Principal Engineer, Kin Insurance, Saint Petersburg, FloridaJan 2022 - June 2022

• Contributed to an Event Source architecture for an accounting and billing system
• Mentored developers at all levels (associate through staff)
• Reviewed architecture proposals as part of the Architecture Review Board
• Performed code reviews for pull-requests across the organization
• Developed libraries and patterns for building internal APIs
• Contributed to the organization's Tech Vision on behalf of the CTO and VP of Architecture

Principal Engineer, STRATACACHE (Real Digital Media division), Saint Petersburg, Florida2017 - Dec 2021

• Developed, maintained, and improved a large-scale Ruby on Rails project for over 15 years. Migrated from Rails version 0.9 through Rails version 6.1
• Developed a React front-end application to leverage a JSON-API back-end for customers to manage their digital signage networks

Senior Instructor, Suncoast Developers Guild, Saint Petersburg, Florida2018 - Dec 2021

• Designed and implemented an interactive and engaging curriculum for multiple courses.
• Contributed to internal app generator:app-app. Based on react-scripts, builds student starter projects.
• Expanded market from full-time in-person classes into remote, part-time courses by developing an open-source curriculum for Ruby, C#, Entity Framework, ASP.NET, HTML, CSS, Responsive Web, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Deployment, and Algorithmic Thinking.
• Reduced overhead by developing a Rails-based student management system to effectively handle multiple operations, including enrollment, homework assignment, grading, and student progress reports.

Instructor and Product Development, The Iron Yard, Saint Petersburg, Florida2015 - 2017

• Increased enrollment at one of the most profitable campuses at the largest in-person code school through developing and implementing a curriculum for Ruby, Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node, Express, Algorithmic Thinking, and Deployment.
• Built a learning management application in Ruby on Rails to manage student information, assignments, and performance.

Principal Software Engineer, Real Digital Media, Saint Petersburg, Florida2005 - 2015

• Designed, architected, and implemented a Ruby on Rails based software-as-a-service digital signage platform recognized as the most adaptable and easy to use in the market.