Career History
May 2021 to Present – Eliassen Group; Lead Consultant; Dublin, Ohio
(Remote)
- Led incremental stabilization and modernization of a value-added
administrative portal built atop IBM Sterling Integrator, maintaining
continuous availability while managing vendor constraints, upgrade
cycles, and production risk.
- Built, operated, and evolved CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins) supporting
Java services deployed in AWS-hosted environments (EC2).
- Reduced operational risk by making system behavior predictable,
diagnosable, and easier to support through improved observability and
standards.
- Established clear engineering standards and hands-on technical
leadership across a complex, legacy codebase.
Environment: Java, Spring Boot, AWS, Apache Maven,
Jenkins, Git, JUnit, Mockito, Gherkin, Cucumber, IBM Sterling
Integrator, Oracle, DB2, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, JFrog
Artifactory
Selected Prior Engagements
Adobe Inc. | San Jose, California (Remote)
- Upgraded a mission‑critical internal platform from Java 1.6 to Java
17, eliminating long‑standing security, supportability, and operational
risk tied to obsolete runtimes.
- Replaced an Ant-based build with Maven and re-established a
functional continuous integration pipeline, restoring repeatable builds
and developer confidence.
McLane Company, Inc. | Temple, Texas (Remote)
- Set technical direction across geographically distributed teams in
Europe, Mexico, and the United States, coordinating work and
establishing clear execution patterns to keep delivery predictable
across time zones and organizational boundaries.
- Developed and stabilized invoice mitigation software in an agile
environment using Java and OpenLiberty.
February 2019 to May 2021 – g2o; Lead Software Engineer; Columbus,
Ohio (Hybrid)
- Served as a technical lead across multiple client engagements,
consistently brought in to stabilize systems and restore disciplined
delivery in existing production environments.
Selected Prior Engagements
GAP, Inc. | Columbus, Ohio (Remote)
- Served as the technical lead, collaborating with business
stakeholders and external vendors to model complex Brexit-related duty,
tax, and shipping workflows, translating that work into reusable,
foundational patterns within the core Java system.
Signet Jewelers | Akron, Ohio (Hybrid)
- Served as the Java technical lead on a greenfield chain-of-custody
workflow system emphasizing correctness, traceability, and operational
reliability.
- Helped normalize pragmatic use of agile practices, unit testing, and
static analysis, improving team effectiveness and delivery
discipline.
- Introduced CI practices and static analysis tooling to shift quality
enforcement from individual effort to system behavior.
CAS | Columbus, Ohio (On-Site)
- Developed and tested infrastructure and automation scripts using
Ansible, Docker, Shell, and Python.
- Helped normalize pragmatic use of agile practices, unit testing, and
static analysis, improving team effectiveness and delivery
discipline.
- Supported the on-site engagement lead by providing technical
oversight and day-to-day guidance to a separate DevOps team, improving
execution discipline and reducing delivery surprises.
Previous Experiences
- October 2018 to February 2019 – Leading EDJE; Senior Solutions
Developer; Dublin, Ohio
- March 2017 to October 2018 – Dedicated Tech Services; Senior
Consultant; Dublin, Ohio
- October 2015 to February 2017 – GateHouse Media; Digital Development
Engineer; Columbus, Ohio
- March 2015 to October 2015 – Fahrenheit IT; Senior Consultant;
Dublin, Ohio
- August 2001 to February 2015 – CareWorks Tech; Software Specialist;
Dublin, Ohio
- September 1999 to August 2001 – Quick Solutions; Senior Consultant;
Columbus, Ohio
- February 1998 to September 1999 – LDA Systems; Senior Consultant;
Dublin, Ohio
- May 1995 to February 1998 – Analysts International Corporation;
Consultant; Columbus, Ohio
Technical Profile (curated)
Testing and Quality
Test‑driven development, unit and integration testing (JUnit,
Mockito, Spock, Selenium), static analysis
Data and Integration
Databases (Oracle, DB2, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server), data transfer
and formatting mechanisms (REST, SOAP, XML, XPath, XSL)
Development Environment
Operating systems (Linux, Unix, Windows); IDEs and editors (IntelliJ
IDEA, vi)