Michael Stec
Highlands Ranch,CO
Summary
Seasoned Cloud Solutions Architect and Full Stack Software Engineer with 20 years of experience driving large-scale enterprise projects across various industries, including insurance, financial services, SAAS, and e-commerce. Expert in end-to-end software development lifecycle (SDLC), with specialized skills in cloud computing (Microsoft Azure, AWS), .NET technologies, and scalable software architecture. Proven leader in cloud migration, API development, and distributed systems, leveraging Azure services, AWS ecosystems, and .NET frameworks to deliver highly available, secure, and performant solutions. Adept at database design, API integrations, and driving digital transformation through cloud-native architecture.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Contract
GCM Grosvenor
07.2021 - Current
- Company Overview: Financial, Asset Management
- Architected and developed financial solutions for an insurance portal leveraging Azure and AWS
- Implemented cloud-native services using Azure Functions, Service Bus, and .NET Core to ensure scalable and resilient applications
- Financial, Asset Management
- Technologies: Azure, AWS, .NET Core, C#, Service Bus, SQL Server
Contract
Jewelers Mutual
12.2020 - 06.2021
- Company Overview: Insurance
- Led the design and development of secure payment processing systems for the insurance portal, utilizing Azure APIM, Azure Functions, and .NET Core for API-driven microservices
- Insurance
- Technologies: Azure APIM, .NET Core, C#, Web API, SQL Server
Contract
Navient
05.2020 - 11.2020
- Company Overview: Student Loans
- Re-engineered legacy Mainframe systems to modern .NET Core Batch ETL jobs with optimized SQL Server data processing, enhancing performance for large-scale data operations
- Student Loans
- Technologies: .NET Core, C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server
Contract
Unit Here Health
09.2019 - 03.2020
- Company Overview: Health Insurance
- Developed cloud-based APIs to support membership, payment processing, and notifications, built on Azure and integrated with existing systems
- Health Insurance
- Technologies: Azure, .NET Core, C#, ASP.NET, SQL Server
Owner
Sunartec Inc.
01.2014 - 12.2019
- Company Overview: Owner, Co-Founder
- Founded an eCommerce company that sells travel products online through various channels such as Amazon.com, Shopify, Walmart.com
- Grew the business from zero to a seven-figure revenue business in less than two years
- Hired and managed the operations team, which is responsible for eCommerce multi-channel order fulfilment, international supply chain management, manufacturing QA/QC
- Sold the business in December of 2019
- Owner, Co-Founder
- Website: www.NeatPackBags.com
Contract
Instec
02.2019 - 09.2019
- Company Overview: SAAS, Insurance
- Architected RESTful Web APIs for an insurance rating platform, leveraging Azure and SQL Server to provide scalable backend support
- SAAS, Insurance
- Technologies: Azure, .NET Core, C#, SQL Server, Web API
Contract
Lions Club International
03.2018 - 01.2019
- Delivered key improvements to global membership platforms by designing secure, scalable Web APIs and integrating with identity services and payment gateways
- Technologies: .NET Core, Azure, SQL Server, Swagger, Stripe
Gladson
08.2017 - 02.2018
- Development using Visual Studio 2017, C#, .Net, ASP.Net, Web API, MS SQL Server, Mongo DB
- Project to re-design existing legacy systems for Gladson’s digital asset and consumer product information management solutions for retailers and ecommerce clients
Jones Lang LaSalle
07.2014 - 08.2016
- Company Overview: Property Management
- Development using Visual Studio 2015, C# .Net 4.5, ASP.Net, MS SQL Server, JQuery
- Worked on a large team that supported applications for JLL’s property management system
- The One View Service Center system is a large-scale tracking and ticketing application that is used by thousands of users across the globe daily to manage facilities and service requests
- Implemented architectural improvements, major feature enhancements, bug fixes and performance optimizations
- Property Management
Lions Club International
03.2014 - 07.2014
- Implemented enhancements and architectural changes to LCI’s membership web application that supports thousands of users across the world
- Development using Visual Studio 2012, C# .Net 4.5, Web API, ASP.Net MVC, MS SQL Server 2012, NHibernate, JQuery
Komatsu
01.2014 - 03.2014
- Company Overview: Manufacturing
- Short term contract to finish implementation of a parts inventory system
- Visual Studio 2012, C# / .Net 4.5, WCF, ASP.Net MVC, MS SQL Server 2012, Entity Framework, Log4Net, JQuery
- Manufacturing
Senior Developer Consultant
RedBox
04.2012 - 12.2013
- Engineered large-scale enterprise systems for RedBox’s digital media business, focusing on payment processing and kiosk management systems
- Enhanced cloud deployments using Azure and led the development of high-performance services handling up to 500 transactions per second
- Technologies: Azure, C#, .NET, SQL Server, Azure Service Bus
Senior Developer Consultant
BridgePoint Technologies LLC
04.2011 - 04.2012
- Developed cloud-based solutions for financial, insurance, and healthcare industries, focusing on scalability, reliability, and performance optimization across Azure and .NET ecosystems
Developer
Citadel Group
06.2009 - 03.2011
- Company Overview: Financial Hedge Fund
- Developed back-office financial applications and investor reporting systems, optimizing performance and delivering robust, secure WPF desktop applications for investor account management
- Financial Hedge Fund
- Technologies: .NET, WPF, SQL Server, Sybase
Senior Developer/Technical Lead
Arthur J. Gallagher
05.2007 - 06.2009
- Company Overview: Insurance Brokerage
- Led a small development team in building enterprise-level insurance brokerage applications
- Architected and implemented high-availability, high-performance cloud applications using .NET and SQL Server
- Insurance Brokerage
- Technologies: .NET, ASP.NET, Web Services, SQL Server
Senior Developer
Lincoln Financial Group
05.2004 - 05.2007
- Company Overview: Financial Services
- Designed and developed financial management applications for retirement accounts, working on large-scale enterprise systems
- Financial Services
- Technologies: .NET, Oracle, PL/SQL, ASP.NET
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
DePaul University
Chicago, ILSkills
- Cloud Platforms: Microsoft Azure (APIM, Functions, Service Bus, Table/Blob Storage), AWS (S3, EC2)
- Programming Languages: C#, NET Core, ASPNET, SQL, JavaScript, HTML/CSS
- Cloud-Native Development: Serverless Architectures, Microservices, RESTful APIs
- Database Management: Relational, NoSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, Cosmos, Data Modeling, ORM
- Tools & Frameworks: Power BI, Swagger, Postman, Entity Framework, ORM Lite, NServiceBus, SpecFlow
Timeline
Contract
GCM Grosvenor
07.2021 - Current
Contract
Jewelers Mutual
12.2020 - 06.2021
Contract
Navient
05.2020 - 11.2020
Contract
Unit Here Health
09.2019 - 03.2020
Contract
Instec
02.2019 - 09.2019
Contract
Lions Club International
03.2018 - 01.2019
Gladson
08.2017 - 02.2018
Jones Lang LaSalle
07.2014 - 08.2016
Lions Club International
03.2014 - 07.2014
Owner
Sunartec Inc.
01.2014 - 12.2019
Komatsu
01.2014 - 03.2014
Senior Developer Consultant
RedBox
04.2012 - 12.2013
Senior Developer Consultant
BridgePoint Technologies LLC
04.2011 - 04.2012
Developer
Citadel Group
06.2009 - 03.2011
Senior Developer/Technical Lead
Arthur J. Gallagher
05.2007 - 06.2009
Senior Developer
Lincoln Financial Group
05.2004 - 05.2007
Master of Science - Computer Science
DePaul University
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