Full Technical History

30 years of production systems. Here's everything.

Enterprise Platforms (Still Running)

Conductor — Healthcare Credentialing Platform

2005-Present • Acquired 2023

Built from scratch and operated as CEO for 12 years. Scaled from $0 to $12M+ annually. Over $100M in exam revenue processed. 1M+ certifications across 35+ states.

  • Sole technical decision-maker from day one. No CTO oversight, no technical board review.
  • Every architecture decision mine alone. Lived with consequences for 20 years.
  • 15+ external integrations (ADP, TriNet, Paychex, QuickBooks, 50+ state databases)
  • 83% staff reduction through automation while scaling 5x
  • Zero contract losses in 12 years. System still running.

ReconNET LCM — Financial Reconciliation (Trintech)

1998-2004

  • Lead Architect for enterprise financial reconciliation software
  • Served 300+ Fortune 1000 companies worldwide
  • Bank reconciliation, cash forecasting, unclaimed property management
  • Multi-state escheatment compliance (complex regulatory requirements)
  • SQL Server and Oracle performance tuning — achieved 100x improvement
  • Technical sales engineering for $500 billion investment company
  • Reversed sales win-loss ratio from 0% to 100% in one quarter through GUI redesign

LIFE Languages International — Personality Assessment

20+ Years Operational

  • Built complete platform from scratch (not inherited)
  • Multi-national, multi-language deployment
  • Complex statistical grading for communication preferences
  • 7 Life Languages assessment with 15-25 page reports
  • End-user portal + Life coach management portal

StarFloors Pro — Senior Living Flooring Operations

2014-2023 • Fortune 500 Client

  • Clients: Brookdale Senior Living (largest in US), Atria Senior Living, NCR
  • Complete workflow: customer contact → approval → diagram → installation → payment → survey
  • Multi-portal architecture (customer, admin, installer mobile)
  • QuickBooks bidirectional integration (A/R, bills, nightly sync)
  • iOS/Android apps with barcode scanning, offline capability
  • 85% productivity increase. 10K+ daily transactions.

Enterprise Platforms (Historical)

Complete Treasury Management Solution

  • Replaced CheckFree's SMS solution in production
  • Account reconciliation and positive pay for financial institutions
  • A2ia integration for payee match (check scanning/OCR)
  • Real-time, multi-tenant architecture
  • ASP.NET C# / Silverlight / SQL Server

Complete Supplemental Staff Management Solution

  • Human capital lifecycle: qualification → enrollment → scheduling → time & attendance
  • Processed $250K+ payroll monthly
  • 50,000 pages/week document processing
  • 100,000+ web service calls/month
  • Eliminated $150K/year in postal fees through automation
  • Reduced 60 man-day manual process to zero manual effort

StarTex v2 — Energy Broker Platform

  • Energy broker management system (v2 rebuild)
  • FileBound SDK integration (document management)
  • Cogent and IntelliSite web services integration
  • Complex workflow: contracts, eForm processing, credit checks
  • Barcode document recognition

Mission-Critical Infrastructure

DSC Communications — Telecom Infrastructure

1996-1998

  • Broadband cross-connect testing systems
  • Embedded Smalltalk on SunOS and pSos operating systems
  • Systems where failure meant regulatory consequences
  • Reduced manufacturing test and installation costs by 50%
  • Director Quarterly Award for Excellence

Texas Instruments — Semiconductor Manufacturing

1994-1996

  • Converted IMS mainframe to distributed OO system (Smalltalk/GemStone)
  • Semiconductor machine tracking: 40 transactions/second
  • 12 worldwide customer sites with 24x7 support
  • Customer Delight Award

Mobile Applications

SCORE — Healthcare Exam Scoring (iOS/Android)

  • Real-time exam scoring via mobile device camera
  • OCR/image processing of answer sheets
  • Offline capability with sync
  • High-volume testing environment support
  • Saved $200k+ annually by eliminating physical exam distribution

StarFloors Pro Mobile (iOS/Android)

  • Barcode scanning for work orders
  • Photo upload (before/after documentation)
  • Offline capability with sync
  • Field installer workflow

Mathapillar — Kids Math Learning (iOS/Flutter)

  • Adaptive difficulty math game for children
  • Progress tracking and achievement system
  • Thousands of downloads

AI/Automation Systems (Current)

Guardian — Personal Superintelligence

  • Multi-LLM orchestration — Claude, GPT-4, Gemini, Perplexity integrated
  • Persistent memory across sessions
  • Self-hosted, privacy-preserving
  • Daily driver for decision-making and research

DecisionForge — Multi-LLM Debate Engine

  • 6+ AI models debate complex decisions
  • Structured pros/cons analysis
  • Used for actual life/business decisions (not a demo)

This Week Eats — AI Meal Planner

  • AI-powered family meal planning
  • Preference learning, dietary restrictions
  • Shopping list generation

eRAIL Track & Trace — Rail Logistics Platform

  • Enterprise rail car tracking across all major US carriers
  • Real-time Union Pacific and BNSF API integration
  • Geospatial routing using 11GB US rail network data
  • 95% storage reduction through intelligent deduplication

Integration Experience

Production integrations I've built:

Payroll/HR

  • ADP
  • TriNet
  • Paychex

Financial

  • QuickBooks (qbXML bidirectional)
  • Stripe
  • Payment processors (PCI-DSS compliant)

Government/Regulatory

  • 50+ state licensing databases
  • ICE/DHS identity verification
  • State escheatment systems

Document/OCR

  • A2ia (check scanning)
  • FileBound SDK

Other Projects

Badcoin — Full cryptocurrency implementation. Bitcoin Core fork with 5 mining algorithms. Complete blockchain, wallet, mining infrastructure.

PokerTrainer — 15-module poker strategy training platform. Range analysis, position play, bankroll management.

StoryTeller — 22-module storytelling/narrative training. Structure, pacing, character development.

CareerPlan — O*NET career assessment engine. Maps skills/interests to occupations using government data.

Cherry Picker (2006-2007) — Algorithmic trading system. Ensemble forecasting with 5 statistical models. 15-second interval tick data processing. Built before retail algo platforms existed.

Publications & Speaking

  • "Isolating Performance Problems" — SQL Server Magazine, August 2000
  • "Database Independent Applications with Java" — OOPSLA '99 Conference
  • "Fight Trendy Decisions and Use the Best Technology" — Smalltalk Digest, 2003

Patent

US Patent #13789069 — Image encoding meaningful data into pixel values of an image

Education

Baylor University — Bachelor of Business Administration, Information Systems
GPA: 3.9/4.0 (August 1993)

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