Summary

Solutions Architect and Software Engineer working primarily across the Insurance, Financial, Retail, and Professional Services industries. Lead teams of professionals to build and support modern cloud-based software solutions.

Accountable, analytic, abstract-thinking, and self-driven, with 28 years of overall experience in Information Technology and Software Engineering.

Core strengths span software development and architecture, executive-level communication, technical problem assessment and resolution, negotiation, leadership, and a strong work ethic.

Experience

Lead and advise multiple engineering teams delivering software solutions for clients across diverse industries, combining strategic architecture with hands-on technical execution. Partner with customers throughout the engagement lifecycle—from discovery and solution design to team formation, delivery guidance, and mentoring—while contributing directly to software development and AI-powered engineering initiatives that improve delivery efficiency.

  • Technical leadership and solution delivery

    Led multiple software delivery initiatives across different industries, working directly with customers to understand business needs and translate them into scalable technical solutions.

    Participated throughout the engagement lifecycle, including solution definition, team formation, technical leadership, architecture reviews, execution guidance, and mentoring engineering teams.

    Worked closely with business and technical stakeholders to balance delivery priorities, architectural quality, and long-term maintainability.

  • Hands-on software engineering

    Continued contributing directly to software development while serving as technical leader, designing and implementing backend services using Java and Kotlin.

    Leveraged AI-assisted code generation to accelerate the development of reusable React frontend assets and improve engineering productivity.

    Applied software architecture principles to ensure maintainable, scalable, and production-ready implementations.

  • AI-powered engineering

    Designed and implemented AI-powered tools to improve software engineering workflows and delivery processes.

    Built agent-based estimation assistants capable of analyzing project information and producing effort estimates to support planning activities.

    Integrated generative AI into development workflows to automate repetitive tasks and accelerate the creation of engineering artifacts while maintaining developer oversight.
LeadershipSoftware ArchitectureSolution ArchitectureStakeholder ManagementStrategic ThinkingPeople MentoringTechnical LeadershipAI-assisted Software DevelopmentAI AgentsJavaKotlinReactREST APIsSQL

Led an engineering team responsible for a mission-critical cloud platform supporting subscription revenue operations. Combined people leadership with hands-on technical problem solving, collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to resolve production issues, improve operational visibility, and maintain the reliability of high-impact business systems.

  • Cloud subscription platform leadership

    Managed the Americas engineering team responsible for supporting a mission-critical platform that processed the majority of cloud subscription revenue for one of the world's leading cloud providers.

    Partnered with engineering, operations, and business stakeholders to troubleshoot complex production issues, coordinate incident resolution, and ensure platform stability and service continuity.

    Designed and implemented internal tools that automated data collection and analysis, improving operational visibility and accelerating root-cause investigation.
Engineering LeadershipStakeholder ManagementProduction SupportIncident ManagementTechnical Problem SolvingJavaSQLREST APIs

Led architecture initiatives across multiple enterprise software programs, combining technical leadership with hands-on solution design. Served in Solution Architect, Application Architect, and Product Owner roles, leading engineering teams, defining architectural standards, mentoring developers, and collaborating with stakeholders to deliver scalable enterprise platforms.

  • Enterprise microservices architecture

    Supervised three engineering teams responsible for designing and implementing approximately fifteen enterprise microservices for a Fortune 100 client.

    Provided technical leadership as Solution Architect, guiding architecture decisions, reviewing implementations, and helping teams solve complex technical challenges throughout the software delivery lifecycle.

    Participated in the architecture review committee, evaluating solution designs from multiple teams, providing feedback, promoting architectural consistency, and approving technical approaches across the organization.

  • Insights & Cognitive Digital Sales platform

    Led an agile team responsible for the architecture, design, and implementation of the foundational framework supporting an insights-and-cognitive application for a Digital Sales organization.

    Served simultaneously as Application Architect and Product Owner, defining the technical vision while managing priorities and collaborating with internal stakeholders.

    Built the reusable platform that enabled multiple internal teams to develop business-specific capabilities on top of a shared architectural foundation.
LeadershipCommunicationStrategic thinkingTechnical problem solvingSoftware architectureREST APIJavaUMLJavaScriptHTMLCSSUX/UI designSAMLBacklog managementStakeholder managementProduct ownership

Progressed from software developer to architect through a diverse portfolio of enterprise projects spanning multiple industries. Designed reusable application frameworks, enterprise portals, and automation solutions that improved developer productivity, standardized software delivery, and streamlined IT operations.

Selected projects from this period — click any for detail:

  • Rapid application development framework

    Designed and implemented a reusable Java web framework that allowed developers to assemble application screens with only minimal configuration, significantly reducing development effort.

    Established common UI patterns and development conventions that standardized application development across the project.

  • Corporate web portals — mobile reengineering

    Reengineered two enterprise portals built on IBM WebSphere Portal Server, extending their capabilities through custom Java Portlets.

    Introduced mobile-device access and additional business functionality, allowing users to interact with the portals beyond their original desktop-oriented experience.

  • Unified intranet portal & standards

    Developed an intranet portal and several of its web applications for a Manufacturing company, unifying the user experience across previously disparate tools.

    Defined common components and development standards that other teams adopted, improving consistency and maintainability.

  • Self-service software installation portal

    Implemented an intranet portal (.NET / C#) that let employees automatically install approved corporate software on their own, removing a manual step from IT staff.

    Delivered for a Real Estate client, reducing repetitive IT workload and speeding up software provisioning.
Software EngineeringSoftware ArchitectureJava.NETC#Web ApplicationsEnterprise PortalsApplication FrameworksUI ArchitectureAutomationTechnical Leadership