Ronald Arbo
Boston,MA
Summary
Highly motivated software developer with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills. Equipped with great coding, debugging and project management abilities. Accomplishes project goals consistently with elegant, scalable code. Works great with team members under Agile and Scrum frameworks.
Overview
37
37
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Software Engineer IV
Aon Plc
Boston , MA
2015.09 - 2024.01
- Player/coach in a small team of data engineers and data scientists in a small entrepreneurial business unit. Wore many hats.
- Design and build data enrichment pipelines using Databricks to transform billions of legal events
- Refactored corporate entity ingestion pipeline from EC2/PostgreSQL to Databricks/Snowflake utilizing secure data sharing. Resolved long standing intermittent performance issue and migrated infrastructure to new AWS account.
- Designed and built re-usable object oriented tools, and processes to support required analysis and reports for rapid concurrent consulting engagements leading to increased delivery efficiencies and improved team morale
- Design and build first generation company entity resolution framework leading to improved accuracy for data science models and consulting engagements.
- Perform front end development spike using AWS for first generation sales lead identification portal ultimately resulting in increased sales and consulting efficiencies
- Design and build Oracle AWR reports for large scale database analysis in cyber-security consulting engagement.
- Design and build automation for large scale filesystem analysis in copyright infringement consulting engagement.
- Implement a wide variety of functional improvements and bug fixes to microservices based data and application architecture in AWS supporting IP analysts.
- Conduct peer code reviews and engineering practice reviews within agile framework
- Identify and promote emerging Databricks/Snowflake platform for continuous improvements in data engineering
- Design and build first generation Gitlab CI/CD pipeline using Terraform for emerging Databricks/Snowflake data warehousing infrastructure
- Maintain ongoing reliability, performance, and support of the data infrastructure, providing solutions based on application needs and anticipated growth
- Help recruit several highly capable engineers to the team
- Define and deliver consistent data engineering standards, methodologies, guidelines & techniques
- Review source code, develop patent infringement claim charts, train expert witnesses, and support IP litigation attorneys at depositions and trials
- My employment at Aon is a continuation of my prior employment through acquisition of Elysium Digital, then Stroz Friedberg, LLC.
Director
Thinkfire Services USA LLC
Bridgewater , NJ
2011.09 - 2015.08
- Perform technical patent analysis, literature review, claim chart development for intellectual property consulting engagements at a boutique firm.
Software Development Manager
HP
Southborough , MA
2008.09 - 2011.09
- Led a 10-person team developing a cloud backup product with an installed base of three million clients including several Fortune 500 firms
- This is a continuation of my prior employment through acquisition from Iron Mountain/Autonomy.
Engineering Director
Sentillion Corporation
Andover , MA
2005.09 - 2008.09
- Led a development team responsible for the company's core enterprise identity and access management server for healthcare
- Architected, developed, and deployed a large-scale synchronization service across 70 healthcare delivery sites enabling the company to win the largest 'single sign on' deal in the company's history.
Engineering Director
Openwave Systems, Inc.
Burlington , MA
2002.09 - 2005.09
- Led a development team to deliver a first-generation carrier class service enabling wireless customers to automatically synchronize contacts, events, and reminders across their devices
- Led a development team to deliver a first-generation email anti-spam service.
Engineering Manager
Netcentric Corporation
Bedford , MA
1999.09 - 2002.09
- Led a development team to deliver a second-generation carrier class IP messaging service.
Engineering Manager
FTP Software, Inc.
North Andover , MA
1996.09 - 1999.09
- Designed and developed a first-generation network file server (NFS) on Windows and a first-generation Windows VPN client (IPSEC), leading to new product offerings.
Principal Software Engineer
Open Software Foundation
Cambridge , MA
1992.09 - 1996.09
- Unix operating system developer
- Liaison to OSF Security customer forum.
Member of Technical Staff
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Milpitas , CA
1989.09 - 1992.09
- Unix operating system developer - developed extensions to the SunOS Network File System to support DoD Compartmented Mode Workstation requirements.
Member of Technical Staff
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Whippany , NJ
1986.09 - 1989.09
- UNIX operating system developer.
Education
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering -
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering -
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Skills
- Python
- SQL
- AWS
- Snowflake
- PostgreSQL
- Databricks
- Terraform
- Gitlab
- Shell
- Java/C++
Certification
- AWS Solutions Architect, Associate (Dec, 2019)
- General Assembly Data Science Program (2017)
- Oracle Professional, Java Programmer (2015)
- ScrumMaster, Scrum Alliance (2010)
Timeline
Software Engineer IV
Aon Plc
2015.09 - 2024.01
Director
Thinkfire Services USA LLC
2011.09 - 2015.08
Software Development Manager
HP
2008.09 - 2011.09
Engineering Director
Sentillion Corporation
2005.09 - 2008.09
Engineering Director
Openwave Systems, Inc.
2002.09 - 2005.09
Engineering Manager
Netcentric Corporation
1999.09 - 2002.09
Engineering Manager
FTP Software, Inc.
1996.09 - 1999.09
Principal Software Engineer
Open Software Foundation
1992.09 - 1996.09
Member of Technical Staff
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
1989.09 - 1992.09
Member of Technical Staff
AT&T Bell Laboratories
1986.09 - 1989.09
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering -
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering -
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
- AWS Solutions Architect, Associate (Dec, 2019)
- General Assembly Data Science Program (2017)
- Oracle Professional, Java Programmer (2015)
- ScrumMaster, Scrum Alliance (2010)
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