Experience and Projects

I have a wide range of industries I've worked in. While the tech stack varies, the common denominator is analysis, e-commerce, and marketing. There are overlaps in the timeline, because I'm often involved in multiple projects at the same time.

October 2024 (Est)
Industry: AI
Master of Science in Data Science (MSDS)

Start to finish in nine months.

August 2024
Industry: Hospitality
AI Engineer

Developed and deployed an advanced RAG-based chatbot (Python) to enhance customer engagement and streamline support processes.

  • Built and integrated the chatbot using Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases and MongoDB, with LangChain and Pinecone for real-time, context-aware responses.
  • Utilized 11ElevenLabs to enable the chatbot to reply in a cloned user's voice, enhancing personalization and user experience.
  • Developed the chatbot’s core functionality in Python and deployed components in Docker containers on EC2 to ensure scalability.
June 2024
Industry: Energy
Machine Learning Engineer (Contract)

Architected an end-to-end machine learning solution (AWS) for predicting oil well production.

  • Developed time series forecasting using Amazon DeepAR on AWS Sagemaker
  • Replaced legacy Excel files with daily refresh of production data
  • Created strategies to minimize oil well downtime and identified key areas of revenue loss for optimization
Jan-April 2024
Industry: Government
Aledo Zoning Committee (Volunteer)

Analyzed school district zones and student populations to redraw zoning maps to efficiently utilize existing schools for the next three years, to defer another $100M bond for a new elementary school.
Python / Azure / Tableau / GIS

2021-2022
Industry: Finance
Rock Star Financial (Principal)

Developed Python-based tools for optimizing 401(k) portfolios, ensuring better asset allocation, fee reduction, and improved investment strategies, leveraging both software analytics and personalized financial advice.

2014-2023
Industry: Finance
Enterprise Innovation Group (Principal)

Developed SEO plan that grew website to 500,000 monthly page views eighteen-months after launch. Analyzed Facebook audiences to optimize ad spend of $50,000/month, resulting in low CPC and 30% profit margins on ad spend.
Website Development / E-Commerce / Marketing Analytics

2017
Industry: Education
Money A to Z

Authored a children’s book to help teach kids in pre-K about money.

2016
Industry: Personal Finance
99 Minute Millionaire

Sold 20,000 copies of a self-published book about how to start investing.

2007-2014
Industry: Commercial Construction
Green Building Education Services (Principal)

Developed a comprehensive learning management system and e-commerce website focused on green building and LEED certification, serving eight of the top ten global architecture firms, including CBRE, Gensler, HOK, Perkins+Will, and HDR. Company was sold to a construction firm.
PHP / MySQL / Ecommerce / Marketing Analytics

 

2014-2015
Industry: Family Planning
National Registry for Adoption (Principal)

The Match.com of embryo adoption. As a family that had extra embryos from IVF, we needed a way to find them a mom. This matchmaking service has resulted in hundreds of babies being born that might not have otherwise.
Java / Grails / AWS / Stripe / MySQL

2003
Industry: Streaming Media
Vestivus (Principal)

Vimeo + YouTube before they existed. Managed a 3-person team that built an online marketplace where content creators could upload and sell their teaching videos. The name was a take on Festivus from Seinfeld – Video for the Rest-Of-Us!
Java / MySQL / Ecommerce

2000-2008
Industry: Wireless Networking
CWNP - Chief Information Officer

Designed and developed membership site and e-commerce engine for wireless networking engineers, supporting customers in 115 countries.
PHP / MySQL / Java

2000-2003
Industry: Email Marketing
Silverpop - Senior Software Engineer

Full-stack developer at a start-up for an email marketing product. Developed a list management system to support tens of thousands of database lists for hundreds of customers. Later acquired by IBM. 
Enterprise Java / JSP / Oracle

Dot-Com Era
Industry: Broadcast Messaging
First Data - Chief Software Developer

Full life cycle development of custom client solutions for UPS, Hewlett-Packard, and Microsoft. Originally a start-up that was acquired by First Data (now Fiserv).
Java / MS SQLServer / C++