Software engineering leader passionate about digital transformation. I specialize in creating cloud-native microservices and helping developers and software organizations move their workloads to the cloud.
Overview
5
5
years of post-secondary education
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Manager | Associate Principal Engineer
Cerner Corporation
07.1998 - Current
Led architecture and development of cloud-native microservices solutions using Java and Spring Boot that collect, analyze, and expose monitoring system data as well as infrastructure configuration and running state.
Drove adoption of Platform as a Service (PCF/Tanzu in AWS), highly-scalable cloud-native applications (Spring Boot), and continuous integration and delivery processes (Concourse CI) which resulted in decreased operational costs and increased developer productivity and satisfaction.
Managed agile team of developers with responsibilities including annual performance evaluations, career development, code reviews, project management and prioritization.
Performed annual budget analysis, submissions to finance, and regularly met with executives to discuss ongoing progress of initiatives and justify the adoption of cloud-native practices, platforms, and systems.
Regularly collaborated with vendors, partners, and open source projects.
Led design, development, and deployment of enterprise java applications to create a real-time event management solution using Java EE and Eclipse RCP.
Designed and developed solutions across teams and organizations such as Blood Bank Transfusion, Anesthesia, Microbiology, Automated Data Access, and System Management solutions using various languages such as Visual Basic, SQL, C++, and Java.
Education
Bachelor of Science (BS) - Computer Science, Minor in Percussion Performance
Truman State University
Kirksville, MO
08.1993 - 05.1998
Skills
Java
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Affiliations
VMWare Vanguard (2020-Present)
Phantom Regiment Drum & Bugle Corps (1995, 1996)
Delta Chi Fraternity
Timeline
Senior Manager | Associate Principal Engineer
Cerner Corporation
07.1998 - Current
Bachelor of Science (BS) - Computer Science, Minor in Percussion Performance