Hands-on, AI-enabled Software Architect with 20+ years specializing in rescuing, scaling, and modernizing revenue-critical enterprise systems ($5M–$80M/month). Proven record leading high-risk digital transformations, delivering measurable outcomes (2× KPI improvements, 70%+ defect reduction), and architecting cloud-native SaaS, ERP, and platform systems across Fortune 500 and high-growth companies.
I deliver outcomes by having a strong focus on risk reduction, elegant system fluidity, collaborative academic conversations, and measurable process performance.
Core Skills
My expertise was established in SaaS, B2B enterprise transformation, and B2C digital marketing experiences for the Oil/Gas, Energy, Logistics, Industrial, Media, and Advertising industries — with personal values based on efficiency, quality, respect, and mentoring applied to all aspects of software engineering, specifically:
Architecture, Digital Transformation & Legacy Modernization
Scalable SaaS, ERP, FSM & CMS Systems
Distributed/Event-Driven Microservices
Staff+ Full-Stack Application Engineering (UI/API/DB)
SOLID Object-Oriented Discipline, Functional Mindset
Cloud & DevSecOps (AWS/Azure, CI/CD, Containerization)
AI-Enabled Delivery & SDLC Optimization
Technical Leadership, Strategy & Mentorship
Customer Experience (Marketing/Advertising)
Career Highlights
Vestive | Principal Software Architect | 2016-present |
Led long-term architecture and delivery engagements for systems, applications, and teams supporting $5M–$80M+ in monthly revenue, applying a forward-looking, scalable approach. Designed and implemented cloud-native platforms and ERP modernizations, achieving a 99.9% delivery rate across 10+ enterprise and startup engagements. Improved average client delivery KPIs by approximately 2×, rescued three high-risk startups from missing critical MVP targets, and mentored distributed teams of 5–20 engineers.
Halliburton | Principal Software Architect | 2018-2025 |
Served as architectural authority for the modernization of a legacy SAP ECC-based ERP SaaS platform to SAP S/4HANA, supporting 3,000+ enterprise DAU and improving release velocity and operational resilience. Directed the 18-month design and delivery of a greenfield billing and accounting SaaS application, reduced QA/UAT defect churn by over 70% to lower operational risk and support overhead, and modernized DevOps, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and project management practices to better align engineering, finance, field operations, and stakeholders around revenue-critical workflows.
Endgen | Principal Software Architect | 2024-present |
Architected containerized remote cloud development environments and an SDK marketplace, achieving approximately 85% IP risk reduction by separating core cloud SDKs from local application codebases. Designed a cloud-native orchestration layer along with proprietary Docker modules to enable secure, restricted access to closed-source SDK containers, and developed real-time secure file synchronization within these controlled remote environments.
The Daily Beast | Director of Front-End Engineering | 2015-2016 |
Managed a team of four engineers while serving as Chief of Staff to the CTO, leading the transformation of Adobe Experience Manager–backed CMS and AdOps systems and driving cross-functional reorganization across Engineering, Product, QA, Design, and AdOps. Defined a roadmap to decouple the Apache Felix front-end into scalable Node.js deployments, contributing to an approximately 15% reduction in bounce rate and increased user engagement. Improved feature velocity and engineering effectiveness while reducing page load times and enhancing ad delivery performance and overall engagement metrics.
Personal Interests
Martial arts practitioner, musician/audiophile, motorcycling enthusiast, and dog lover.