Jason Vroustouris
River Forest,IL
Summary
Results-oriented, AI Leader-Certified professional with over 20 years of experience transforming complex business challenges into scalable software solutions. Expertise in leading teams and mentoring developers while delivering projects on time and under budget.
Overview
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1
Certification
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Solutions Architect
Zeal IT Consultants
Remote
08.2025 - Current
- Lead a cross-functional engineering team architecting and delivering a secure, scalable C# API and SSO platform on AWS for enterprise deployment.
- Partner with enterprise architecture and devops teams to align infrastructure design, CI/CD pipelines, and security controls across AWS and Azure, enhancing deployment cadence.
- Establish onboarding frameworks, engineering standards, and technical documentation to enable growing team to deliver more frequently while maintaining architectural integrity.
Computer Science Tutor
JasonVTutor.com
09.2016 - Current
- Deliver targeted one-on-one and small-group instruction in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, data science, and modern web architecture, enhancing comprehension and skills for school-age, undergraduate, and graduate students.
- Conduct 2,800+ tutoring hours with 150+ students, simplifying complex technical topics into practical learning experiences that boosted student confidence.
- Design individualized lesson plans to enhance student understanding of complex computer science concepts.
- Deliver engaging tutoring sessions using interactive tools and resources to facilitate learning.
- Assess student progress through regular evaluations and provided constructive feedback for improvement.
Digital Architect
Great Wolf Resorts
Chicago, IL
05.2023 - 02.2025
- Managed software engineers across various experience levels, fostering skill development and project ownership.
- Consulted with group sales leadership to pinpoint enhancements for birthday booking process, improving customer experience.
- Mocked web service endpoints, enabling collaboration between front-end and backend developers for streamlined development.
- Developed the prototype with a team of two developers and four IT specialists using Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, Microsoft Teams and Sharepoint.
- Scaled the solution to 22 resort locations across the country.
- Designed a night audit automation solution for 9 critical bookkeeping processes that run nightly.
- Consulted with group sales leadership to identify points where the birthday booking process could be improved.
- Present stories to developers in grooming sessions to gather feedback and estimate stories with story points.
- Provided a turnkey solution for the IT department to manage for 200+ team members.
Principal Technical Architect
Kin + Carta
Chicago, IL
08.2021 - 05.2023
- Managed software engineers from junior to senior levels.
- Supported software architects in designing backend web services, optimizing DevOps processes, and enhancing database query performance.
- Gathered requirements from key stakeholders and submitted our design and architecture plans.
- Collected requirements from key stakeholders to develop and present comprehensive design and architecture plans.
- Established DevOps for our Agile board, source code management and CI/CD enabled deployments.
- Led Algolia Search implementation for Trimble.com, product websites and internal career website.
- Collaborated with customer, creative, and UX teams to refine Miro wireframes, enhancing overall user experience.
- Formerly Solstice Consulting
Associate Director of Software Engineering
Guidehouse
Chicago, IL
09.2019 - 07.2021
- Contributed to talent strategy and organizational growth by interviewing and hiring frontend, backend C#, and QA engineers, enhancing team capability through Agile onboarding and training.
- Led a bi-weekly Agile delivery team of 4 engineers and 1 QA resource for mortgage-industry asset monitoring, including SSO authentication for banking customers using SAML and Ping Identity.
- Managed and documented 20+ small and legacy internal applications, ensuring supportability and continuity across the application portfolio.
- Formerly Navigant Consulting
Solutions Architect
Guidehouse
Chicago, IL
12.2016 - 09.2019
- Architected high-volume transaction processing into a healthcare billing database using SQL stored procedures and C# batch services, improving data accuracy and processing efficiency within the revenue cycle.
- Led design and delivery of an automated denied-claims response solution using a Random Forest algorithm, reducing manual review workload and accelerating reimbursement timelines.
- Expanded call-center application capabilities for smaller medical practices by gathering requirements, designing workflows, and coordinating cross-functional delivery.
- Formerly Navigant Consulting
Managing Consultant
Guidehouse
Chicago, IL
03.2015 - 12.2016
- Incubated and architected Navigant Predict, a machine learning-enabled evidence review platform for email and SMS data, translating data science models into intuitive application for legal professionals.
- Designed and developed C# application using Telerik widgets, deploying to kCura/Relativity platform; product offered to clients, achieving project cost recovery within two years.
- Worked at Navigant Consulting as a consultant.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
University of Illinois at Chicago - College of Engineering
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Illinois at Chicago - College of Engineering
Skills
- C#
- API management
- AI Integration
- Natural Language Processing
- Spring Boot
- REST
- Azure Functions
- Azure Logic Apps
- Agile
- Project management
- Enterprise architecture
- Security compliance
- Python
- Pandas
- NumPy
- Anaconda
- Beautiful Soup
- Tableau
- CosmosDb
- MS SQL
- Project management
- Oracle
- Content Management
- Headless CMS
- Media Asset Management
- Static Site Generation
- Storybook
- Technical Documentation
- Gatsby
- JavaScript
- JQuery
- HTML5
- CSS
- Java Development
- Enterprise Java
- Java Web Framework
- Web Server Management
- Unit Testing
- Mock Testing
- Microservices Development
- ORM Framework
- Build Automation
- IDE Proficiency
- Web API Development
- Mockito
- Data Access Layer
- MVC Architecture
- Eclipse
- ASPNET Core
- Web Forms
- IIS
- TFS
- Responsive Design
- Visual Studio
- VS Code
- Performance optimization
- Stakeholder engagement
- Kendo UI
- Nextjs
- Claude
- Copilot
- System Optimization
- Architecture Frameworks
- Risk Management
- Client Engagement
Certification
Claude Certified Foundations - Architect, Anthropic
Generative AI Leader Certification, Google
Azure Fundamentals, Microsoft
Featured Skills
AI Architecture
API Management
Cross-Functional Team Management
Stakeholder Engagement
Performance Optimization
Timeline
Solutions Architect
Zeal IT Consultants
08.2025 - Current
Digital Architect
Great Wolf Resorts
05.2023 - 02.2025
Principal Technical Architect
Kin + Carta
08.2021 - 05.2023
Associate Director of Software Engineering
Guidehouse
09.2019 - 07.2021
Solutions Architect
Guidehouse
12.2016 - 09.2019
Computer Science Tutor
JasonVTutor.com
09.2016 - Current
Managing Consultant
Guidehouse
03.2015 - 12.2016
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Illinois at Chicago - College of Engineering
Master of Science - Computer Science
University of Illinois at Chicago - College of Engineering