PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Skilled Cloud Engineer with 8+ years of experience architecting, deploying, and optimizing cloud-based solutions. Proven success in designing scalable AWS data architectures, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and automating infrastructure management for efficiency and compliance. Adept at collaborating with stakeholders to translate business needs into effective technical solutions.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Architected decoupled, multi-stage data processing workflows using CloudFormation, enabling faster pipeline iterations, self-documenting infrastructure, and deployments across accounts.
• Engineered CI/CD pipelines integrating AI models in Bedrock with manual approvals, accelerating deployment frequency by 25% and minimizing errors by 10%.
• Facilitated adoption of new technologies by translating complex concepts into actionable insights for key stakeholders, driving alignment with business objectives.
• Trained over 2,400 computer science and design students and increased enrollment and retention year over year at Northampton Community College.
• Designed native mobile applications for Martin Guitar, used by more than 1,400,000 users.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Data Engineering: RDS, SQL, S3, Glue ETL, Eventbridge, Python, Step Functions, React, QuickSite
Automation: CI/CD, CodePipeline, CodeDeploy, Github Actions, Bash, Docker, ECS, Fargate
Infrastructure as Code: CDK, CloudFormation, SAM, TypeScript, Serverless, Lambda

CERTIFICATIONS

AWS Certified Solutions Architect (SAA-C03)    
Amazon Web Services, Expires 2027

EXPERIENCE

Cloud Engineer
Cloud Build Solutions, Allentown, PA

• Architected AWS data lake workloads with S3, Lambda, Athena SQL, and AWS Glue ETL to reduce processing time by 30% to generate business insights with Redshift and QuickSight.
• Designed an open-source Cloud Development Kit (CDK) infrastructure to run WordPress sites on load-balanced AWS Fargate Spot instances, enabling dynamic scaling and cost reduction.
• Developed back-end APIs using API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, and SQS for robust communication and more efficient message queuing.
• Deployed CI/CD pipelines with machine learning-powered code reviews, enabling faster manual approvals and automated notifications.
• Currently architecting an AWS Bedrock AI/ML solution to deliver a tailored, student-driven learning experience for college students.

Professor of Web Development
Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA
August 2013 to Present

• Tenured professor who mentored and instructed over 2,400 design and computer science students, fostering proficiency in modern web development skills, enabling the increase of post-graduate career placement from 60% to over 80%.
• Achieved a significant improvement in student retention within the web design and development program, elevating rates from 70% to 90%.
• Successfully negotiated a partnership with Akashi Technical College, establishing a study-abroad programs for over 100 students. Led multiple student teams to Japan, facilitating participation in classes, workshops, and cultural activities.

Senior Software Engineer
Menu Genie Inc, Allentown, PA                  
2012 to 2013

• Spearheaded a team of designers and developers in architecting a highly successful restaurant menu and ordering platform for that was used by over 200 restaurants.
• Developed the EC2 and RDS infrastructure on Amazon Web Services, which enabled the platform to have a near 99.99% availability with load balancing and auto-scaling across multiple availability zones. 
• Lead the startup to achieve a milestone of processing over $250,000 in orders within the platform’s inaugural year of operation.

Software Consultant
Parker West, Allentown, PA
2010 to 2012

• Developed the Martin Guitar Tuner app for both Android and iOS, garnering over a 1,400,000 downloads on the Android Play and Apple App stores.
• Designed web content management and advertising systems for corporate and non-profit clients that grew organic inbound traffic by an average of 15% over 3 months. 
• Engineered document management systems for pharmaceutical clients, which improved the ETL workflows for over 65,000 customer forms.

Director of Web Services
Hotwire Communications, Philadelphia, PA    
2007 to 2010

• Oversaw the team responsible for implementing a self-service web account management system, achieving a 36% reduction in customer support requests. 
• Enhanced web interfaces for IPTV account management, improving channel information access for 20,000+ customers across the Northeast.
• Worked with the marketing and sales team to develop applications which integrated with their Fiber and IPTV products to increase customer satisfaction and retention by 15%.

EDUCATION

MFA, Interactive Design and Game Development
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

BA, Religious Studies
Messiah College, Grantham, PA