and other components

Confidential, Amarillo, Texas

Laboratory Information Systems Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed laboratory technologists and trained new employees Managed Sunquest laboratory information system running on AIX UNIX Developed new laboratory courier tracking and management system using Linux & PHP Developed incident reporting, time and attendance problem systems using Linux & PHP Acted as the Project Manager for hospital, laboratory and external LIS projects

Confidential, Amarillo, Texas

Responsibilities:

• Developed company software using PHP and the Zend Framework on Linux Developed bug fixes for existing client software written in PHP Assisted Software
• Testers with developing test plans and understanding code commits Founded the internal PHP team and acted as Project Manager for BI PHP tools

Confidential, Lakeland, Florida

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

Analyzed internal client requirements and designed IT solutions in Visual Basic and Shell Scripting Developed bug fixes for existing client software on Windows, Linux and UNIX platforms Assisted other Confidential IS teams with software design and development in Visual Basic Attended several project management and customer service training classes