Responsible for leading the LightStream Technology organization; accountable for the architecture, design, implementation, and support of the LightStream Personal Loan Platform.  Managed a $25MM budget and a staff of 120  FTE and Contractors to support a transformation initiative to design and launch a modern NeoBank.

• In April 2023, Truist announced the plan to sunset LightStream.
• Scaled the Technology organization by 25% in my first 3 months.
• Restructured the Team Ownership and Operational Model to support the long-term business strategy of launching a new Neobank
• Coached and mentored a new fleet of Software Engineering Directors to support the new Team Ownership Model.
• Oversaw the development and adoption of architectural and security standards and governance.
• Set standards for code development and quality control.
• Implemented rigorous Agile Standup Protocols to improve velocity.
• Accomplishments include: Launched the integration supporting a partnership with State Farm that's expected to generate an additional $25MM per year in revenue.  Launched a new AI-powered credit decisioning engine to optimize false positive/negative credit decisions.  Implemented a new Organizational structure supporting the goal of $1BN in new deposits by the end of 2024.

Accountable for the Engineering organization charged with the design, implementation and maintenance of the TrackStreet MAP Enforcement Platform.  The TrackStreet SaaS Platform monitors what’s happening with your brand across the Internet and delivers actionable sales intelligence to protect and grow your brand.

• Worked directly with the executive committee in establishing strategy to support the growth of the firm, and positioning our technology as industry leading in driving revenue and customer and client experience.
• Rebuilt and scaled an internationally geographically dispersed software engineering team that is 100% remote and spans 10 countries.
• Established new software development hub in Guadalajara (MX).
• Built a new metrics-based and data-driven Engineering organization (SDM, DEV, BA/PM, QA) through performance review and hiring.
• Implemented a hybrid Agile SDLC to align with strategic business goals and to support a 100% remote team.
• Initiated and led the effort to migrate the TrackStreet platform from an on-prem architecture to a cloud-native architecture (AWS).
• Working with the CFO, established and implemented a new OKR process to drive organizational goal planning and performance tracking.
• PATENT PENDING US-20220318321-A1 : "SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING CRAWL FREQUENCY AND MEMORY USAGE FOR AN AUTONOMOUS INTERNET CRAWLER"

Responsible for the overall technical strategy and development of the OnTarget Backoffice platform.  The OnTarget platform is a complete Back Office EMR solution supporting I/DD and Behavioral/Mental Health Service Providers.

• Recruited and managed a new team of Software and QA Engineers to support the existing OnTarget EMR platform.
• Defined and maintained the technology roadmap and staffing plan.
• Implemented a hybrid SDLC that increased the velocity of delivery by 45%
• Led the design and launch of OnTarget Webforms, a feature that increased annual revenue by approximately 15%.
• Planned and executed the migration of the OnTarget platform to GCP, preventing $400K in additional CAPEX.

Built and led a team of 8 senior and junior engineers to develop and enhance the set of Tier-1 (highly scalable, low latency) services responsible for computing and optimizing checkout delivery options at Amazon.com:

• Planned and executed cross-functional projects to deliver features that span the Prime and DEX organizations.  Defined requirements, coordinated cross-team efforts, and communicated on major delivery-related functionality.
• My team supported the launch of multiple delivery programs and benefits including:  Amazon Key, Prime Free Same/One Day expansion to additional US and European cities, and Amazon Prime in Australia.

Built and led the technology team responsible for the OnBrand360 compliance and assessment platform.  Clients include AmazonFresh, Chick-fil-A, Burger King, Taco Bell, and Five Guys Burgers.

• Part of a leadership team that delivered multiples of industry growth and achieved valuation of 2.6x contract portfolio and 28x earnings.
• Responsible for an annual budget of $4M to support brownfield and greenfield application development, maintenance and support.  Drove the design and development of the next generation solution for the Brand Standards Business (OnBrand360 v2.0).

Managed and coordinated development on the $20M project to re-platform the Ally online bank in-house.

Led and managed software development teams supporting Bank Of America and the Global Corporate Social Responsibility organization.

Led a multi-disciplinary team of 20+ people across multiple technical and functional groups spanning development, project management, and quality assurance to support Commercial Investment Bank Technology Org.

Built and led a flex-team to research and resolve product defects and to deliver enhancements in accordance with prescribed SLAs.  Established software engineering, maintenance, and deployment Best Practices.

Built and managed a team of developers to test, maintain, and enhance the complete line of Venetica Content Management products including VeniceBridge and DocRunner. Venetica was acquired by IBM in 2004.

• Member of the NCR-Solaris partnership creating a joint 64-bit UNIX OS.
• Enhanced and maintained NCR's enterprise UNIX operating system.
• Solely designed and developed the test suite to validate NCR's POSIX threads implementation against the POSIX 1003.4a specification.