Personal details
Francis D.
Based in: đšđŠ Canada
Timezone: Eastern Time (US & Canada) (UTC-4)
Summary
Highly accomplished, motivated, and versatile IT professional with two decades of industry experience and a Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) credential. Known for a personable approach to clients and co-workers, as well as for delivering and implementing advanced solutions. Demonstrates an innovative and driven spirit, consistently over-achieving in roles. Possesses exceptional organizational and coordination skills, and serves as a responsible and efficient project manager.
Work Experience
Technical Consultant
Self-Employed | Sep 2014 - Present
PHP
jQuery
Git
Bash
Nginx
Lambda
Lua
Redis
Elasticsearch
GORM
Percona
Docker
SNS
Chef Solo
Sentry
Datadog
Terraform
Vue.js
GitHub Actions
AWS (Amazon Web Services)
- Dockerized payments orchestration application across all environments, from dev to production. Automated image testing & vulnerability scanning. Lowered hosting & PCI-DSS compliance costs by 30%.
- Audited PHP application for scalability, maintainability & security in anticipation of product launch. Static & dynamic code analysis, penetration testing.
- Digital transformation for several small businesses. Migration of on-premise business software to public cloud & deployment of cloud-managed on-premise security hardware.
- Built PoC for cloud-managed physical access-control product.
Co-founder & CTO
PhoneCall | Jan 2015 - Dec 2019
Git
MongoDB
Nginx
Redis
Elasticsearch
Jira
Firebase
Twilio
Bamboo
Docker
Ember.js
Mandrill
Kubernetes
Amazon elastic beanstalk
Terraform
New Relic
Built call center multi-tenant SaaS application from the ground up. Scaled to 3M calls/ week, >$70k MRR. Autoscaling multi-tier & microservices architecture. ML-backed predictive dialer.
Education
Touro College
Bachelor's degreeă»Computer Science
Sep 2002 - Jul 2006
Certifications & Awards
Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
ISC2 | Jun 2023