WORK HISTORY
2013
Software Director
Link Technology Group, Valhalla, NY
PepsiCo – Principle Engineer for mobility applications used for Pepsi’s equipment service and warehouse automation.
- Created Model-Driven reference architecture for Xamarin and Java based inventory tracking platform.
- Designed and Implemented a Java Spring REST API to connect iOS devices
- Introduced real-time messaging over 2G cellular on legacy Windows Mobile handheld devices.
Aramark – Overhauled existing mobile and web based route accounting software for Aramark Customer Service.
- Designed and built web-based scenario wizard on Microsoft MVC.Net with Angular bindings and JavaScript UI
2011
Director, Technology Applications
Signature Systems New York, NY
Designed and led development of e-commerce payment platform that allows Consumers to pay with loyalty rewards for merchandise in stores and online
- Directed development of an eCommerce platform by creating reference implementation, mentoring, and reviewing code.
- Produced a Quality Assurance Framework and trained a team of QA Analysts to execute manual and automated tests.
- Defined specifications for a Big-Data Consumer Recognition Engine with the Acxiom Corporation.
- Built and managed a cloud-based data center for development, testing and production at RackSpace and FireHost.
- Managed external resources from offshore, onshore and boutique firms and ensured deliverables met a standard quality.
2008
Senior Consultant
NorthPoint Solutions, New York, NY
DelMar Asset Management – Delivered software on-demand at a multi-strategy hedge fund client.
Projects included:
- Real-time Portfolio management system with Profit and Loss (P&L) and Bloomberg market data updates.
- Excel Add-In for risk and multi-factor stress analysis using the Black Sholes model for pricing Options.
- High-volume FIX protocol based order execution platform with direct connection to multinational brokerage desks.
- Web Scraper service to search news websites for special phrases and notify traders with results.
- Data warehousing, process caching, and partition rolling to efficiently store intraday trading data for long-term analysis.
2006
Senior Developer
Ipreo, New York, NY
Revitalized a web-based portal that allowed Retail Investment Bank customers to participate in new issue security deals such as Initial Public Offerings.
- Redesigned legacy websites for scalability by refactoring, optimizing and caching heavily used components.
- Developed and executed Load Runner scripts to simulate volume and analyze performance for bottlenecks.
- Replaced legacy Active Directory authentication and authorization framework with lightweight Membership API provider.
- Converted legacy Java web application to ASP.Net and integrated existing users with Single Sign On.
2004
Senior Analyst
Pepsi Bottling Group Somers, NY
Leveraged experience from PepsiCo to build a company-wide revenue planning system based on sales forecasts gathered from local field offices.
- Drove a cross-organizational team from PepsiCo and other Pepsi bottlers to create a common sales forecast repository.
- Designed and delivered web service based integration and synchronization methods to gather forecasts from field users.
- Created reusable suite of test cases and performed load testing with Load Runner to ensure capacity.
- Introduced Test Driven Development by organizing training, developing a unit testing framework, and assigning pairs.
2002
Consultant
PepsiCo Valhalla, NY
Rebuilt and enhanced a desktop forecasting tool which used available data sources to predict the effects of retail sales initiatives.
- Contributed to the design and development of a desktop forecasting tool capable of sharing data on pricing and strategy.
- Supported existing installation packages and developed new automated installation packages with network deployment.
2000
System Analyst
BlackHog.com Sunnyvale, CA
Contributed to an online marketplace for capital equipment procurement and supplier relationship management.
- Defined User Interaction, requirements, and system flow based on user interviews, designers and domain experts.
- Delivered UML documentation and automated daily publishing of UML model to company intranet
- Produced prototype web front-end code to establish behavior of custom designed widgets and User Interfaces.
1999
Programmer
Naviant Technolgies Rochester, NY
Produced a marketing campaign targeting engine by integrating consumer data profiles with available data sources in a Data Warehouse.
- Defined data flow processes and implemented Extract Translate and Load (ETL) routines for multiple data sources.
- Created custom tools to examine large files, fix errors, and verify mappings for long-running processes.
