Certifications
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Experience
Senior Engineer – FormAssembly
- Led tiger team that cut CI/CD build times from 60+ minutes to under 21 minutes, delivering a significant engineering velocity increase across the organization
- Built client migration tooling handling 3–4 migrations per week, reducing delivery time from days to under one hour while freeing infrastructure team capacity
- Architected fault-tolerant analytics pipeline (API Gateway, SQS, NiFi, OpenSearch) — eliminated data loss from prior OpenTelemetry architecture and recovered 6 days of queued events during an unplanned outage with zero data loss
- Enhanced internal MCP server with custom tool development and Redis session management, enabling automated form testing and AI-powered workflow automation
PHP 8
Symfony
AWS
Redis
MCP Servers
Docker
SQS
OpenSearch
Apache NiFi
Staff Engineer / Team Lead – Experian
- Led a team of 5 developers and 1 QA through Agile sprints and Kanban workflows, providing mentorship, pair coding, and proactive blocker removal
- Drove multiple zero-downtime Symfony framework migrations (3.4 → 4.4 → 5.4) with PHP 8 compatibility updates across the full application stack
- Containerized legacy Symfony application and built AWS Lambda functions, eliminating deployment bottlenecks and accelerating release cycles
- Established engineering standards for pull requests, code style, PSR compliance, and unit testing, improving code quality and team consistency
PHP 8
Symfony
AWS Lambda
Docker
CI/CD
MySQL
Team Leadership
Founder / Lead Engineer – AcuCoders
- Lead a cross-functional team of 6–8 (engineering, QA, design, PM, marketing) delivering custom software and automation solutions for small business clients. Manage hiring, team composition, and project delivery.
- Architected and launched TC Track, a multi-tenant real estate transaction management platform (Symfony 7, React 19, AWS ECS, Stripe billing)
- Built AI-powered form spam detection pipeline processing 1,000+ submissions with multi-layer filtering (ASN/IP blocking, heuristics, LLM analysis) at $5.27 total AI cost
- Developed natural language query system translating plain English to SQL with automatic data visualization, featuring a novel
#[AiSafe]attribute pattern for secure AI data exposure - Designed field service management platform for lawn care businesses with GPS time tracking, geocoded client management, and mobile-first UX
- Designed and operate AWS infrastructure across all projects — two deliberate architecture patterns (ECS/Aurora production SaaS and composable EC2/Docker for SMBs) with OIDC federation, Terraform IaC, and cost-conscious operational practices
Symfony
React
TypeScript
AWS ECS
Docker
PostgreSQL
Stripe
OpenAI
Anthropic
Playwright
Full Stack Developer / Team Lead – Eligibility Tracking Calculators
- Migrated on-prem application to a three-tier AWS solution (EC2, Multi-AZ RDS, S3, Lambda), eliminating 4+ hours of monthly downtime and achieving zero-downtime releases through revised deployment strategy
- Implemented a CI/CD pipeline for the development environment using Jenkins/Gitlab, automating the build and QA process
- Decoupled client payroll processing using SQS, EC2 worker instances, and MongoDB, reducing processing time from hours to minutes during peak demand
- Achieved over 50% reduction in AWS expenditure by right-sizing infrastructure and consolidating to RDS with read replicas for reporting
- Introduced automated functional testing and rollback/alert mechanisms during dev and UAT deployments
AWS
EC2
RDS
S3
Lambda
SQS
MongoDB
Jenkins
MySQL
PM / Lead Developer – Sonic Group
- Led the development of custom software solutions for the real estate industry, with a focus on architecting a CRM platform tailored to real estate wholesaling
- Integrated CRM with local MLS database, address verification database, and an answering service, streamlining lead management processes
- Implemented a feature to generate daily call lists for follow-up with leads, as well as on-demand and periodic reports for management to track agent call activity
- Developed an automated marketing software that effectively retrieved data from regional appraisal districts, allowing for personalized mailouts based on client criteria
PHP
MySQL
CRM
API Integration
Lead Developer – British Petroleum
- Spearheaded the development of a cutting-edge, automated Linux application deployment system on a global scale, effectively distributing Linux petrotechnical applications to 21 remote sites while adhering to business rules and negotiated license agreements
- Orchestrated version releases across all 21 global sites, collaborating closely with site teams to ensure minimal interface downtime and seamless integration
- Engaged directly with the user community to gather and enhance feature requests, ensuring the system met users’ evolving needs
- Employed expert-level database skills to normalize and optimize existing MySQL databases, successfully eliminating bottlenecks and enhancing system performance
Linux
MySQL
Bash
Python
Global Deployment
Sr. Web Application Developer – Compaq / Hewlett Packard
- Led project team migrating and integrating 11 web-based applications onto centralized platform for engineering test departments
- Implemented automated server builds and test deployments using Linux, kickstart, and PXE boot, enabling test engineers to focus on higher-value testing
Linux
PXE Boot
Kickstart
Perl
Skills
AWS Services
EC2
ECS
Fargate
RDS
Aurora Serverless
EBS
EFS
S3
Glacier
SES
SQS
SNS
ECR
Route53
Lambda
ALB
API Gateway
EventBridge
DynamoDB
CloudWatch
Cost Optimization
Languages
PHP 7/8
JavaScript
Python
TypeScript
Bash
Perl
HTML
CSS
KSH
Frameworks
Symfony 3/4/5/6
Doctrine ORM
Laravel
CakePHP
CodeIgniter
React
Vue
jQuery
Bootstrap
Tailwind
REST APIs
Microservices
AI / ML
OpenAI API
Anthropic API
Claude Code
LLM Integration
Ollama
MCP Servers
Function Calling
Prompt Engineering
Databases
MariaDB
MySQL
Postgres
MongoDB
DynamoDB
OpenSearch
Elasticsearch
DevOps
Docker
Docker Compose
Jenkins
GitHub Actions
Terraform
Ansible
Apache NiFi
Nginx
Apache
ELK
Splunk
Nagios
Heroku
Redis
git
GitHub
Gitlab
Methodologies
Agile
Scrum
Kanban
CI/CD
TDD
Code Review
Sprint Planning
Retrospectives
Testing
PHPUnit
Selenium
Functional Testing
Integration Testing
UAT
Monitoring
New Relic
CloudWatch
Pushover
ELK Stack
Custom Alerting
Leadership
Team Management
Hiring
Mentorship
Cross-functional Collaboration
Sprint Ceremonies
Platforms
AWS
Digital Ocean
Linode
Vultr
Linux (Ubuntu, RHEL, CentOS, SUSE)
Mac
Windows
Other
WordPress
Drupal
Joomla
Wix
Twilio
3cx
FreePBX/Asterisk
Postman
Confluence
Jira
Composer
npm
OAuth
JWT
Webhook Integrations
Data Pipelines
ETL