As the Principal Consultant at Sourced Group, my primary role has been to lead strategic initiatives for financial services clients, developing and implementing large-scale cloud consumption platforms. I have applied my robust technical skills and industry knowledge to understand and address complex business challenges, effectively liaising with key stakeholders to drive change and achieve targets.

• Spearheaded the creation and execution of complex cloud strategies, delivering significant value to clients and enhancing their digital capabilities.
• Managed and mentored a high-performing team of engineers, ensuring quality solutions and fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Leveraged my strong expertise in AWS and Kubernetes to design and implement scalable and efficient cloud consumption platforms for large financial institutions.
• Collaborated closely with key stakeholders, bridging the gap between technical and business teams to align project goals with strategic objectives.
• Guided clients through their cloud transformation journeys, ensuring seamless migration of their infrastructures, applications, and data onto the cloud while maintaining top-tier security and compliance standards.

While initially joining Sourcr as a contractor tasked with developing their marketplace, I smoothly transitioned into the role of Interim CTO to bridge the talent gap and keep the business moving forward. My work went beyond traditional engineering, taking on strategic technology decisions, overseeing key projects, and paving the way for an eventual full-time hire.

• Designed and spearheaded the implementation of a marketplace platform, a critical tool that enabled Sourcr to secure over half a million dollars in funding.
• Leveraged my expertise to guide the founders through technical decisions, optimizing their strategic direction and ensuring technical alignment with business goals.
• Involved in the hiring process, conducting interviews to ensure that the right talent would sustain Sourcr’s continued success after my departure.
• Managed a global team of dedicated engineers based in Eastern Europe, fostering effective collaboration and communication to meet organizational goals.

As the Founder of RetroAnalytics, I led the design and execution of a novel analytics platform that utilized machine learning to identify trends and usage patterns automatically. This platform not only achieved rapid market success but also attracted significant investor interest. Despite the initial success and impressive customer acquisition, the company had to cease operations due to challenges in identifying a sustainable business model.

• Designed and established the core data ingestion pipeline, storage/query engine (pgSQL, Cassandra, JanusGraph) and the Web UI / backend API.
• Engineered machine learning algorithms adept at modeling usage patterns from unstructured data.
• Fostered relationships with customers and negotiated deals.
• Managed all facets of business operations, including accounting, hiring, investor relations, and sales.

At Finder, I played an instrumental role in expanding the successful FinderAU brand into the US market. Collaborating with the CEO and senior management, I helped spearhead the design of an abstraction layer over the legacy Wordpress API, improving development speed. I was also deeply involved in devising new features to captivate the US market.

• Partnered with the CEO to design and implement a variety of split tests driving engagement.
• Designed and implemented the initial version of the abstraction API to streamline development over Wordpress.
• Established a modular scraping system on AWS

As the sole engineer on this project, I took ownership of designing and implementing a large platform integrating with government entities in New Zealand, China, and Australia. We validate thousands of ID forms daily for companies like Veda, GB Group, Trulioo, Rabo Bank, HIFX, and more.

• Architected the system and implemented various data sources.
• Managed AWS infrastructure using complex nested CloudFormation stacks.
• Collaborated with clients to guide them through the integration process as needed.
• Worked with data providers to integrate new data sources as contracts were negotiated.

As a Senior Engineer at The Iconic, I was primarily responsible for the revamp of the image architecture system, introducing a dynamic image processing solution to facilitate advanced image manipulation capabilities. This overhaul not only accounted for compatibility with legacy mobile applications but also ensured seamless integration with cloud storage solutions.

• Architect and develop the core infrastructure of the platform.
• Set up systems for the deployment of new components.
• Collaborate with various infrastructure providers to integrate cutting-edge technologies into the system.
• Improve the efficiency of search engine matching/ranking algorithms for popular search queries.

At Shoptiques, a Y Combinator-backed startup, I was a key contributor in the architectural design and development of their bespoke e-commerce platform during an intensive 9-month contract period. My role involved strategic collaborations with boutique partners for optimal stock turnover and the execution of negotiations with service providers to rapidly advance platform development without the need for non-essential feature creation. Additionally, I steered front-end development tasks, maintained ElasticSearch operations, implemented A-B testing strategies, and fostered an engaging, positive office environment.

At News Digital Media, my role as a Senior Software Engineer involved handling multiple high-traffic websites, ensuring smooth operation using advanced caching technologies. My role required me to handle vast amounts of traffic, with millions of hits per month, while also gaining extensive exposure to ESI, Memcached, and legacy code. I was selected to lead the development of an internal dashboard project aimed at becoming open source, fostering transparent and informative intra-organization communication. Additionally, I collaborated with key stakeholders, planned agile sprints, and was responsible for coordinating releases to an array of servers while ensuring all code met stringent security standards.