About Me
I am a (mostly) self-taught technical solutions architect with over 15 years of professional programming experience focused on web-based application development. My skills extend across all facets of product development, from systems setup and database design to back-end and front-end implementation. As a strong proponent of open source software, I seek to build reliable and cost-effective custom solutions for a wide variety of organizations and purposes.
Begin Employment:
Primd Cooperative Remote
- Title:
- Founder, Technical Architect
- Years:
- April, 2025 - Present
- Experience:
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- Configured, deployed, and integrated open-source operational tools for authentication and collaboration on top of an AWS, Debian Linux, and Docker foundation.
- Designed Memgraph, Postgres, and Kafka based data layer to provide highly relational data and an asynchronous operations.
- Combined PHP, HTMX, AlpineJS, and Tailwind to develop a light-weight mobile Progressive Web Application to power worker tools and services.
Jobs for the Future Remote
- Title:
- Technical Architect
- Years:
- August, 2023 - April, 2025
- Experience:
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- Architected and built multiple product prototypes oriented towards workforce, training, and climate data exploration.
- Led technical implementation team on Job Corps (US Department of Labor) nation-wide career planning platform: MyPACE.
- Supported IT and research teams to consistently improve solutions and reduce costs.
Imarc Newburyport, MA; Santa Cruz, CA; Remote
- Title:
- Lead Web Engineer
- Years:
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November, 2009 - May, 2010;
August, 2011 - August, 2023 - Experience:
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- Proposed and led the development of a consolidated product platform to serve disparate client CPA societies, creating a sustainable revenue model.
- Executed contract work for Motorola, maintaining developer systems for early non-US app store alternative to Google Play.
- Developed and maintained dozens of client websites and applications including: SSH and Tuft's SPEC Database
Begin Education:
New England Institute of Technology Warwick, RI
- Graduated:
- December 2004
- Degree:
- Associate, Computer Information Systems
- Performance:
- Dean's List
University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA
- Attended:
- September 2005 - June 2006
- Major:
- English
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AWS (EC2, S3, IAM)
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Containerization (Docker, Podman)
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Data Engineering (Meltano, DBT)
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Front-End (React, Vite)
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Git (CLI, Github, Gitlab)
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HTTP (Caddy, Apache)
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HTML + CSS (Native, Tailwind)
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JavaScript (Native, HTMX, AlpineJS)
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Linux (Debian)
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Messaging (Queues, Kafka)
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NoSQL (Redis, Mongo)
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PHP (Symfony, Doctrine)
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REST (HTTP/S, JSON, OAuth)
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Shell Scripting (BASH, TCSH)
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SQL (PGSQL, MySQL/Maria)
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Systems Programming (Nim, C)