§ 01 · Career
Experience
Ten years in software engineering; five contracting companies on the same program: Defense Health Agency, Solution Delivery Division, Web & Mobile Technology. Different badges; continuous architecture lineage.
- Years shipping
- 11+
- Section 508 audit
- DHS Trusted Tester
- Methodology
- SAFe 6 Agile SE
- Total roles
- 7
Work history
Current Role
Software Development Advisor
Dates: 01/2026 - Present
Peraton DHA / Web + Mobile
- Advising on backend architecture and delivery standards for the DHA Solution Delivery Division Web & Mobile Technology program; continuing the work begun under earlier contract vehicles.
Senior Software Engineer
Dates: 07/2025 - 12/2025
Chenega Agile Real-Time Solutions DHA / Web + Mobile
- Architected and developed a scalable telehealth backend using NestJS with WebSockets for real-time provider-patient communication; enforced HL7 FHIR standards across data layers for EMR interoperability and data compliance.
- Collaborated with cross-functional infrastructure partners to debug and remediate critical STIG violations, ensuring application code adhered to strict security baselines for the ATO process.
- Partnered directly with the Government Lead on the technical trade study for the organization's automation strategy, selecting a unified Cucumber + WebdriverIO + Appium stack to standardize web and mobile testing.
Senior Software Engineer
Dates: 02/2024 - 06/2025
Semper Valens Solutions DHA / Web + Mobile
- Spearheaded a modular NestJS backend refactor, codifying Clean Architecture boundaries to isolate business rules and enable multi-team feature scaling.
- Designed and deployed a modular blockchain API layer using the Iroha framework to abstract distributed-ledger interactions for integrated web applications.
- Engineered concurrent, high-throughput proof-of-concept real-time messaging services using Rust and Actix Web, establishing baselines for low-latency state synchronization.
- Evaluated emerging Infrastructure as Code paradigms to automate configuration states, establishing standard runtime environments across teams.
- Resolved critical architectural friction points between distributed frontend interfaces and central backend APIs, accelerating the system integration lifecycle.
Senior Software Engineer
Dates: 01/2022 - 01/2024
BlueWater Federal Solutions DHA / Web + Mobile
- Governed architectural standards and directed code reviews for a cross-functional engineering team of 10+ developers, mitigating technical debt.
- Managed technical feasibility and trade studies on modern execution environments, profiling WebAssembly and Kotlin Multiplatform for federal mobile architectures.
- Provided core technical intervention and monitoring to preserve system integrity across critical network nodes and microservices.
Software Engineer
Dates: 03/2019 - 01/2022
BlueWater Federal Solutions DHA / Web + Mobile
- Designated Android SME; defined production mobile layout patterns and executed the Java to Kotlin migration to enforce null-safety compilation baselines.
- Spearheaded migration of disconnected native mobile applications into a single unified ReactJS PWA, consolidating separate codebases to cut maintenance overhead and quicken feature delivery.
Software Engineer
Dates: 10/2016 - 02/2019
ECS Federal DHA / Web + Mobile
- Engineered, optimized, and deployed native Android applications within a hybrid Java/Kotlin codebase, managing the continuous delivery cycle up to Google Play Store releases.
- Initiated the team's early adoption of ReactJS for progressive web platforms, shifting long-term strategy away from native-only platform dependencies.
- Managed research tracks exploring Natural Language Processing in Python alongside voice-assistant API testing (Google Home, Amazon Alexa).
- Maintained native iOS codebase modules in Swift and Objective-C.
Software Engineer
Dates: 11/2015 - 09/2016
Slalom Consulting Commercial consulting
- Consulted on enterprise software strategy and digital transformation tracks for high-profile clients, maintaining a 90-100% target utilization rate.
- Executed feature development under rapid Agile/Sprint intervals, diagnosing defects across complex application layers and authoring system technical documentation.
Technical foundation
Academic
B.Sc. Computer Science
University of Washington, Minor in Math
Completion Period: 2013 - 2015A.A. Computer Science
Highline College
Completion Period: 2011 - 2013
Certifications
DHS Trusted Tester
Section 508 + WCAG 2.x AA · issued Apr 2025
VerifiedSAFe 6 Agile Software Engineer (opens in new tab)
Lean-Agile & CD Pipeline Optimization
Verified
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