An accomplished leader in engineering and technology, I lead through curiosity and problem-solving. For me, leadership doesn’t mean stepping away from the details - it means engaging them. I have a passion to understand, resolve, fortify, and create. Deconstructing things into its component parts and learning the nuances of each is what I do as a hobby.
That passion transfers directly into my work where I tend to question the norm, push the boundaries, and drive innovation. Everything becomes a puzzle and problem solving becomes more exciting with increasing complexity. It’s OCD like behavior. It’s the itch that must be scratched.
Throw me in the fire. I’ll come out with a solution.
Jul 2021 - Present
Charlotte, NC
Equitable provides life insurance, retirement planning, and investment solutions, helping individuals and businesses achieve financial security and build wealth.
Jul 2021 - Present
Jan 2021 - May 2021
Charlotte, NC
T3Datacom offers commercial cabling and networking services in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg metropolitan area.
Jan 2021 - May 2021
March 2016 - Nov 2020
Charlotte, NC
TIAA (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America) offers retirement, investment, and insurance services, primarily for educators and non-profit workers. Managing over $1 trillion in assets, TIAA is dedicated to financial security and ethical business practices.
Feb 2018 - Nov 2020
March 2016 - Jan 2018.
Jan 2007 - Dec 2012
Charlotte, NC & St. Petersburg, FL
Bench tech | Home & Business technical services | self-smployed
Jan 2007 - Dec 2012
https://github.com/hotnsoursoup/quik-db
https://pypi.org/project/quik_db/
Quik-DB is a python library I built to improve my Python skills and reach the next level. I used it to solicit feedback from individuals outside my company and outside my immediate circle. Read below or visit the links to know more about what I built. Feel free to criticize my work. I enjoy it.
The library doesn’t provide novel functionality. Its primary focus is simplifying SQLAlchemy configurations and supporting stored procedures and raw SQL queries.
Open-Source and Feature-Rich:
SqlAlchemy Connection Object:
Pydantic Models:
Testing:
Designed the architecture and implemented the foundational codebase for a REST API, establishing a scalable framework that supported subsequent development and integration efforts. It became the backbone of a greater project, enabling web portals, analytics, microservices, and better development access to another application by layering a REST API over its SOAP API.
The API delivers data and functionality to employees and applications across the IR, GR, and Life business areas. It enables advisors and sellers to access policy information and perform actions on policies directly. Prior to its implementation, many of these tasks required certain advisors and 3rd party vendors to contact the call center to request this information or perform certain actions due to limited access to internal applications or systems.
The API evolved significantly over time. Initially built with Flask and ODBC connections, it offered a template-based approach to deploying endpoints via YAML configuration files. Over time, it adopted a hybrid design with SQLAlchemy and ORM models. Later, it was containerized, migrated to FastAPI, and updated with improved authentication and authorization mechanisms.
Implemented a Google Analytics solution for an intranet portal using GTM as the Tag Manager. Built environments and custom tags, including custom events and dimensions, tailored to SharePoint. Later expanded support to other portals.
Built application monitoring for SharePoint using SCOM (Systems Center Operations Manager) and Splunk. SCOM provided insights into infrastructure and platform health with distributed maps and visual cues. Splunk agents and dashboards added granular details into application and platform performance.
Designed and implemented a center of excellence to provide comprehensive insights into all aspects of team performance. The SharePoint team (30+ people) managed not only application development but also the supporting infrastructure and platform. This project established a process to collect and analyze data from diverse sources, including SharePoint, ServiceNow, SQL Server, work intake systems, and application health monitoring tools.
Building AI applications in my spare time. Message me for more information.
 2015, Cum Laude BSBA, Management Information SystemsNotable Courses:
Relevant activities:VP, Association for Information Systems - 2014-2015, Tutor (Data modeling, SQL) | ||
2008-2010 (Incomplete) Economics Undergraduate CourseworkNotable Courses:
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