The Data Scientist’s Toolbox

R Programming

Owned platform infrastructure, security, and integrations for a multi-tenant SaaS serving medical and scientific associations.

Led co-located cloud migration in 2018 (on-prem → data center) — designed network, virtualization, and tenant isolation from scratch

Led full AWS lift-and-shift in 2019 with single-digit hours of downtime per tenant; subsequently migrated all tenant databases to MySQL on Aurora with RDS Proxy

Architected and shipped 30+ SSO and AMS integrations spanning OIDC, SAML, NetForum, Salesforce, MemberSuite Reverse SSO, Okta, Auth0, plus many custom ones.

Migrated from AWS Copilot to OpenTofu and Terragrunt on ECS Fargate; containerized Delphi/IIS-CGI applications on Windows Server for ECS Fargate Windows containers

Optimized AWS costs via Compute Savings Plans, and Blue/Green deployments; tuned HAProxy and CloudFlare for conference registration traffic spikes

Conducted technical interviews for engineering and account management hires; coordinated daily with produ

Director of IT

Steel industry data collection and scrap charge optimization software, deployed at mills worldwide.

Lead Delphi developer focused on best practices and architectural patterns; directed the work of multiple developers and contractors

Designed and implemented data collection and steel-making optimization models, including genetic algorithms and linear optimization for scrap charge calculation

MySQL database expert for the team; full lifecycle ownership from requirements gathering through deployment and end-user training

Designed integration points between customer mill systems and the platform for real-time data exchange

Built automated unit testing and continuous build infrastructure; administered Subversion; provided 24/7/365 worldwide customer support

Software Engineer

First dedicated software architect for a Delphi/CGI multi-tenant SaaS serving medical and scientific associations.

Implemented and Enriched core platform features including abstract submission, CME/CE tracking, speaker management, COI disclosure, and handout review workflows used by major medical society annual meetings

Established standards and procedures for development, deployment, source control, and operations across the engineering team

Owned MySQL database architecture, payment integration (Spreedly, PayPal PayFlow Pro), and the first generation of SSO patterns for the platform

Owned overall site reliability: monitoring, on-call, and incident response

Software Architect

Multi-tenant SaaS platform for medical and scientific associations. Hands-on across architecture, AWS, security, identity, and client-facing technical leadership.

Leading the Delphi → Python/Django/HTMX/Alpine/Tailwind modernization, accelerated by AI-assisted development workflows

Designed devcontainer-based security architecture isolating AI coding tools from production credentials using Docker process isolation, kernel-level route blackholes, MFA-gated production shells, and LocalStack for AWS emulation

Driving migration to self-hosted Authentik with per-tenant OIDC/SAML applications, consolidating 30+ identity integrations

Serve as technical liaison to client leadership on integration architecture, SSO, contract review, and SOW scoping

Owned overall site reliability: monitoring, on-call, and incident response

Bob Florian

Python, Django, SaaS