Work History
25+ years of Microsoft technology leadership — from classic ASP to AI-native Azure architecture
Current ResumePrincipal Architect — Containerization Migration
Sep 2025 - May 2026
Syntriq Health
- Delivered a four-application claims processing suite across 16 jurisdictions as sole architect, generating $7MM+ in capitalized business value
- Cut average time-to-adjuster contact from 90+ minutes to 10 via API-driven intake redesign
- Architected a multi-jurisdiction rules engine using SOLID and Interface Segregation principles, enabling new state deployment in days rather than months with zero changes to core routing logic
- Built HITRUST/SOC2 compliance posture from scratch; engineered credential-free service-to-service authentication via SAMI, eliminating secrets-management risk
- Built a real-time ETL pipeline isolating high-volume workloads from production, reducing monthly Azure SQL I/O from 1,000+ units to on-demand scaling
- Co-developed load (NBomber), regression, and unit test suites with Claude Code, delivering QA-team validation depth on a compliance-gated release cadence
Cloud Architect
Oct 2024 - Jul 2025
Just-In-Time Concept Pathfinders
- Architected a webhook ingestion pipeline (Azure Service Bus to Azure SQL Hyperscale) with separated read/write and read-only contexts for high-volume data processing
- Established Docker containerization best practices for Azure Functions and SQL Server images
- Created Azure DevOps pipelines using GitHub Copilot to author ARM templates
Solution Architect
Apr 2023 - Jun 2024
Norfolk Southern — Atlanta, GA (Hybrid)
- Architected an offline-capable field application using SQL Server Service Broker to synchronize local instances with Azure SQL over VPN — fully transparent to the legacy Microsoft Access UI, requiring zero UI changes
- Designed schema and T-SQL objects (tables, views, stored procedures, functions) enabling legacy system communication through a local SQL Server instance
- Directed backend development and destructive testing, ensuring recovery from synchronization failures for data offline multiple hours at a time
- Built a test platform validating Service Broker messaging across varied connectivity and server-location scenarios, decoupling the UI to break testing into discrete, verifiable chunks
- Authored PowerShell test packages validating 30+ database objects — message creation, XML schema validation, and visualized results
Data Architect
Aug 2020 - Mar 2023
Satcom Direct — Melbourne, FL (Remote)
- Led offshore/onshore data architecture team of 7 (5 offshore, 2 onshore) designing scalable DW solutions processing billions of records; improved query performance by 30% through materialized views, indexing optimization, and TSQL query refactoring for OLTP environments
- Architected ETL data pipeline review processes and implemented Azure DevOps CI/CD best practices for SQL Server schema deployments, enabling consistent database versioning and rapid iteration cycles across distributed teams
- Built secure, scalable data accessibility platform leveraging Entity Framework/EF Core ORM integration with SQL Server, Telerik Reports for real-time analytics, and Azure infrastructure; enhanced data security and reduced reporting latency by 30%
Senior .NET Workflow Foundation Engineer
Feb 2020 - Jul 2020
Assurant — Atlanta, GA (Remote)
- Converted SSIS packages and stored procedures into WorkflowCore workflows, enabling business users to compose discrete logic without ETL expertise
- Led policy intake automation with dependency injection and comprehensive XUnit/WorkflowCore test coverage
- Integrated Azure Service Bus messaging for workflow initiation and EF Core for workflow data access
Lead .NET Integration Engineer
Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
Clearwave Corporation — Atlanta, GA
- Integrated third-party Practice Management and Electronic Health Record APIs using FHIR and HL7 healthcare data standards with PII-safe data handling
- Delivered UI enhancements for Patient, Practice, and Integration Consultant views
- Employed multiple data access methodologies (ADO.NET, NHibernate, EF6 Code First) across Clearwave databases, manipulating SQL Server XML and JSON via native T-SQL functions
Senior .NET / SQL Server Developer
Jan 2019 - Jul 2019
Turner Broadcasting (Audience Monetization Services) — Atlanta, GA
- Built an Azure SQL performance-monitoring framework adopted by 5 teams across departments for data-driven decision-making
- Designed a component recording database commands asynchronously to Azure with replay capability — letting developers and DBAs find performance issues and test alternative indexing, improving database efficiency 30%
- Fixed timeout (calls running 30+ minutes) and concurrency issues in ad-sales scheduling, working seamlessly with code over fourteen years old
- Architected and deployed features using Azure Virtual Networks & Machines, Azure Storage (Blobs & Queues), and Azure SQL
Lead Umbraco CMS .NET Developer
Oct 2017 - Jan 2019
ExamWorks, Inc. — Atlanta, GA (Hybrid)
- Tasked by the Chief Communication and Research Officer to integrate 25+ North American brands onto a unified Umbraco CMS spanning three data centers
- Led web development for Independent Medical Examination, Peer Review, and Medicare Compliance businesses across the U.S. and Canada
- Architected a testable framework (Moq and NUnit) for internally created CMS components, and migrated merger-acquired websites onto consolidated SBU instances with asynchronous MVC controllers
- Converted all pages to HTML5 with Razor syntax and CSS3/Bootstrap 4 styling; managed vendor relationships for third-party CMS software
Lead .NET WPF Engineer
Jun 2013 - Sep 2017
Conduent (2017 divestiture from Xerox) — Remote
- Lifted team productivity 23% by mentoring mid-level developers through Gang of Four design pattern sessions and best-practice coaching
- Composed internal standards via EIVS (Error Injecting Vector System), a test platform simulating both happy-path and exception scenarios against the Siebel host application — client apps needed zero architectural changes to use it
- Presented design and architecture options to executive management spanning Angular 2/4, WebAPI2, MVC, C#, SQL Server, and EF6 code-first
- Led solutions for Transportation, Healthcare, Health & Human Services, and Food Services jurisdictions, including a screen-scraping tool automating browser and mainframe tasks for call center agents
- Worked remotely with a global workforce solving challenging operational issues across the division
Senior .NET WCF / SQL Server Engineer
May 2012 - May 2013
Cigna Healthcare (HealthSpring) — Nashville, TN (Hybrid)
- Redesigned the Medicare billing form, saving 40% in costs stemming from inaccurate submissions and delayed payments
- Spearheaded a "lift and shift" methodology to future-proof applications and port business rules between systems, reducing maintenance costs 20%
- Developed data-queuing microservices decoupling business needs from active technologies
- Led proof-of-concept sessions introducing new technologies to mitigate merger and growth issues
Senior .NET Software Engineer
Aug 2011 - Mar 2012
Sagepath, Inc. — Atlanta, GA
- Architected a normalized alternative to the existing entity-attribute-pair backend for a major auto parts distributor
- Enabled store owners to manage their own content — promotions, locations, and store hours — on a site seeing 1.5MM page views per month and $1.2MM in online-generated revenue
- Built a flexible promotional display component supporting national, local ad council, or owner-defined campaigns
Senior .NET / MVC Developer
Feb 2011 - Aug 2011
ADP — Alpharetta, GA
- Architected and implemented an application converting client custom-report requests directly into fulfillment requests, reducing manual associate workload
- Cut development and deployment costs by enabling two departments with similar business needs to share a common codebase, secured with client certificates
Co-Founder / .NET Software Architect
Jul 2009 - Feb 2012
Chasing Savings — Cumming, GA
- Co-founded a SaaS platform giving newspapers the tools to compete in the new media world
- Led architecture and development end to end — business strategy, technical presales, client presentations, and full-stack implementation on ASP.NET MVC, SQL Azure, and Windows Azure Blobs
Developer / Architect
Sep 2009 - Mar 2011
Brainstorm Group, LLC
- Architected an MVC application storing financial data, account information, and holding reports with internal voting and results display
- Designed and maintained a marketing promotions site where consumers search for new campaign items — an early adoption of SQL Azure and Windows Azure Blob storage
Senior .NET Software Consultant
May 2006 - Aug 2009
RDA — Alpharetta, GA
- Traveled to client sites implementing Microsoft .NET and SharePoint (MOSS 2007) solutions
- Built proof-of-concept solutions for Electronic Content Management and Digital Rights Management, helping define an architecture competitive with Interwoven
- Gathered requirements and developed pilot applications, creating custom SharePoint field types and site templates extensible to later rollout phases
Senior / Lead Developer
Jan 2005 - May 2006
Scientific Games — Alpharetta, GA / Pueblo, CO
- Owned the loading and handling of scratch-off (instant) tickets for the Colorado State Lottery, including a desktop UI for loading new tickets and games
- Designed and implemented reporting across the lottery backend — inventory control, vendor purchases, player profiles — improving auditing efficiency 25%
- Handled instant-product manifest receiving and failure processing via SOAP web services and T-SQL; mentored new hires on best practices
Lead Developer
Sep 2004 - Jan 2005
NationsBuilders Insurance Services — Alpharetta, GA
- Created an insurance clearinghouse application on SharePoint Portal Server and ASP.NET, replacing an Excel-and-Windows-app workflow with aggregated underwriter data entry
- Built proof-of-concepts with OLAP cubes identifying undervalued segments, increasing revenue 15%; analyzed month-over-month and quarterly trends with Analysis Services
- Led design of the Underwriter's Assistant application, coordinating best practices with vendors as specified by upper management and the Board of Directors
.NET Developer (Contract)
Jul 2004 - Aug 2004
Scout Applications, Inc.
- Created SQL Reporting Services reports for name tags and address labels, plus CMS modules displaying CRM events and announcements
- Built a step-by-step wizard for loading data into the CRM application on DotNetNuke
.NET Developer (Contract)
Oct 2003 - Jun 2004
Cox Communications — Atlanta, GA
- Developed an e-commerce component letting customers order and upgrade services, with Commerce Server managing products, options, and checkout baskets
- Used web services for catalog imports, payment services, bill reminders, and order fulfillment across Commerce Server 2002 and BizTalk Server 2002
- Delivered trend analysis and ad-hoc reporting to business sponsors via SQL Reporting Services
Microsoft .NET Developer (Contract)
Aug 2003 - Oct 2003
Intellinet Corporation
- Modeled an extensible framework architecture segregating commonly used items for reuse
- Created T-SQL procedures storing XML configuration centrally so multiple web farm machines shared data without special file permissions
- Built filterable data grids and role-aware server controls for listing and editing
CRM Software Configuration Developer
Sep 2001 - Aug 2003
CAS Americas (Computer Anwendungs-und Systemberatung AG)
- Developed web-based XML and ASP applications for Fortune 500 clients to reduce over-spending and manage risk in trade promotions
- Created nightly SQL Server 2000 processes following client business rules through a proprietary COM architecture
- Reduced operational downtime and increased data reliability; administered IIS, SQL Server, and source control
- Helped develop test-system deployment policies, decreasing risk on every project
Software Engineer (Contract)
Mar 2001 - Aug 2001
HOP Consulting, LLC
- Redesigned a client/server estimator application from Visual Basic to VB.NET, adding multi-threaded processing that reduced overall processing time and improved load distribution
- Created in-house .NET components documenting user actions and failures during beta testing, cutting debugging time and expense
Software Developer
1997 - Mar 2001
Braincandi Solutions
- First professional software role, beginning the transition from telecommunications into full-time development on the Microsoft stack
United States Marine Corps
2841 - Ground Radio Repairer
U.S. Military Service
- Served four years on active duty — the discipline and leadership foundation for everything that followed