Introduction & Background

I am a Senior Software Architect working as a self-employed contractor. With over 15 years as a software developer & serial entrepreneur, it gives me a good blend of start-up and enterprise experience.

Smart Contract Auditing & Solidity development is a big passion of mine and looking to start a local user group about it. I also host the PHP Vegas users' group and regularly attend local tech events to speak and network.

Skills

ActiveMQ Android ANSI C AWS Azure Bash BDD/TDD Behat Blockchain C++ C# DApps Docker EKS/ECS Elasticache Embeded ES6 Gaming GCP Groovy HTML5 I18N iOS Java JavaScript Jenkins Lambda Laravel Linux/Mac/Win Marketing Memcached MongoDB MSSQL MySQL Objective-C Phaser PHP PHPUnit Printers Python RabbitMQ RDS React.js Real Estate Redis REST Ruby Serverless Smart Contracts Software Architecture Solidity SQS Swift Symfony Terraform VB.NET

Work Experience

Title	Start Date	End Date	Company	Role
CEO & Founder	2018	∞	RemoteDevForce.com	Freelance contracting for PHP & React projects. Helping teams setup CI/CD Pipelines with AWS CodeBuild, GitLab, or Jenkins. Developing complex applications with Laravel, Symfony, and other frameworks. Building custom WordPress plugins and high-traffic sites. Train teams on the benefits of repeatable environments (Docker+Terraform). SEO Optimization, Social Media, WebSite, Branding (logos+fonts), and other services.
Chief Technology Officer	2017	2018	VehicleHistory.com	Led hiring and built teams of frontend, architect, and full stack roles. Established agile methodologies & implemented Jira to track projects. Lead architecture design of a micro-service based architecture using Jenkins+Docker+Terraform with AWS/ECS stacks. Setup Jenkins for Automated Testing & Deployments of the various PHP services.
Chief Technology Officer	2016	2017	EngagedNation.com	Mentored a team of five how to use Git to version control websites and dependencies via composer & npm. Screened and worked with local vendors to assist with large scale enterprise integrations in the Gaming industry.
Software Architect Lead Developer PHP Developer	2012	2017	The Selling Source	Worked my way through the ranks from PHP Dev to Architect over my tenure there. Quickly learned the complex systems written in various languages like PHP, Java, and Ruby. Built tools & systems to integrate with partners using APIs, XSLT, SOAP, XML, and JSON. Worked on/off with half a dozen teams on complex business requirements.
Software Developer	2010	2012	Star Micronics	Created SDK packages for Star's point of sale printers using multiple interfaces and languages such as C#, VB.NET, C++, Java, & Python. Prototyped one off projects for desktop and mobile (iOS & Android) using various interfaces such as WiFi, Bluetooth, LAN, Serial, Parallel, and USB stacks. Worked with large decentralized team throughout the US, UK, Japan, and South America.
Programmer	2010	2010	ReelTV	Developed on Linux using MySQL, "ANSI" C code, and embedded hardware to play ads on poker and slot machines. Assisted in the software and hardware development, installation, maintenance, and QA/testing. Installed on-premise server hardware and configured systems at various Casinos including the Palms. Communicated with the Nevada State Gaming Board and GLI for gaming device testing.
Lead Programmer	2008	2010	General Operations	Productively multitasked between managing, programming, and troubleshooting for 200+ clients on over 10,000+ domain names. Regularly made improvements to the company’s approach, consistency, re-usability, documentation style, and development methodologies. Managed team of 6 remote and in-house developers pushing out a site a day.
IT Director	2004	2008	RE/MAX Towers	Created and managed the company’s PHP sites by adding and updating SEO and compiling to the strict HTML W3C markup standards and got them ranking high quickly in google. Built custom Java applications that interfaced with remote databases to update REALTORS on their properties and transactions. Managed multiple office networks, VPNs, Linux, & Microsoft Exchange servers, and computers used for sensitive transaction data.

Formal Education

Certification	Subject	Date Completed	University
Associates of Applied Science	Software Application Programming	2010	ITT Technical Institute

Some projects I am Working On