The Open Group Certified: TOGAF® 9 Certified

CNSS-4011 National Training Standard for Information Systems Security (INFOSEC) Professionals

CNSS-4013 National Information Assurance Training Standard For System Administrators

Cisco Certified Network Associate

ZyXEL Certified System Engineer

The Data Scientist’s Toolbox

– Selected for a highly competitive fellowship for personalized coaching from top-tier industry experts in software engineering. Program covered building modern web-based applications, designing scalable and distributed systems, implementation of engineering best practices, leadership and mentoring of teams.
- Received Rising Tide award (twice) for going above and beyond to support the community as recognized by fellow peers.
- Assisted in understanding fellow needs and development of new platform features.

Senior Software Engineer Fellow

- Developing DataBee, a cutting-edge security, risk, and compliance data fabric SaaS platform, that delivers dynamic, detail-rich dashboards and reports that measure risks and control effectiveness. Its robust analytics enable teams across the organization to leverage the same large, historical dataset for high fidelity analysis, decision-making, response, and assurance outcomes while driving down costs and maintaining high performance. With DataBee, governance, risk, and compliance leaders and analysts save time on audit preparedness and achieve fast compliance answers and resolutions.

Data Fabric Engineer, DataBee

– Built from scratch a decentralized cloud gaming platform in 100 days, enabling users to rent remote computers for gaming. 
– Achieved a customer base of ~25,000 paying users within 6 months.
– Designed and developed the platform's overall architecture, including its RESTful API and integration endpoints. 
– Managed the full API lifecycle ensuring backward compatibility and verifying that integrations remained functional.

Tech Stack: Python, Django, Django REST Framework (DRF), React, SQL (MySQL)

Lead Developer & Co-Founder

– Helped clients to develop digital products and services
– Conducted a range of cybersecurity services such as penetration tests, security audits, risk assessments

Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer at Digital and Technology Consulting

NOTABLE PROJECTS
– Led a five-person team to develop a scalable and resilient cloud-native architecture for a client. Refactored a legacy monolithic system, breaking it down into microservices, and successfully migrated it to a new “infrastructure-as-code” platform (Terraform).

– Designed a robust, scalable multi-tier system architecture for a financial institution to enable data-driven decision-making. Deployed a federated GraphQL API for real-time financial reporting and transaction monitoring, integrating multiple data sources and systems via diverse data pipelines (Python, Apollo, SQL, MongoDB, Redis).

– Developed a comprehensive cybersecurity program for a major financial institution, ensuring protection against advanced cyber threats. Enhanced GDPR and regulatory compliance through a proactive approach to privacy risks, piloting differential privacy techniques, and embedding "Privacy by Design" into product development (SDLC).

– Researched and prototyped a cryptographically se

Team Lead / Manager at Digital and Technology Consulting

TRUST, PRIVACY AND CYBERSECURITY:
– Drove company's efforts on building internal capabilities in cybersecurity by establishing a dedicated team of consultants, creating a go-to-market strategy, resulting in 20x sales pipeline growth in the first 2 years.
– Led and executed 10+ security, privacy and compliance projects for clients across diverse industries, including risk assessments, security audits, pentesting, forensic investigations, and legal, compliance, policy, and code reviews.
– Developed an internal GRC tool for automated data collection, reducing time for security controls audit up to 80% (JavaScript, Electron, Node.js, SQLite, 1C language).
- Set data privacy and security guidelines for a state-wide Electronic Health Records System. Collaborated with diverse stakeholders from both the public and private sectors. Made a deep dive into global best practices, regulations, and standards concerning data privacy and security related to medical records (PII, PHI). Based on research

Senior Software Engineer at IT Advisory

Software Engineer at IT Advisory

Assisted 2 managers in business development in Russia and Turkey resulting in ~400,000 euro contracts

Presales Engineer

– Led a team of four developers to implement the open-source CRM system (SugarCRM) and customize it to NGO-specific work. 
- Used the LAMP stack: Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP.

Lead Developer

Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Privacy, Security) | Team Lead

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