Antler, Berlin, Germany

Founder in Residence

January 2023 - Present

• Collaborated with other founders in a fast-paced environment to discover business problems, ideate on them, and develop business plans to solve them.
• Gained valuable experience by diving deep into various domains and evaluating the business feasibility of creative solutions to the discovered problems.

Checkout.com, Berlin, Germany

Staff Software Engineer

September 2021 - September 2022

Senior Software Engineer II

January 2020 - August 2021

Senior Software Engineer I

October 2018 - December 2019

• Architected, implemented, and supported multiple scalable cloud solutions.
• Involved in all aspects of these solutions, including system design, cost analysis, development, stakeholder management, documentation, and operational observability.
• Lead design and development of a fully async and event-driven solution consisting of multiple microservices, SQS/SNS, and DynamoDB, deployed in AWS. Led the API collaboration among four front and backend teams.
• Produced event-driven microservice solutions to enable the processing of multiple alternative payment methods. Developed in .NET Core with EventStoreDB, and deployed in AWS.
• Each solution required varying levels of async communication, concurrency protection, and creative design to maintain a consistent API and experience for our customers.
• All solutions adhered to strict testing and reliability guidelines. Observability was a major consideration for every system.

Petrotechnical Data Systems, Rijswijk, Netherlands

Senior Research & Development Engineer

July 2014 - September 2018

• Functioned as lead developer and scrum master on a small backend services development team.
• Developed microservices in .NET Core 2 with CosmosDB, and deployed in Azure. Implemented role-based access control in Azure with OAuth 2.
• Currently learning how to utilize Service Fabric and Docker to improve our services.
• Research and development of critical business applications for the oil and gas industry.
• Worked with a medium-sized development team on a real-time project planning system built in Silverlight.
• Worked on the conversion of this system into a modern and modular SPA (Angular 2, .NET Core, npm, gulp, NuGet)
• Actively maintained and developed the team's backlog and stories to keep the project on track and responsive to change.

CLM Group, Portland, Oregon, United States

Web Developer

May 2010 - February 2014

• Worked with a small team of developers and QA analysts to create a web-based point-of-sale system. The web application used new features of HTML5, Javascript, and AJAX to give the system the speed and feel of a locally installed desktop application while retaining all of the benefits of a server/client web application.
• Involved in the development of the application on every level - database, middleware, and user interface. The application backend is built upon C# with SQL Server 2008.
• Developed offline functionality into the web application. The website now uses the HTML5 Filesystem API and AJAX to pre-load, store, and sync offline data. The web app remains fully functional when the internet connection is lost.
• Designed the application to be flexible to accommodate a broad range of client sizes. Clients range from school districts containing 5,000 to over 35,000 students throughout the USA.

BE&K Inc, Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Senior Applications Developer

March 2006 - April 2010

• Developed and maintained a wide variety of web and desktop applications by utilizing a diverse range of languages from C# & VS2005 Team Edition to classic ASP & AJAX to PowerBuilder.
• Worked on a team to design, build, test, and support a large-scale project cost management system. My work varied from coding in C#, designing the user interface, developing stored procedures, developing reports, and writing documentation. The system was built upon C#, SQL Server 2005, and SQL Server Reporting Services.
• Developed, supported, and rolled out a sales contact web application to over 100 users at BE&K's 4 primary offices. After the application was rolled out, I traveled to each office to demonstrate the system and train users. The application allows sales teams to track and maintain a client list of over 12,000 contacts and companies.

Computing Technologies, Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Programmer II

March 2004 - February 2006

• Worked in a small team, performing contract work for the United States Army.
• Developed an online parts tracking system using ASP.NET web forms and Oracle 9i. Users could add/remove/modify parts and export data to PDF, Excel, and comma-delimited files.
• Converted an online document tracking and storage tool from ASP to ASP.NET.
• Developed an online data charting system using ASP.NET and Oracle 9i.

The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

Technical Support Assistant

May 2002 - December 2003

• Performed hardware and software support for 300+ employees and students.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Amazon Web Services Training and Certification

November 2022 - November 2025

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services Training and Certification

August 2022 - November 2025

The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

Bachelor of Science, Commerce, and Business Administration

August 1998 - December 2003

Major: Management Information Systems
Minor: Computer Software Systems