Education

• University of Texas at Arlington

  1997 - 1998

  Bachelors of Science in Information Systems

• Texas Tech University

  1993 - 1996

  Course work towards Bachelors of Science in Information Systems

Experience

• Saks Fifth Avenue

  2022 - Present

  Integration Manager

  Saks transitioned their ecom site to a marketplace model - my role was to help luxury brands get their systems connected to our marketplace, including API, Shopify, and aggregators such as ChannelAdvisor.
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• Sally Beauty Supply

  2016 - 2021

  Integration Lead

  While at Sally, I architected and built their first suite of cloud-based integrations in Azure, which produced a full API library as microservices, providing over 12 in-house systems access to Sally's customer data. I also lead the development effort for their new customer loyalty program.
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• Texas Capital Bank

  2015 - 2016

  Integration Consultant

  This was my second visit to TCB, now as an independent consultant. I evaluated 13 of their integrations to determine if they were using the proper technology or if a different platform would be better suited. The results were documented and presented to management. I also on-boarded new clients for their HOA division by adding support for new financial software, generating new business.
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• Neudesic

  2012 - 2015

  Senior Consultant III

  While at Neudesic, I implemented numerous solutions for a variety of clients. Some of my favorites include:

  • Creating an ecommerce POC for Scentsy Fragrance that integrated 200,000+ consultant websites with SAP. [read more]
  • Releasing a more performant & reliable SalesForce integration solution for Integra Telecom. [read more]
  • Building and presenting 6 unique business scenarios during a two week POC for Brinks Security. [read more]
  • Enhancing a major customer facing product for Texas Capital Bank, generating additional revenue. [read more]
  • Designing a functional POC for JB Hunt to track customer’s order life cycle utilizing BAM and Business Rules Engine (BRE).
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• Pier 1 Imports

  2011 - 2012

  Integration Lead

  I was asked to come back to Pier 1 and lead the integration development for the redesign of pier1.com. I built a complete customer order life cycle - from order capture, to processing, to shipment - by communicating with seven different internal and external systems.
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• GameStop

  2010 - 2011

  Integration Specialist

  GameStop was implementing a new order management system, and hired me to assist with integrating gamestop.com with this new OMS.
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• Xterprise

  2008 - 2010

  Senior Integration Developer

  I designed the first ever global RFID retail asset tracking solution - created for American Apparel - that tracked over 99% of their inventory in real time from the warehouse to all 250+ retail stores in 20 countries, and every stop in between - boosting sales 7% in the first year, increasing sales floor space by 10% and improving inventory accuracy to over 98%.

  In addition, internal store orders originating from American Apparel's warehouse are now dynamically routed to all retail stores, allowing for additional stores to be added or removed in real time without any code or architecture changes.
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• Pier 1 Imports

  2002 - 2008

  Integration Lead

  During my tenure at Pier 1, my primary goal was to design, develop, and support all integration aspects for pier1.com. This includes customer order processing (EDI), payment gateways, inventory management, order shipment, and customer notification.

  I also led the development team through multiple releases, completing my development objectives while simultaneously delegating tasks to team mates, monitoring outstanding defects, communicating with vendors, coordinating testing with the QA team, and supplying project updates to my supervisor.
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