Case Studies

Architecture work from my career: the situation, the action, the result, the skills demonstrated, and what I might do differently today.

• Four Architecture Wins in the First 90 Days

  Level Solutions Group · 2025–Present

  Landed a net-new SLED logo and architected three major infrastructure wins within months of joining a new pre-sales org.

  • pre-sales
  • storage
  • disaster-recovery
  • powermax
  • vxrail
  • migration

• Scaling a SaaS Platform's Data Backbone Through Hypergrowth

  Oktorocket · 2024–2025

  Built the AWS platform and analytics pipelines behind a SaaS company's growth from $42K to $280K MRR in 10 months.

  • aws
  • saas
  • data-pipelines
  • mern-stack
  • analytics
  • multi-tenant

• Cloud Migration and Custom Billing for an Enterprise PEO Platform

  ERCToday · 2023–2024

  Architected an AWS cloud foundation, custom Stripe billing system, and data warehouse for a PEO platform under direct CEO sponsorship.

  • aws
  • cloud-migration
  • stripe
  • redshift
  • aurora
  • data-warehouse

• Winning an Internal Solution Competition on Technical Merit

  Twilio · 2021–2022

  Built a full-stack MongoDB/Express/Node/React app integrating Twilio and SendGrid to win an internal architecture competition.

  • pre-sales
  • mern-stack
  • api-integration
  • rfp
  • hackathon

• Growing a Strategic Retail Account 13x Over Six Years

  Dell Technologies · 2015–2021

  Grew a dedicated retail account from $15M to over $200M while modernizing infrastructure across 1,700+ stores.

  • pre-sales
  • vmware
  • hyperconverged-infrastructure
  • storage
  • networking
  • account-growth

• Leading a Storage Migration Team in a Regulated Banking Environment

  NetApp · 2011–2015

  Led a five-engineer team through complex storage migration at a major bank, automating the process to reduce manual risk.

  • storage
  • migration
  • automation
  • team-leadership
  • financial-services