What I Bring to the Table

As a Principal AI Architect, I bridge AI architecture, automation engineering, and full-stack development. My expertise spans scalable AI-driven solutions, microservices, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and cloud resource optimization across AWS, GCP, and Azure.

I focus on building high-performance systems that deliver real-time insights and seamless operational efficiency, ensuring rapid and reliable releases in complex cloud environments.

Career Highlights

Latest Projects

  • **Semantic Knowledge Explorer:** Leveraging LLMs and LanceDB for conceptual embedding and semantic search in digital libraries.
  • **BookOrganizer:** Python script for organizing digital books with rich feedback and async operations.
  • **AudiobookCopier:** Streamlining audiobook management with automated copying and metadata handling.
  • **Photo Sorter:** Command-line tool for automated photo organization by date and type.

Key Portfolio Items

  • **ALKEME Insurance (Principal AI Architect):** Leading AI/Cloud/Automation initiatives.
  • **Georgia Tech Research Institute (Research Scientist I):** Large-scale application development, CI/CD, monitoring.
  • **University of Alabama (Lead Software Developer):** Web/mobile app dev, high-performance computing.

Georgia Tech Research Institute

Atlanta, GA

Nov. 2018 - Nov. 2023

Research Scientist I

Portfolio Item

Key Contributions

  • Large-Scale Application Development:
    • Led the development and deployment of large-scale, multi-node applications in AWS for managing health insurance files and data transfers among healthcare providers and insurers in Georgia using Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Ansible, Jenkins, Terraform, and AWS.
    • Managed Docker image and Helm Chart repositories to streamline containerized application deployments.
  • Backend Development:
    • Developed RESTful web services using JavaScript, Groovy, Grails, Spring Boot, and PostgreSQL.
    • Designed and implemented scalable backend architectures for production environments.
    • Developed, debugged, tested, and deployed a secure information management system with primary development in JavaScript, Groovy/Grails, and MySQL .
  • Frontend Development:
    • Converted a static website to a single-page application using the AngularJS ngRoute module.
    • Worked on a personnel management application; in JavaScript, Java, and CSS.
  • Containerization and Orchestration:
    • Containerized applications using Docker Compose and orchestrated deployments with Kubernetes in both local and production environments.
    • Automated cloud infrastructure deployment with Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.
  • CI/CD Pipeline Creation:
    • Built comprehensive CI/CD pipelines using Bitbucket, Jira, and Confluence to ensure seamless integration and deployment workflows.
    • Automated testing and deployment processes to improve development efficiency.
  • Monitoring and Infrastructure Management:
    • Implemented monitoring solutions using Prometheus and Grafana to track application performance and system health.
    • Managed cloud infrastructure and automated deployments using Terraform and Ansible.

Technologies Used
Java Groovy Grails Spring Javascript PostgreSql Docker Kubernetes Helm AWS CloudFormation Terraform Ansible Jenkins Rancher Prometheus Grafana
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