Work History

Author Solutions Inc. [ Jun 2007 - Present ]
System Architect [ Mar 2010 - Present ]
- Responsible for offloading image storage to the cloud.
- Responsible for setting up and building out the deployment for the Elastic Cloud Computing platform.
- Responsible for helping in identifying and making changes to scale out the application for a high user load.
Senior Data Architect [ Feb 2009 - Mar 2010 ]
- Defined best practices for database conventions, SQL coding and admin practices.
- Participated in the design and implementation of a data warehouse from multiple Author Solution brands.
- Implemented an integration project for the Microsoft Dynamics GP system and Salesforce.com.
Data Architect [ Jun 2007 - Feb 2009 ]
- Created the logical and physical data model for the Inkubook.com application.
- Responsible for the Data Access Layer components using the LINQ to SQL object relational mapper.
- Developed the application Build/Deploy/Install process for multiple solutions and target servers using PowerShell and TFS.
Powerway, Inc. [ Jan 2004 - Jun 2007 ]
Data Architect [ Feb 2005 - Jun 2007 ]
- Member of the Product Development team working as a database architect.
- Created the logical and physical data model for a complete rewrite of an existing application.
- Participated in the design of application components including an application wide search service which utilizes a full-text search engine.
Database Developer [ Jan 2004 - Feb 2005 ]
- Defined best practices for database conventions, SQL coding and admin practices.
- Optimized numerous stored procedures and resolved various deadlock issues which resulted in increased user capacity and shorter time for page display.
- Maintained the install base for the database schema to ensure consistant and repeatable installs.

AT&T Wireless [ Oct 1998 - Dec 2003 ]
Developer III [ Sep 2001 - Dec 2003 ]
- Participated in the development of a Billing and Account provisioning error resolution system which cut the defect rate for account changes to 12% of their original rate.
- Proposed, designed and developed an enterprise Login Provisioning application with over 40,000 users and a volume of 18,000 requests per month supporting 50 enterprise applications.
- Provided database design and administrative expertise for many projects.
- Provided architectural direction and design for new and existing applications.
- Member of AT&T Wireless Enterprise Standards Council
- Member of AT&T Wireless Information Architecture Team
Developer I [ Oct 1998 - Sep 2001 ]
- Participated in the development of an enterprise Help Desk issue management application with over 3500 users and a volume of 50,000 issues per month.
- Participated in the development of an enterprise Facilities application with over 200 users and a volume of 1000 issues per month.
- Participated in the design and development of an Employee Self-Help web application which reduced the number of calls to the internal help desk by 15%.