Engineering Leadership · Data Architecture · FinTech Platforms
15+ years building and leading high-performing engineering teams. Currently directing six development teams at SS&C Technologies, driving technical strategy for a wealth management platform serving thousands of financial advisory firms.
Pioneered the platform's data warehousing and ETL infrastructure from the ground up, enabling real-time and dynamic financial reporting across terabytes of data — a foundational capability now underpinning analytics and client reporting across the entire platform.
Real-Time Reporting · Terabytes of DataDesigned and delivered an enterprise-wide auditing framework that consolidates change events from multiple data sources across millions of records daily into a high-performance, user-facing audit trail — significantly enhancing compliance posture and operational transparency.
Millions of Records Daily · ComplianceLeading the development of organizational AI guidelines across engineering teams — defining security constraints, processing efficiency standards, and measurement frameworks for quantifying improvement from AI-assisted workflows using tools including AWS Bedrock.
AWS Bedrock · Security & GovernanceLead six cross-functional development teams comprising 15 engineers, overseeing technical direction, performance management, and career development across a large-scale wealth management platform. Serve as platform-wide architect and senior technical consultant, aligning engineering execution with business objectives.
RemoteServed as a principal technical contributor and platform architect, influencing system design, coding standards, and architectural patterns across multiple product teams. Led delivery of a high-throughput bulk data processing engine and championed MongoDB adoption for document-oriented workloads.
Jacksonville, FLCore platform engineer during a period of significant growth following SS&C's acquisition of Advent Software. Established foundational data handling patterns and system design conventions that informed later platform-wide architectural decisions.
Jacksonville, FLTechnical lead on a $750K rail car repair application deployed across the CSX network, managing a team of seven engineers. Built statistical asset life cycle tools and applied digital signal processing using Python and Hadoop to fiber optic sensor data for proactive defect detection.
Jacksonville, FLLead developer of a timekeeping system for 10,000+ employees. Led replacement of multiple legacy HR, Payroll, and Finance systems, moving a defense manufacturer from mainframe to modern distributed platforms built in-house.
Pascagoula, MSBuilding and scaling high-performing teams through hiring, mentorship, and a culture of continuous growth.
Designing enterprise-scale systems with durability, observability, and long-term maintainability in mind.
Building data infrastructure that handles terabytes of financial data with real-time performance and reliability.
Translating business goals into engineering roadmaps and aligning cross-functional teams around shared outcomes.
Defining organizational frameworks for responsible AI adoption, security constraints, and ROI measurement.
API hosting and deployment on Azure; AI model integration via AWS Bedrock across production platforms.
Technical lead on a $750K application deployed across the CSX rail network, managing seven engineers across a multi-language architecture. The system improved rail safety and reduced operational delays across thousands of assets.
Applied digital signal processing to distributed acoustic sensor data from fiber optic cables buried along active rail lines, enabling proactive classification of track events and detection of defects such as flat wheels.
Built a statistical life cycle visualization application analyzing thousands of rail assets by traffic, usage, and weather variables — resulting in improved resource allocation and reduced train delays across the network.
Lead developer of a timekeeping system supporting 10,000+ employees across complex union-agreement-compliant classification rules, with an offline-capable Windows Mobile client synchronizing via MSMQ.
Based in Lucedale, MS and targeting Director or Engineering Manager roles in software development. Always happy to connect.