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currently · Sr Python/AI Developer | AI Transformation & Platform Lead @ ATA LLC
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● Engineering arc 2009 → 2026
'09 '13 '19 '25 '26
15+
years in technology
7+
software / platform engineering
$1.2M/yr
Lockheed automation estimate
Impact figures are employer-specific cost-avoidance / efficiency estimates based on recurring engineering work removed from identified workflows. They are not audited revenue and are not combined across companies.
Career throughline

Take the hard system problem, make the tradeoffs explicit, ship it, and own the consequences. Across defense, DevSecOps, AI platforms, document intelligence, automation, and agent systems, the work has centered on reliability, security, maintainability, and measurable leverage.

Nov 2025 — Present
10 months
Remote

ATA LLC

Hands-on technical ownership across AI platform architecture, document intelligence, machine learning, automation, and AI-assisted software delivery, with cross-functional influence spanning engineering, QA, product, and leadership.

Sr Python/AI Developer | AI Transformation & Platform Lead
Nov 2025 — Present

Own architecture and implementation across Python/AI services, document intelligence, ML, automation, and AI-assisted software delivery while helping shape ATA's broader AI operating model. The role combines hands-on system design with cross-functional technical influence across engineering, QA, product, and leadership.

  • Defined and socialized practical patterns for AI-assisted engineering and decision-making across the company, including onboarding, responsible-use guidance, workflow design, and hands-on support for teams adopting new tools.
  • Architected and maintained Python, Nix, and container-based platform services for AI, ML, and automation workloads, defining reproducible runtime and deployment patterns that reduced configuration drift and operational friction.
  • Built document-intelligence pipelines using Python, Tesseract, AWS Textract, and structured extraction workflows, eliminating manual processing for selected document classes and achieving 90%+ extraction accuracy on targeted document classes.
  • Designed supervised ML models for form classification and field mapping using Label Studio and Extra Trees, improving automated mapping accuracy by approximately 40% over the previous approach.
  • Owned the architecture and implementation of an AI-assisted QA automation framework that increased automated test coverage to 80% and reduced regression defects by 50%.
  • Owned build-versus-buy evaluation for custom ML pipelines versus managed AWS services, weighing scalability, failure modes, maintainability, implementation effort, and long-term cost and presenting the architectural tradeoffs to leadership.
  • Helped introduce prose-first, agent-assisted workflows across engineering, QA, product, and leadership, contributing to faster delivery, clearer documentation, and an estimated $250K+ in annual engineering and QA efficiency gains.
Mar 2025 — Nov 2025
8 months

Autogration

Founded an AI-driven automation consultancy focused on modernizing business workflows and deploying scalable AI systems.

Founder & AI Platform Lead
Mar 2025 — Nov 2025

Founded and led an AI-driven automation consultancy focused on modernizing business workflows and deploying scalable AI systems.

  • Designed and launched AI-powered SaaS platforms, including LLM-based career automation systems with subscription monetization and browser-automation integration.
  • Architected secure cloud-native systems and AI integration pipelines.
  • Worked directly with clients to translate business problems into deployable AI agent solutions.
  • Directed product roadmap, integration strategy, and monetization architecture.
  • Explored integration of conversational and multimodal AI systems for customer interaction workflows.
May 2019 — Mar 2025
5 yrs 10 mo
3 roles

Lockheed Martin

Progressed through operations and DevSecOps into the first Team Lead and Product Owner of a newly created Integration Team on a $500M+ engineering program, owning the boundary between application development and infrastructure.

Integration Engineer (Senior DevSecOps)
Feb 2023 — Mar 2025

Continued in a senior hands-on DevSecOps role focused on deployment automation, platform reliability, and operational tooling.

  • Automated image approval and deployment pipelines, reducing deployment timelines by 90% while strengthening security posture and audit trail.
  • Led Kubernetes environment reliability improvements, decreasing downtime by 50%.
  • Reduced troubleshooting time by hundreds of hours per quarter, generating an estimated $100K+ in quarterly savings.
  • Implemented automated testing frameworks incorporating computer vision and OCR technologies.
Earlier roles — DevSecOps & Operations
May 2019 — Oct 2021

Progressed through operational and DevSecOps roles before moving into integration technical leadership and product ownership.

Feb 2013 — Oct 2015
2 yrs 8 mo

Vision and Security Technology Lab

Supported early-stage AI and computer-vision initiatives in a university research environment.

System Administrator
Feb 2013 — Oct 2015

Supported early-stage AI and computer-vision initiatives in research environments.

  • Contributed to machine-learning data calibration for facial recognition systems.
  • Automated video data collection pipelines to accelerate model training workflows.
Jan 2009 — Sep 2012
3 yrs 8 mo

Colorado Springs Early Colleges

Provided IT support, device imaging, and server administration in an education environment supporting students and faculty at scale.

IT Technician
Jan 2009 — Sep 2012

Managed desktop, laptop, and server support while improving imaging and deployment consistency across a large device fleet.

  • Created baseline operating-system images and cloned more than 750 student-issued computers, significantly reducing setup time and improving consistency.
  • Provided help-desk support to more than 500 students and faculty members across hardware, software, and network issues.
  • Supported server deployment and management tasks to keep organizational IT infrastructure operational.

◆ Education

Bachelor of Innovation
Bachelor of Innovation in Business Information Systems with Engineering Cross-Core
University of Colorado Colorado Springs · 2016
AACSB Accredited

◆ Certifications

CompTIA Security+ CE
CompTIA Security+ CE · 2018–2027

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