SignaPay is a payment processing and merchant services provider (ISO) based in Irving, TX, offering credit card processing, POS/payment hardware, and merchant services.
Senior Engineer developing proprietary custom-facing Payments / Merchant Services systems.
- Full-stack web application development with Bun
- Agentic workflow + context development for team using Claude, Cursor
- Merchant boarding and processing managment on TSYS
- Distributed job management with AWS infrastructure
Secured.ai is a software and technology firm serving both public and private sectors based in VA
Contract position focusing on SaaS solution supporting hardware.
- Provide Solutions Architecture / Engineering and agile management for web, messaging, and hardware products.
- AWS platform design, estimation, and delivery with AWS CDK.
- Full-stack web application design and development with Next.js.
- Provide sales support, discovery, project scoping, and estimation.
Swarming Technology is an ecommerce agency in Milwaukee, WI
At Swarming Technology I served as a Solutions Architect on ecommerce projects from proposal and discovery through launch and maintenance, hands-on development and DevOps duties, and tooling development.
- Performed Discovery for new projects including research, pre-discovery, the hosting of discovery workshops / brainstorming sessions and requirements gathering. Iterated on the discovery process itself and introduced AI workflows to help streamline it.
- Worked on ecommerce properties on the Magento, Shopify, and BigCommerce platforms.
- Participated in client meetings and presentations.
- Augmented development and devops teams as needed.
- Participated in sprint planning and agile continuous improvement projects with Jira, documenting in Confluence.
- Investigated new technologies, frameworks, and platforms for use in projects.
sojo is a startup in the short-term rentals space providing the automation of amenities delivery
At sojo I worked in many capacities to Architect, Launch, and Support the service.
- Contributed to the architecture, development, and support of an amenities automation platform for short-term rentals, scaling from 0 to over 10,000 properties.
- Created NodeJS libraries for reservation reconciliation and delivery timing to abstract company business logic.
- Supported integrations with Track, Streamline, Breezeway, and Guesty PMS APIs for consumption of property and reservation data.
- Designed and developed internal applications for the management of customers using Retool.
- Developed features for platform using AWS CDK to support Infrastructure-as-Code requirements.
- Developed and Supported AWS Step Functions in AWS CDK for platform automation.
- Developed Proof-of-Concept implementations as needed for payments and other integrations with NodeJS and React.
- Wrote requirements, specs, and managed internal and 3rd-Party development resources using Jira and Confluence.
- Architected and Developed features in Magento.
- Built NodeJS-based IT tooling and CLIs to accelerate repetitive tasks, diagnose issues, and monitor the platform.
Creatuity Corp is Magento Partner Agency based in Richardson, TX
At Creatuity I served as a hybrid Adobe Commerce (Magento) Architect which also included the role of customer-facing Account/Project Manager.
- Provided Solution Architecture for Magento-based ecommerce platforms for both new builds and maintenance clients.
- Translated client needs into scope and requirements for developers using Jira and Confluence to manage backlog.
- Managed Design Process for clients with design needs by collaborating with clients and frontend developers and building Design Briefs.
- Planned and performed Discovery Workshops as an integral part of new projects.
- Served as the client's main point of contact for my projects.
HCK2 is a marketing and communications agency in Addison, TX providing creative, web, digital communication and marketing services.
- Provided Solution Architecture for new and existing clients.
- Managed all web projects and HCK2's web process.
- Managed internal and external developer resources.
Earthbound Trading Co. is a retailer based in Grapevine, TX with 150 stores across the US.
I returned to Earthbound to replace their 3rd-party Magento agency and migrate them from Magento 1 to Magento 2.
- Sourced and managed Earthbound's production and development hosting and third-party service needs.
- Led Architecture, implementation, and developed Ecommerce platform and integrations using Magento.
- Sourced and managed external development resources.
- Created proof-of-concepts, mockups, demo sites as needed for review and adoption.
- Facilitated site design and implementation process with FE devs and Designers.
- Implemented an SDLC based on Agile methodologies with Jira, Confluence, Github
- Managed Earthbound's PCI compliance and audits for the Ecommerce platform, coordinating with external QSA's.
Creatuity Corp is Magento Partner Agency based in Richardson, TX
- As a Magento 2 Certified Solution Specialist, I worked with sales, clients, and agile development teams to create integrated Magento Commerce solutions.
- Developed and hosted Discovery Workshops for clients at project kick-off to provide the best possible solutions and a solid body of knowledge.
- Translated business requirements into JIRA issues for development teams.
- Performed Sales support assisting in developing bids.
- Created process flows, diagrams, and documentation artifacts as needed to support solutions.
Earthbound Trading Co. is a retailer based in Grapevine, TX with 150 stores across the US.
I joined Earthbound to create their ecommerce platform from the ground up, which I built with Magento. Additionally I created a company portal used by all stores to access tools hosted in the Corporate datacenter.
- Developed, hosted, and maintained a successful Magento Ecommerce platform from the ground up.
- Designed and developed a Laravel-based Intranet solution used by all employees which integrated with various enterprise systems.
- Designed and Developed a Larvel-based API to serve as the main integration point between enterprise systems and various apps and services.
- Designed and built an interactive Scheduler module with time budgeting used by store managers to schedule their staff.
- Served as Linux Sysadmin responsible for management and monitoring of various servers including those hosting Ecommerce and Company Portal sites.
- Managed deployment needs using Rackspace Cloud, Saltstack, and Github.
Senior Developer, Post-Launch Services Product Manager
Lifeblue
Jul 2011 – Oct 2013
Lifeblue is a Digital Agency and Interactive Web Design Firm in Allen, TX.
I started Lifeblue as a developer and later also became responsible for a new Post-Launch service offering, directly building on my relationships with our clients.
- Used functional, unit, and load testing solutions including Selenium, PHPUnit, Sauce Labs, and Load Impact for site development and testing.
- Developed custom Magento functionality and managed 3rd party Payments, Tax, and Content Management integrations.
- Developed LAMP-based solutions for clients including the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Heifer International, and Clyde Warren Park.
- Performed Linux system administration for current and new clients in development and production environments in Rackspace Cloud.
- Developed and managed products and services for the Post-Launch practice.
The Dallas Opera is a world-class performing arts organization located in Dallas, TX.
At The Dallas Opera I rebuilt their company website using a custom CMS and integrated with Tessitura for ticket sales. I split my time between this and serving as the Director of IT.
- Manged IT budget, assets, services, and 3rd-party IT support contractors.
- Developed IT policies, audits, and procedures including those relating to Disaster Recovery.
- Developed all LAMP-based internal web tools.
- Developed corporate website with a custom CMS and integrations with Tessitura CRM.
- Sourced, built, and managed all company servers (NT and Linux) at multiple sites.
- Implemented Git-based development process.
Senior Web/App Developer, Research Engineer
ZixCorp
Sep 2002 – Oct 2004
ZixCorp is a Managed IT Services provider in Dallas, TX
- Developed LAMP-based web properties including the corporate website using a custom CMS.
- Developed an email jurying application for the Research Department to facilitate distributed human categorization of large email samples.
- Collaborated with Dev, QA, and Systems Administrators to provide hosted services.
- Created tools and processes for deployment.
- Created custom reporting environments with Perl, PHP, and MySQL