INTRODUCTION
I am an architect and director knowledgeable in cloud computing, data, and development technologies. I’m experienced in building and maintaining highly available, large-scale systems from the ground up, along with the teams that support them.
SKILLS
Leadership, Cloud Architect, Project Management, Decision Making, Team Building, Collaboration, Continuous Improvement
TECHNOLOGIES
Azure, AWS, GCP, Web Services, API. RDBMS. EBS. Data Pipelines, Lambda, Airflow, Kafka, Redshift, Aurora, MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, CouchDB, Redis, Spark, Elasticsearch, Qlik Sense, Tableau, Superset, Python, Perl, Node.js.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Director of Database Platform Engineering
Teladoc Health 07/2022 to Present
- Led the migration from AWS to Azure for Core Databases and Data Infrastructure.
- Currently involved with the management and development of Database Platforms.
Database Platform Engineer
Teladoc Health 03/2021 to 07/2022
- Lead Engineer for migration from Percona MySQL EC2 instance to Aurora MySQL.
- Managed Databases for Enterprise Data Systems using AWS, MySQL, Postgres, and Data Sunrises.
Principal Cloud Architect
Upland Software, Seattle, WA: 09/2017 to 02/2021
- Led the definition, integration, and maintenance of the Cloud Infrastructure systems architecture for all Upland Software’s current and future systems.
- Managing Databases across multiple products using Mongo, DocumentDB, RDS, MariaDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. Managing Report System using Superset and Qlik Sense.
- Managed the Operation Team for CXM Products.
Development Database Engineer
Tableau Software, Seattle, WA: 02/2014 to 08/2017
- Deployed, configured, and installed 40 different NoSQL and Database Solutions for development and testing.
- Managed production MySQL, Postgres, and Hadoop Cluster.
- Developed a SaaS solution that allows developers and end-users to deploy 25 different database systems with a dataset in six clicks.
VP of Technology / Enterprise Solutions Architect
Mojo Systems, LLC, Seattle, WA: 08/2013 to 02/2014
- Offering Hardware and Software Solutions for Small to Large Businesses.
Enterprise Service IT Architect
Clearwire, Seattle, WA: 08/2010 to 07/2013
- Researched and designed new technologies for improving the Data and Application Hosting Group operations.
- Designed and built Clearwire’s First Production Hadoop Cluster and LTE Data Usage Processing System.
- Improved WIMAX Usage Data Processing flow by 60%, reducing company cost and SLA.
Open System Engineer / MySQL DBA
Getty Images, Inc, Seattle, WA: 11/2007 to 08/2010
- FAST Search Cluster, managed a 101-node image search cluster.
- Life.com. This site was the online reincarnation of Life Magazine.
- Photographer Portal. This WEB 2.0 interface allows users to upload photographs over the Internet. It was later upgraded to accept photographs from Flickr.com.
Contract Web Developer / System Engineer
AT&T Wireless, Bothel, WA: 08/2007 to 11/2007
Getty Images, Inc., Seattle, WA: 05/2007 to 07/2007
Amazon.com, Seattle, WA: 02/2007 to 04/2007
Director of Information Technology / Sr. System Administrator / Developer
X10 Wireless Technologies, Seattle, WA: 10/1999 to 02/2007
System Administrator / Web Developer
AGS Internet Services, Port Angeles, WA: 1996 to 1999
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
- Associate of Applied Science Degree in Electronic Design & Maintenance.
- Certified MySQL DBA 5.0 (Expired)
- M102: MongoDB for DBAs (2018)
AWARDS
- Awarded Clearly the Best Company Award 2012 (Clearwire).
- Awarded CEO Winning Interception Award 2013 (Clearwire).
- Awarded the VP of Technology Award for Leadership 2011 (Clearwire).
- SIC:// AT&T Hackathon 3rd Place 2013 (Seattle Interactive Conference).
- Upland Software Peer Award (2020)
PRESENTATIONS
- Presented at the Hadoop Summit 2013