Experience

Eleven-plus years across enterprise cloud platforms, financial technology, and fintech product building — with increasing scope from individual delivery to architecture, mentoring, and cross-team execution.

Staff Software Engineer

Chamberlain Group

Sept 2025 – Present

Hoffman Estates, IL

Enterprise integration platforms, connected-device partner workflows, cloud systems, and AI-assisted engineering workflows.

  • Build and support backend APIs and integration services for partner and product workflows.
  • Work across .NET, AWS, Kubernetes, OAuth, messaging, databases, and observability.
  • Lead practical AI/DevEx initiatives using MCP servers, agentic workflows, and engineering automation.
  • Mentor engineers on AI-assisted development patterns, prompt design, and responsible workflow adoption.

Core technologies

.NETAWSKubernetesAPIsOAuthMCPIoT

Lead Software Engineer

Morningstar

Jan 2021 – Sept 2025

Chicago, IL

Built and modernized financial technology platforms supporting investment management workflows.

  • Led AWS modernization with measurable infrastructure cost reduction and faster deployment cycles.
  • Designed account onboarding automation for TAMP workflows, reducing manual operations effort.
  • Built APIs, data workflows, and integrations for investment management platforms.
  • Led small engineering squads through architecture, delivery, and cross-functional execution.

Core technologies

.NET CoreAWSTerraformPostgreSQLElasticSearchBlazor WASM

Technical Consultant

Kin + Carta Create

Feb 2020 – Jan 2021

Chicago, IL

Cloud migration, domain-driven microservices, and enterprise client delivery across financial services and energy logistics.

  • Delivered hybrid cloud migration and microservices modernization for a commercial banking client.
  • Built scheduling APIs for midstream logistics operations.
  • Provisioned AWS infrastructure with Terraform; standardized OAuth/JWT authentication.
  • Ran technical workshops on cloud adoption and infrastructure optimization.

Core technologies

.NET CoreAWSTerraformOAuthJWTDDD
Earlier Experience5 roles · expand

Relativity, Apex Analytix, Coyote Logistics, Blue-tech, and early telecom operations work — foundation before platform and fintech-focused roles.

Software Engineer

Relativity

Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 · Chicago, IL

Document processing extensions and platform engineering on a legal technology e-discovery pipeline — APIs, multi-threaded desktop, and SaaS modernization.

.NET Application Developer

Apex Analytix

Mar 2016 – Dec 2018 · Greensboro, NC

Full product lifecycle on a vendor payment audit and recovery platform for a Fortune 1 retail client.

Software Developer Intern

Coyote Logistics

Jun – Aug 2015 · Chicago, IL

Internal search engine unifying discovery over fragmented SSRS and Tableau reporting assets.

Software Developer

Blue-tech

Dec 2013 – Jul 2014 · Surat, India

Desktop ERP software for textile mill operations — inventory, production, and warehousing workflows.

Software Developer

Outworx (IBM India / Vodafone)

Aug – Nov 2013 · India

Telecom operations support — Oracle DBA work and batch processors for postpaid billing systems.

Education

MS Finance from University of Illinois Springfield

MS Finance

University of Illinois Springfield

Dec 2025

Master of Science in Finance

MS Information Technology from Loyola University Chicago

MS Information Technology

Loyola University Chicago

Dec 2015

Master of Science in Information Technology

BE Information Science & Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University

BE Information Science & Engineering

Visvesvaraya Technological University

May 2014

Bachelor of Engineering — First Class (Gogte Institute of Technology)

Certifications

Environmental, Social, and Governance certificate

Environmental, Social, and Governance

Bloomberg

Issued Aug 2024

Bloomberg Market Concepts certificate

Bloomberg Market Concepts

Bloomberg

Issued Jul 2024

Bloomberg Finance Fundamentals (BFF) certificate

Bloomberg Finance Fundamentals (BFF)

Bloomberg

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Amazon Web Services

Issued Jul 2024 · Expires Jul 2027

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HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003)

HashiCorp

Issued Jul 2024 · Expires Jul 2026

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Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)

Scrum Alliance

Issued Sep 2022 · Expires Sep 2024

Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)

Project Management Institute

Issued Sep 2019 · Expires Sep 2024

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Relativity Certified Administrator (RCA)

Relativity

Issued Jan 2019 · Expires Sep 2022

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