About Me

Hi, I'm Dan.

I am a technology professional with over 15 years of experience designing, building, and scaling software, network, and IT solutions.

I am an Enterprise Architect at IBM leading global data strategy for core HR people data systems for the CIO organization.

I am a United States Air Force Veteran and I earned my undergraduate degree at Columbia University.

Currently an MBA Candidate at the NYU Stern School of Business (Class of 2028).

What I Do

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    Enterprise & Software Architecture

    I serve as a trusted technical leader, leading the design and delivery of thoughtful solutions for complex challenges at global scale.

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    Engineering Leadership

    I align business goals with team execution, develop strategic plans for delivery, and support our teams throughout every stage.

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    Software for Apple Platforms

    I develop applications for the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. I have deep experience with every layer of the swift stack-- from UX/UI, to low-level drivers.

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Education

  1. NYU Stern School of Business

    Candidate | Master of Business Administration (MBA) | Class of 2028

    2026 — Present
  2. Columbia University in the City of New York

    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Computer Science

    2014 — 2018
  3. Indiana University of Pennsylvania

    B.A., Political Science (pursued)& Political Science, Pre-Law. Robert E. Cook Honors College

    2008 — 2010
  4. CHI Institute-Philadelphia

    Associate's Degree, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

    2006 — 2008

Experience

  1. Enterprise Architect — IBM

    Defining and leading global strategies for IBM's core HR People Data platforms. Responsible for cloud application and infrastructure architecture, security, compliance, and hybrid cloud integration. Collaborates with senior leadership to translate complex business requirements into technical strategy. Mentors junior engineering colleagues.

    2024 — Present
  2. Software Architect — IBM

    Technical Owner for IBM's global HR performance platform ("Checkpoint"). Led cross-organization teams in system design, development, and integration. Responsible for platform security, global regulatory compliance (GDPR, DSR), and ensuring reliability of business-critical HR data at global scale.

    2021 — 2024
  3. Founder — GigabiteLabs

    Founded a software engineering and design firm based in NYC building secure, scalable, full-stack mobile, server, and web platforms for projects and organizations of all sizes.

    2019 — Present (Freelance)
  4. Director of Engineering — ETC International LLC

    Led design and implementation of custom, scalable, secure software systems including commercial and hybrid cloud platforms. Directed engineering and product design teams, set standards, led agile processes, and managed operating and technology investment budgets.

    2019 — 2021
  5. Software Engineer — IBM

    Enterprise software solutions, full-stack mobile development (iOS), API development, web-based applications, and UX/UI design.

    2015 — 2019
  6. Broadcast Journalist & Mobile App Developer — United States Air Force

    Stationed at Joint Base Andrews. Produced news content distributed worldwide. Developed the first iOS app for a US Air Force base, and the first DoD iOS app for a Presidential Inauguration (Obama, 2013) while assigned to Joint Task Force National Capital Region.

    2010 — 2014

Skills

Platforms

  • On-Prem On-Prem
  • IBM Cloud IBM Cloud
  • RedHat Openshift RedHat Openshift
  • SAP SAP
  • AWS AWS
  • Google Cloud Google Cloud
  • Azure Azure
  • Mongo Atlas Mongo Atlas

Technologies

100 1K 10K 85K 1 5 10 13 Projects Related Code Contributions Swift Python / ML JavaScript CouchDB C / C++ Shell / Bash Obj-C PostgreSQL Nginx SSL / mTLS Docker TypeScript

† computed using AI automated analysis of public and private repo contributions from approx. 2016 - present.
(excludes dependencies, modules, forks, and projs where not the main contributor)

Expertise

Novice Adv. Beginner Competent Proficient Expert
  • Swift Frameworks
    Expert
  • Swift Applications
    Proficient
  • JavaScript / Node.js
    Proficient
  • Shell / Bash
    Proficient
  • Objective-C
    Proficient
  • SSL / mTLS
    Proficient
  • CouchDB / Cloudant
    Proficient
  • C / C++
    Competent
  • Python / ML-AI
    Competent
  • PostgreSQL
    Competent
  • Docker
    Competent
  • Nginx
    Competent
  • TypeScript
    Adv. Beginner

‡ expertise levels within Dreyfus Model of skill acquisition, based on raw data from direct project analyses represented in the scatterplot above.

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