IT is my passion and excelling at it is my ambition. 10+ years of experience and a proven track record of accomplishments, compounded with a strong and constantly improving technical expertise, make me a competitive candidate for a growth position at a company.
I firmly believe that the word "impossible" should not be in any IT professional's vocabulary. Finding modern solutions to business challenges peeks my interest, keeps me engaged, and fuels my creativity.
"The only constant is change" is an idiom I firmly believe in. This is especially true in modern web technologies. Ongoing research and analysis of frameworks, patterns, and best practices are an absolute must. Without this, skills, decision making abilities, and relevancy will deteriorate rapidly.
In both of my development and leadership styles, staying agile and responsive are of utmost importance. I prefer iterative development cycles which allow me to focus on ensuring the product is of the highest quality and continuously improving on what is already existing.
Served as a Tech Lead on a team of 20 highly skilled professionals where my leadership and decisions directly influenced our SDLC.
Implemented a full IaaS stack using Amazon's AWS platform including infrastructure design, scripting, automated monitoring, archiving to Amazon S3 and Glacier, security and networking. The entire stack was defined in a single CloudFormation template that can be versioned and managed in source control.
Coordinated technical requirements, expectations, and deadlines with the business users on a daily basis.
Regarded as a pertinent bridge between business, engineers, and operations.
Interviewed, hired, and trained new employees across ISD teams that excelled in their positions and proved to be valuable resources.
Company Description
ASCAP, an organization owned and run by its members, is the leading U.S. Performing Rights Organization representing over 500,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers.