I’m an accomplished, driven executive with extensive global experience in developing and implementing transformational technology strategies. As a hands-on, collaborative leader, I’m known for building high-performing, empowered teams focused on achieving the organization’s short-term technical goals and long-term growth objectives. I cultivate trusted business partnerships and stakeholder relationships at all levels, from vendors to C-Suite leadership.

I apply a robust business and technical acumen within hybrid cloud platform engineering, software development, architecture, and design while improving processes and enhancing performance. I influence critical decisions, set enterprise IT strategy, deliver innovative solutions, and ensure platforms meet customer expectations. I leverage a blend of technical expertise and people leadership to effectively lead high-impact initiatives across organizations.

I am deeply passionate about growing great information technology teams into the rock stars that they always had the ability to be in their own teams, their portfolio, their industry, and their profession. My favorite quote about building strong teams: “There are two ways of exerting one’s strength; one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.” – Booker T. Washington

Core Competencies

Multi-Cloud Platforms • Strategic Planning • Cloud Technology & Strategy • Global Team Building & Management • Software Architecture & Design • Best Practices • Budgeting/P&L Revenue Growth • Customer Relationship Management • Change Management Distributed Platforms • AWS & Azure • Operational Risk • Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) • Performance Engineering • Customer Experience • Product Team Leadership Scalable Service Solutions • DevOps Platform Service • Talent Management DevOps/DevSecOps • Workflow Optimization • POC Solutions & Services • SDLC Practices • Agile Transformation

Technologies

Java • .Net • Helm • Maven • MySQL • Microsoft Azure • Amazon Web Services (AWS) • PaaS • SaaS • Cloud Native • Azure DevOps • CloudFormation • Azure Resource Templates (ARM) • Ansible • Azure Kubernetes Services • Amazon EKS • API Gateway • Jenkins • JIRA • Linux • NGINX • GitLab • GitHub • JBoss • Tomcat • Websphere • Restful APIs • Microservices • Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) • Enterprise Design Patterns

MANAGING PRINCIPAL

Skills: Management · Kubernetes · People Management · Cloud Computing · Cloud Migration · Microsoft Azure · Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Web Services · Architecture · Software Development · Agile Methodologies · Integration · Enterprise Software · Enterprise Architecture

SENIOR DEVELOPMENT LEADER/MANAGER, FLIGHT PLANNING

Managed a flight planning organization from both a technical planning and HR perspective. I worked closely with executives, enterprise cloud architects, cloud developers, and DevOps engineers to deliver modernized flight planning software solutions for Boeing customers. I guided a team of IT employees across 6 teams, including IT Managers and individual contributors as direct reports.

Skills: Management · Kubernetes · Process Improvement · People Management · Agile Project Management · Cloud Computing · Cloud Migration · Microsoft Azure · Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Web Services · Identity Federation · Linux · UML · Architecture · JBoss Application Server · Software Development · Agile Methodologies · Integration · Enterprise Software · Enterprise Architecture

SENIOR SOLUTIONS/CLOUD ARCHITECT, FLIGHT PLANNING

I was recruited to build a new team of senior DevOps/site reliability engineers and senior architects to guide teams across the organization to automate software deployments and reduce defects and error rates by migrating to the cloud and improving product automation, security, and quality. I promptly identified and resolved challenges teams were experiencing within their cloud migrations.

Skills: Management · Kubernetes · Process Improvement · Agile Project Management · Cloud Computing · Cloud Migration · Microsoft Azure · Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Web Services · Java · Identity Federation · Linux · Tomcat · UML · Architecture · Software Development · Agile Methodologies · Integration · Enterprise Software · Enterprise Architecture

SENIOR SOLUTIONS/CLOUD ARCHITECT CONSULTANT

I joined a company to lead a team of senior DevOps architects and engineers. In this position, I provided advanced thought leadership in a hands-on role in leading the design and development of Cloud and DevOps technology. I refined my skills in Azure Cloud, AWS development, and technical solutions implementations while leading large-scale, complex integrated solutions at the technical architecture level. I oversaw daily operations and made critical data-driven decisions on how to best implement Cloud technology.

Skills: Management · Kubernetes · Process Improvement · Agile Project Management · Cloud Computing · Cloud Migration · Microsoft Azure · Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Web Services · Java · Identity Federation · Linux · Tomcat · UML · Architecture · Software Development · Agile Methodologies · Integration · Enterprise Software · Enterprise Architecture

DIRECTOR OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING, DISTRIBUTED/CLOUD

Collaborate with executives, enterprise architects, and development leaders across Travelport’s technology organization to build cutting edge, highly available, auto-scalable, and globally distributed container orchestrator platforms and service software with exceptionally low latency transaction times and high throughput by leveraging Red Hat OpenShift based on Kubernetes, API Gateways, and Jenkins pipelines onto Azure Cloud IaaS.

MANAGER OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING, DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

Led multiple on-shore and off-shore technical teams consisting of Server, Network, Security, Storage, Mail, Proxy, Development, and DevOps engineers in the implementation, running, and 24×7 support of a complex set of platforms ranging from vendor-supported to fully-customized solutions

SENIOR LEAD SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

Led a senior technical team of java developers and consultants in the delivery of a keystone web services system that drove Travelport into the world of Travel Commerce Platforms and has enabled the ability for mainframe functions normally exposed to our customers to be accessed by XML-SOAP based API calls.  The system and its services are still the primary backbone for API exposure to Travelport customers.