Profile

Lead Software Engineer & Systems Architect with 30+ years of experience designing, scaling, and modernizing enterprise software and cloud infrastructure. Specialized in bridging full-stack development and DevOps operations, transforming legacy architectures into resilient, cloud-native systems. Proven expertise across scalable API design, infrastructure-as-code (IaC) automation, e-commerce platforms, and automated QA frameworks.

Experience

Lead Software Developer and Infrastructure (DevOps), Vistaprint (Cimpress) — 2015-2022

• API & Frontend Architecture: Architected resilient Java and Node.js APIs, web clients, and micro-frontends integrated directly with automated cloud services.
• End-to-End Delivery: Combined QA automation and full-stack development practices to ensure high-availability e-commerce application delivery.
• Cloud & Kubernetes Architecture: Designed, deployed, and managed production Kubernetes clusters and scalable AWS infrastructure (S3, Aurora PostgreSQL, CloudFront, ALBs).
• CI/CD & Automation: Engineered automated infrastructure-as-code (IaC) pipelines using Terraform, GitLab, GitHub, Jenkins, and Spinnaker to streamline application deployments.

Q/A Automation Software Engineer, Verizon — 2014-2015

• Framework & Service Development: Engineered and maintained core framework services using Java, Dropwizard, Tomcat, and MySQL to support automated testing architecture.
• API Integration: Developed PHP gateway interfaces to connect front-end components with back-end RESTful microservices.
• Infrastructure Quality Assurance: Automated regression testing suites for Hypervisor virtual machines and AoE (AoE/Storage) infrastructure to ensure system stability and performance.

Principle Systems Engineer, Dell Inc — 2010-2014

• Test Automation & QA: Automated core firmware functionality and bug-fix verification suites using Python and Java, accelerating regression cycles for enterprise storage systems.
• Automation Engineering: Designed and built robust internal test automation software and frameworks to support continuous firmware validation.
• Release & Build Management: Managed firmware release operations, including codebase merging, automated software builds, and customer distribution packaging.

Senior System Administrator, IDG Enterprise Inc — 2008-2010

• Infrastructure Administration: Deployed and managed production and development environments for Drupal, Ruby on Rails, and JBoss applications across Linux systems.
• High Availability & Database Management: Configured and maintained Apache web servers and clustered MySQL databases to ensure high availability and reliability.

Senior UNIX Administrator, SupplyScape Inc — 2007-2008

• Application Server Management: Installed, administered, and monitored multiple production and development JBoss application server instances to ensure maximum uptime.
• Database Integration: Configured and integrated Oracle and MySQL databases with core application stacks.
• Performance Analysis: Developed an internal throughput reporting system to analyze application metrics and identify performance bottlenecks.

Additional Professional History

• Technical Support Engineer, Egenera Inc — 2006-2007
• Lead Systems Engineer, MTM Technologies Inc — 2004-2006
• Infrastructure Engineer 3, Bank of America — 2002-2004
• Systems Manager, Cornerstone Brands Inc — 2000-2001
• Senior Software Engineer (Site Accelerator Project), Genuity Inc — 2000-2000
• Senior Systems Engineer, Lucent Technologies Inc — 1998-2000

Education

Southern New Hampshire University | Manchester, NH
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science | Summa Cum Laude

Skills

• Languages: C, C++, C#, Java, Python, JavaScript
• Frameworks: Spring, Hibernate, JPA, Struts, React, Node.js
• Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQLite
• Tools: Git (GitHub, GitLab), Jira, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform
• Platforms: Docker, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure