PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

 

• Technology Consultant/Leader with over 20 years of experience working globally with startups, government agencies and international companies like Dow Jones, Promus Hotels, CIT Group, TD Securities, IBM, Dell, DEC, HP, Celgene, Eastern Suffolk BOCES, Morgan Lewis, NY State Government, Suffolk County, Debevoise & Plimpton, Baruch University, etc.

• Mobile Full Stack Developer building applications, websites, and servers while implementing API’s, utilizing Cloud services, and deploying software

• Experience in taking a startup from idea to launch like Hair Alone

• Deep expertise in successfully managing a diverse set of projects from building Mobile Applications to deploying software to thousands of users and servers worldwide

• Managed large teams of over 30 engineers and teams exceeding 50 plus IT staff providing HR duties

• Provided first level support to engineers and users at large investment companies like Lazard Freres

• I have a diverse skill-set with both technology (over 30 Technology Certificates plus degree), management (PMI Certified), and a financial background (non-practicing CPA) which allows me to successfully implement technology solutions, manage a team, and budgets

• Architected hardware and software infrastructures for Fortune 500 companies like Dow Jones

• Technical leadership, coaching, and training of architects and junior engineers

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

MSShop Technologies, Inc.

 

Technology company founded in 1996 to provide consulting services for Microsoft technologies and later for developing mobile applications for Apple.

 

Owner, Consultant

 

• Started company after I obtained my first MCP in 1996 when Microsoft Server (NT) was in its infancy and company had not yet dominated the industry with its Windows line products.

• Company shifted in 2012 into building Mobile Applications on the Apple iPhone platform when it became apparent that Apple was about to gain a foothold in the industry. Currently, we have 2 apps that are in the App Store today; Hair Alone (subscription with a little under 2000 paid subscribers) and My Hair Weather (pay once).

 

2012-Present: Select Achievements

 

• CI/CD 4 apps and 9 websites using Agile process: Health and Beauty, Lifestyle, Weather, Travel

• Architected entire environments for app functionality from desktop entry to server backend to API transfer to update on mobile device while continuously providing updates to app

• 7+ years in design and build advanced native applications for the iOS & Android platforms while providing technical leadership, driving and performing best engineering practices

• Minimal downtime (<1 hour) over a 5-year period where the app was down due to faulty code

• Writing automated tests to prove out the functionality / Helped with marketing / Debugging-Unit Test the APP for most efficient technical solution / 40+ App Store updates

 

1996-2012: Select Achievements

 

• Engineer/PM Consultant with over fifteen years of diverse experience with clients worldwide.

• Responsible for projects and teams with over 50+ team members and with project budgets in excess of 25 million.  Saved Dow Jones 5 million on worldwide server roll-out project with automation.

• Regularly meet with executive sponsors to formulate business drivers to ensure project and organization requirements are achieved while putting together a project plan with budgets.

• Provided technology business solutions to 20+ organizations in the Financial, Government, and Non-Profit, Pharmaceutical, Law, Technology, Service, Media, Education, and Internet industries worldwide. Projects included: Project Management, Project Coordination, Infrastructure Design, Data Center Consolidation, Server and/or Desktop Migrations, Technology Architecture, Best Practices Applied, Implement New Technologies, Security Assessment, Training, Web Design, Documentation.

• Summary of successful projects: 7 Microsoft Exchange Projects, 9 Active Directory Projects, 8 Desktop Refresh Projects, 6 System Management Projects, 6 PM Leadership Roles, 5 Security Projects, 8 Migrations, 4 Data Center Consolidations or Moves.

 

Prior to 1996 employed at various companies: Select Achievements

 

Lazard Frères, NY, Investment Banker – Systems Engineer

• Provided backend server support as well as support for Traders and Investment Bankers.

Smith Barney, NY, Financial House – Accounting Systems Engineer

• Provided support for Servers and Desktops for Accounting department.

LAN Services, NY, Technology Start-up - Accounting Systems Consultant

• Implementing an in-house Accounting System.  Also helped build and support Novell network.

HHC, NY, Hospital Organization – Auditor and Techie

• Provided audits to hospitals around the greater New York area.

 

Skills Utilized

 

• Programming: Objective-C, Swift, PHP, JavaScript, C, Java, Kotlin, SQL, Restful APIs, Cocoa Touch, JSON, Core Data, ARKit, Core Frameworks (graphics, animation, etc.), Cloudkit, Auto Layout/Storyboards, Alamofire/AFNetworking, Restkit, 3rd Party API’s (Yelp, Weather, KissXML, etc.)

• Web: MySQL, cPanel, WHM, MariaDB, LAMP, MAMP, WAMP, Joomla, WordPress, Drupal, AcyMailing, EasyBlog, SobiPro, Laravel, Symphony, Node.js, Vue.js

• Design: Adobe Created Cloud, MacOS, Windows OS, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Dreamweaver, Muse, After Effects, Photoshop, Adobe XD, Sketch

• Server: Apache, nginx, IIS, Centos, Ubuntu, SSH, AWS, Azure, SaaS, Docker, VirualBox, Windows Server, SCCM, Exchange, Active Directory, VMWare, Docker, DNS, Certificates, ModSecurity, cPHulk, Backups/DR, AV, etc.

• Marketing: SEO, Matomo, Google Analytics/Tag Manager/Search

• Tools: xCode, Instruments, Cocoapods, Git/GitHub, Android Studio, VS Code, OneSignal, Fabric, Crashlytics, Firebase, Coderunner, Navicat, PhpMyAdmin, Terminal, XCTest

• Other: Slack, Many 3rd-party libraries & APIs, Human Interface Guidelines, XML, AI, Agile

 

Education

 

Nassau Community College of New York, Associate Degree

Queens University of New York (CUNY), Bachelor’s Degree

Columbia University of New York, Degree in C Programming

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - Non-Practicing

Certifications – CPPCERT, CWACERT, PHP, MCTS, MCSE, MCSA, MCT, CompTia Security+, NYU Design, PMP