Summary
Experience
Prophit Investments – Technical Lead — Boulder, CO
— Current
- Developed a high-performance RAG data pipeline for Vertex AI Search by transforming 10,000+ lines of nested JSON financial data into optimized Markdown. Improved retrieval accuracy by flattening complex data hierarchies into LLM-friendly semantic structures, reducing hallucination risks in financial analysis queries.
- Built semantic search using sentence-transformers with embeddings persisted in SQL Server.
- Containerized full-stack apps (Docker Compose) including .NET 8 API & FastAPI service.
- Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployments (GitHub Actions → AWS Lightsail / ECS), plus rollout automation and monitoring.
- Integrated secure authentication and token-based API access.
W.M. Keck Observatory – Business Applications Developer — Waimea, HI
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- Maintained finance systems, automated reporting, built dashboards with Power BI and SSRS.
- Migrated and modernized SharePoint/Power Apps systems.
Duvera Financial – Director of IT | Senior Programmer | Database Administrator — Vista, CA
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- Managed systems processing $100M/year; built AWS VPCs, migrated legacy systems, and integrated external services.
- Reduced infrastructure costs and improved uptime with automation and cloud migrations.
Education & Certifications
- University of New Hampshire – Bachelor of Arts
- Certifications: Azure Fundamentals, Azure AI Fundamentals