Platform strategy
Choosing practical infrastructure paths across PaaS, Kubernetes, self-hosted, and on-prem systems based on real operational constraints.
Resume Highlights
Cloud-native platforms, backend systems, and technical leadership.
Backend architecture
Designing distributed services, APIs, integrations, and event-driven workflows that support complex business operations.
Delivery systems
Improving CI/CD, shared libraries, automation, and developer workflows so teams can release more safely and consistently.
Experience
Recent focus
These are selected recent roles from a longer engineering path that began in data, automation, and full-stack development.
Independent Consultant
2026 - Present
Platform engineering, cloud-native infrastructure, backend architecture, and operational modernization for distributed systems.
Lead Software Engineer
2024 - 2026
Technical lead for platform strategy, containerization standards, and replatforming efforts to move suitable services from Windows to Linux at TempWorks Software.
Software Engineer II / III
2021 - 2024
Technical lead for distributed services supporting payments, billing, and carrier finance at C.H. Robinson, including aggregation APIs that made financial data easier to query across internal workflows.
Earlier Experience
2018 - 2021
Additional full-stack development, analytics, automation, Salesforce administration, and AWS-hosted internal tooling experience is available in my full resume on request through LinkedIn.
Skills
Leadership & Delivery
Technical leadershipMentoringCross-team collaboration
Architecture & Platforms
Event-driven systemsDistributed servicesCloud-native APIsKubernetes platformsObservabilityIncident response
DevEx & CI/CD
CI/CD pipelinesDeveloper enablementShared librariesPlatform standards
Languages
C#TypeScriptGoBashPython
Cloud & Data
AzureAWSSQLMongoDBKafka
Infrastructure & Automation
TerraformAnsibleGitOpsArgo CDHelmDocker
Education
University of St. Thomas
MS, Software Engineering
2025 - Expected May 2027
Specialties: Graduate Certificate in Foundations of AI
Luther College
BA, Computer Science
2014 - 2018
Minors: Music
Additional Work
I run platform experiments in a home lab environment, including highly available Kubernetes clusters, Ansible automation, GitOps workflows, and infrastructure patterns I can safely test outside of production systems.