Craig Gresbrink
Solutions Architect
San Marcos,CA
Summary
Talented Solutions Architect coordinates stakeholders to drive successful development efforts and meet mission-critical business needs. Skilled Product Owner, Scrum Master and team leader with an organized and decisive approach. Over 23 years of progressive experience in the health and wellness industry and 5 additional years delivering automated material handling solutions. Well-versed in SaaS vendor evaluation, integration architectures and solution design. Valuable in review of proposals, making effective choices and contributing to an organizations Enterprise Architecture. Excellent communication, planning and decision-making skills result in a proven ability to establish strong working relationships with employees, customers, and vendors.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Solutions Architect
24 Hour Fitness
Carlsbad, CA
10.2011 - 03.2023
- Worked with developers, engineers, managers, directors and vendors to realize technological solutions.
- Maintained current and in-depth understanding of business processes, needs and objectives.
- Authored designs and development guidelines to optimize and expedite application delivery efforts.
- Analyzed SaaS vendor products proposed to meet diverse business requirements with focus on API and other asynchronous data integration capabilities. Specifically: HRIS CRM IAM CIAM APM
- Developed application architecture strategy to specifically align with business goals.
- Drafted visual representations of software architecture design for presentation to stakeholders of all levels.
- Defined enterprise processes, standards, and best practices.
- Evangelized need for In-Memory Data Base and led 5-person development team as Product Owner.
- Collaborated with Kafka vendor, Confluent, to bring near real-time data streaming to organization.
- Single handedly performed Customer Identity and Access Management product evaluation with 8 vendors, including contract and price negotiations.
Senior Programmer Analyst
24 Hour Fitness
Carlsbad, CA
03.2008 - 09.2011
- Developed, tested and deployed scalable and highly available software products.
- Directed software design and development to meet business needs for functionality and performance.
- Coached interns and new employees to boost departmental efficiency.
- Built databases and table structures for web applications.
- Designed and developed numerous computer software service-oriented web applications.
- Developed Kids' Club application to check in/out children reducing legalities enforcing children to attendant state specific regulations.
- Led team of 8 engineers in design and development of web-based software solutions.
Education
MBA - Specialization in Information Systems
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 09.1996 - 05.2000
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 09.1990 - 05.1994
Skills
Technical architecture
undefinedAffiliations
- House of Ukraine volunteer
- Teen Volunteers In Action (TVIA) volunteer
Certification
CSM: Certified Scrum Master
Work Availability
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Quote
Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Timeline
Solutions Architect
24 Hour Fitness
10.2011 - 03.2023
Senior Programmer Analyst
24 Hour Fitness
03.2008 - 09.2011
MBA - Specialization in Information Systems
San Diego State University
09.1996 - 05.2000
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
San Diego State University
09.1990 - 05.1994
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