Yale Club of Richmond
Served on the Board as VP and Ex-officio Director through my role as Yale Alumni Association Delegate. Reinstated 501(c)(3) status and established publicly posted bylaws for transparent governance.
About me
I'm a strategic, execution-obsessed technology leader who blends technical depth with a strong understanding of people, organizations, markets, and government. I taught myself to code in elementary school and went on to build hundreds of web applications as technology evolved. Today, I offer strong capabilities in software development, systems integration, technology consulting, enterprise architecture, solutions architecture, and technology leadership.
I foster a culture of continuous learning, collaboration, integrity, sustainability, entrepreneurship, and accountability to drive revenue, manage costs, and strengthen morale in competitive markets. I create environments where teams can thrive by establishing clear policies and guidelines, eliminating unnecessary red tape, procuring right-sized tools, implementing automation, and promoting accountability through shared risk.
20+
years of professional software development
15+
years of professional leadership
12+
years of strategic business management
Areas of Expertise
With a wide-ranging foundation of experience, I bring the ability to actively listen, understand, and solve problems with sustainable solutions and risk-mitigated strategies. I focus on how technologies truly integrate to solve business challenges, enabling me to define and prioritize initiatives that deliver high strategic value with minimal complexity and operational friction.
I've led large technical teams and architected mission-critical e-commerce systems serving millions of users and integrated complex, disparate business systems across ERP and RevOps. My enterprise and solutions architecture expertise enables me to build robust, end-to-end system integrations spanning marketing automation, lead generation, CRM, HRIS, ERP, VoIP, email, chatbots, lakehouse platforms, performance monitoring, and reporting. These integrations connect seamlessly with custom SaaS products to create fully automated, high-performing lead-to-cash processes.
Modern enterprise systems drive revenue growth by enabling rapid expansion, sophisticated marketing automation, user behavior insights, conversion tracking, streamlined onboarding, dynamic content, and end-to-end sales and supply chain management. They also feed data into analytics and machine learning engines, empowering organizations with actionable intelligence for strategic decision-making.
Modern enterprise systems drive sustainable growth by enhancing customer experience and strengthening compliance and security. Automation across onboarding, threat detection, contract and compliance processes, asset and inventory management, risk and configuration management, and incident response helps organizations scale efficiently and confidently.
Together, we can create optimized omni-channel customer experiences with the development and integration of custom and vendor solutions to achieve organizational goals with measurable outcomes.
Technology
- Digital Transformation
- Build vs. buy
- Cybersecurity
- Product development
- Data analytics
- Identity management
Business administration
- Customer experience
- Organizational structures
- P&L management
- Policies and procedures
- Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
- Prioritization
Leadership
- Strategy
- Communication
- Team management
- Compliance
- Building consensus
- Active listening
Industries
- Financial
- Healthcare
- Intellectual property
- Government
- Consulting
- Real estate
Education
Yale University
Master of Business Administration
Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
AZ-305 Certification
Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert
SC-100 Certification
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
AZ-104 Certification
Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate
SC-300 Certification
Project Management Institute Project Management Professional
PMI-PMP Certification (2013)
CompTIA Security+
Security+ Certification (2010)
SAP NetWeaver Enterprise Portal Administrator
EP200 Certification (2008)
Opscode Chef Certification
Chef Continuous Integration and Delivery (2013)
Standards and Compliance
Throughout my career, I've worked extensively in heavily regulated industries (healthcare, financial services, insurance, intellectual property, real estate, cybersecurity, and government), with particular expertise in protecting personally identifiable information (PII), protected health information (PHI), and non-public information (NPI), as well as safely de-identifying data for third-party analytics and processing.
In fast-changing regulatory landscapes, I help organizations stay compliant without slowing down innovation. I've drafted and rolled out policies and procedures for teams across multiple states and jurisdictions, and I've designed automated workflows integrated with data governance, risk assessment, and continuous auditing tools.
GLBA
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
TCPA
Telephone Consumer Protection Act
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations
CDPA
Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act
RESPA
Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
SOX
Sarbanes–Oxley Act
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
HL7
Health Level Seven
FHIR
Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources
FIPS
NIST Federal Information Processing Standards
SCAP
NIST Security Content Automation Protocol
CMMI
Capability Maturity Model Integration
PCI-DSS
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
ISO/IEC 27000:2018
International Organization for Standardization Information Security Management Systems
XML4IP
eXtensible Markup Language by the World Intellectual Property Organization
MISMO
Mortgage industry communication standards
Projects
Here are some public projects that I have contributed to in the past.
CapCenter
Served as CTO to combine mortgage, realty, and insurance systems to simplify the home buying experience. Implemented an omni-platform communication strategy and unified all customer touchpoints while expanding product offerings and service regions.
CapCenter Homes
Served as CTO to release realty and homes websites with GIS features using distributed databases.
Kastling Group
Co-founded boutique consulting firm that designed mission-critical solutions for United States Patent & Trademark Office, House of Representatives, and Department of Veterans Affairs.
USPTO Patent Center
Served as the principal software architect for the electronic patent filing system for the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
NIST National Vulnerability Database
Served as the development and operations lead for the National Vulnerability Database and its administration console at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
DVA Mobile Health Program
Served as the web architect for the first set of HIPAA-compliant mobile health program applications (pre-Cerner) such as Patient Viewer, Summary of Care, Mobile Blue Button, Secure Messaging, and Scheduling.
Eye Home
We conceptualized and successfully prototyped a home protection system with IoT devices that alert via text/SMS during my 2007 spring semester at Carnegie Mellon University.
Technical Experience
Modern enterprise systems span multiple cloud providers, hybrid environments, and complex integration patterns. By deeply engaging with the evolution of these platforms and their varied implementations, I've developed an intuitive grasp of recurring patterns and analogies. This enables me to learn new technologies rapidly, design better architectures, make well-informed technical decisions, earn the trust of engineering teams, and successfully navigate implementation challenges to deliver on strategic business objectives.
- Cloud Architecture
- Microsoft Azure, Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Digital Ocean, Terremark, RedHat OpenShift, Key Vault, Container Registry, Managed Identities
- Programming Languages
- JavaScript/TypeScript (React, Angular, Express), Java (Spring, Seam, Core), C#/.NET, C++, C, Python, Regular Expressions, Apex, SuiteScript, ABAP, HTML, XML, YAML, Groovy, JSON, Tailwind/CSS/SASS/LESS, Meta Language, MATLAB
- Single Sign-On
- Entra ID (Azure Active Directory)/Azure B2C, Federation, IBM WebSeal, Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Identity Manager, ForgeRock, CA SiteMinder, Auth0, DuoSecurity, OAuth 1 and 2, Kerberos, Spring Security, OIDC, Passport JS
- Search/API
- Lucene, SOLR, Elasticsearch, GraphQL, OData
- Geospatial
- ArcGIS, Google Maps, Leaf, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, PostGIS
- Payments
- Stripe, Paypal, Visa API, Pay.gov
- Database
- Microsoft SQL DB, Mongo DB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, Oracle DB, Postgres, MySQL, Maria, HBase, Liquibase SQL Management, Datalake, Blob, RDS, Dynamo
- Infrastructure
- Azure Active Directory, Intune, Defender, Meraki, Firewalls, Azure Site Recovery, Zerto, Veeam, Kubernetes, Layer 7, Nginx/HTTPD, Virtual Private Network (VPN), Cisco Meraki, Azure, BigIP F5 Load Balancer, CA API Gateway, Firewalls, Symantec Virus Scanner, Hardware Security Module (HSM)
- DevOps & CICD
- Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab, Subversion, RCS, Jenkins, Bamboo, Chef, Puppet, Cocoon, Hudson, SonarQube, JS Lint, Artifactory, Nexus, TeamCity, Travis, Terraform
- Automated Testing
- Cypress, Selenium, LoadRunner, Jasmine, Mocha, Mockito, Cucumber, JUnit, QUnit, Karma, Selenium
- Operating System
- Linux (Red Hat, Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo), Mac O/S, Windows, iOS, Android, Solaris
- Analytics
- Splunk, Azure Insights, ELK, Spark, Flink, AppDynamics, Nagios, Tableau, D3, Highcharts, PowerBI, SolarWinds, Google Ads, Facebook Pixel
- Machine Learning
- Databricks, PyTorch, MLFlow, AutoML, FlinkML
- Automation and Agentic AI
- Zoral, UiPath, Zapier, Open AI API, Claude MCP
- Enterprise Integration
- Azure Service Bus, RabbitMQ, JBoss ESB (Enterprise Service Bus), MuleSoft, Kafka
- Enterprise Systems
- Microsoft Purview, SAP ERP, Salesforce SalesCloud, Salesforce MarketingCloud, HubSpot, Marketo, Jira Service Desk, ServiceNow, Freshworks, NetSuite
Philosophy
I cultivate these traits to build collaborative, high-performing teams that leverage collective intelligence to succeed in today's complex technology landscape. I provide in-depth discussion materials and real-world scenarios for team building and performance evaluation, empowering team members to contribute their best in a positive, productive environment.
Believe in yourself and the team
Enjoy learning
Align values with the organization
Be proactive
Share ideas and perspectives
Be engaged and energetic
Be open-minded
Understand value against time
Be curious
Listen to ideas and perspectives
Be respectful
Build consensus
I focus on developing and retaining top talent while building robust pipelines to sustain high-performing teams through growth. I've strengthened talent acquisition through university internship programs, full-time hiring partnerships, and research collaborations, while modernizing career progression frameworks, performance evaluation criteria, and interviewer training to ensure consistent, high-quality hiring across distributed teams.