Personal details

Christopher H. - Remote software architect

Christopher H.

Based in: 🇺🇸 United States
Timezone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) (UTC-4)

Summary

Accomplished technical leader and experienced software architect and engineer with a wide breadth of experience and deep technical skill. Projects I have led have included a complete company spin-off; a global SEM platform used to manage $200+ million a year in spending; and critical, sensitive, or public systems for Google, Expedia, eBay, major hospitals, etc.

Wealth of expertise in solving business problems efficiently, rapidly building high-reliability products and systems, solving complex problems in data architecture, software architecture, systems integration, regulatory compliance and internal controls, security, higher-level mathematics and computer science, building software teams, project management, customer/client relations and support, IT management, data analytics, reporting and business intelligence, UI and product design, etc.

Able to handle all aspects of a project individually, or strongly contribute and lead a team or organization.

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Mathematics, Hobart College. Including coursework equivalent to additional majors in Computer Science and Political Science.

Work Experience

Consultant
Independent Consulting | Aug 2019 - Present
Ruby
SQL
Ruby on Rails
PostgreSQL
Heroku
JavaScript
Svelte
• Software development and project leadership • Compliance, risk management, and security • Data science, analytics, and business intelligence • Startup/executive consulting • Teaching, training, and mentoring
Principal Software Engineer and Manager
Dragon Innovation | Jan 2018 - Aug 2019
Ruby on Rails
PostgreSQL
Heroku
Vue.js
• Hired and built the software team after company acquisition and departure of leadership and senior staff. • Led recruiting, interviewing, hiring, training, reviews, etc. Also managed a team of overseas contractors. • Lead engineer and architect. Release manager. Rails, Vue.js, Postgres, Heroku. Multiple applications. • Implemented new agile development processes, led sprint meetings, mentored developers, etc.

Education

Hobart College
Bachelor's degreeMathematics
Aug 2003 - May 2007