Dedicated and self-motivated technologist focussed on career learning
and delivering quantifiable value to business relationships. By following
a method of first gaining trust, and then challenging the norm, I have
found innovative ways to advance teams and grow as an individual. While
dedicated to my craft, I believe in a strong work/life balance as it keeps
me motivated and operating at high levels.
VP - NoSQL Service Owner
Service Owner for the Cassandra as a Service platform, and firmwide non-relational
database SME for JP Morgan Chase. Pitched, funded, designed, built, and
supported the Cassandra as a Service platform, and managed all processes
end-to-end.
- Pitched the idea of a full Apache Cassandra platform as a service to executive
management to help solve the data management requirements for several use
cases within JP Morgan Chase globally. Garnered buy-in and commitment from
senior leaders in central technology and individual lines of business.
- Developed business case including charge back models to fund the operation
of the service and prove value. To date, 3 business cases have been approved
for the build and expansion of the platform, totalling ~$20MM in assets.
Dollar saves by centralizing the service is estimated at ~$8MM
- Initially acted as engineering lead to design software, automation, and
tooling to support the platform, enabling on-demand delivery with minimal
support personnel.
- Acting as resource and project manager for further implementation of the
platform. Platform and tooling is delivered in 2-week agile sprints.
- Currently fulfilling all roles within the project including business management,
operations, client engagement, training, risk and controls, and vendor
engagement. (Occasionally still find time to contribute technically and
operationally)
- Established a NoSQL Center of Excellence within JPMC. Seen as the foremost
expert in non-relational databases within JPMC
- Successfully passed internal database audit on the first attempt.
VP - Lead Software Engineer
Worked in a central technology organization called the Chief Development
Office (CDO) to provide company-wide frameworks, and best practice software
methodologies. Operated in many roles within the Chief Development Office
including software developer, technical support, training content development,
training content delivery, and implementation services consultant.
- As a senior consultant for the CDO Software Engineering Practice, developed
process and content for the implementation of software practices firm-wide
at JP Morgan Chase. Then implemented these software practices via documentation,
training, and development team engagements.
- Worked as a member of the FAST Implementation Team to engage development
teams within JP Morgan Chase to adopt firm-wide tooling and improve development
processes. Provided training and consulting services to ~20 teams in 1
year within this role
- Acted as a technical support lead for the FAST Application Stack (internal
JPMC application server). Was responsible for managing support cases up
to and including P1 support calls for some of the most critical applications
in the bank
- Software development lead for the FAST Application Stack.
Software Engineer
Developer of software solutions for Sterling Commerce, a business ecommerce
company now owned by IBM. Responsible for the design, creation, testing,
deployment, and maintenance of applications to improve process in the company.
- Technical team lead for several applications used by the sales and finance/billing
organizations to improve processes and give greater visibility into our
customers needs and usage
- Worked with commercial product development teams to design and develop
customer facing applications to improve customer/user experience
- Standardized product development environment from an ad hoc development
shop to a fully process controlled environment. Configured environment
and trained development organization on CVS, Java, Jenkins, Maven, Nexus,
Jira, automated deployment, and standard software stack (java, struts,
jdo, jax-rs, etc)
- Gained a breadth of technology experience including, but not limited to
Java, Web Services, Spring, EJB, Portal (JSR-168), OSGI/Felix, JBoss/Tomcat,
SalesForce.com, CAS single-sign-on
