About me

I am a creative Solutions Architect and Technical Lead based in New York, with experience in the financial sector. My passion is taking complex issues and creating high-quality, user-friendly deliverables.

With a wealth of 16+ years of practical experience, I can assist to harness technology and innovation to shape technology visions, execute on digital transformation journeys, and reinvent businesses to create exceptional, sustainable value.

In addition to my problem-solving skills, I am passionate about fitness and enjoy practicing Bikram yoga, running, and strength training.

What i'm doing

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    Design & Solution Architect

    Utilize the latest architectural technologies and patterns to adapt to changing requirements, enhance business continuity, and decrease operational risk.

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    Tech Innovation

    Adapt to fluctuating market demands by being more agile. Create and execute solutions that are designed for flexibility, robustness, and expansion.

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Daniel lewis

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Education

  1. Rutgers University - Rutgers College

    1998 — 2005

    Dual degree, B.A. - Computer Science and Economics with Finance concentration

  2. Training / Certifications

    Design Pattern Thinking / Agile Development

    2014, 2019, 2021

    Intensive training sessions on SCRUM, Agile Development, Design Pattern Thinking and TDD.


    Google Advanced Solutions Lab

    2017

    Financial Analysis Certification Program


    New York Univerity

    2007 — 2009

    Financial Analysis Certification Program

Experience

  1. Senior Technical Lead / Architect

    - Conceptulized strategic roadmap for building suite of analytical models & tools as API services and web-based content, data & analytics.

    - Lead migration of on-prem applications to AWS EKS hosting, re-platforming backend services to .NetCore and cloud native services such as Step Functions & Lambdas where appropriate and database migration to Aurora PostgreSQL.

    - Created architecture diagrams (LDD) and worked with the team to prepare necessary technical and support documents.

    - Led innovation/POC initiatives to explore emerging technology options for new business initiatives. This included PDF data extraction based on ML and heuristics (i.e. multiple table format in different languages, contextual data, Governance data), data sharing using Kafka, RPA tools to automate manual business processes.

  2. Financial Engineer

    - Created custom VBA (Excel & Word) based automated tools to retrieve data from websites, various databases and presented in formatted custom reports.

    - Automated generation of standardized regulatory documents in different languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese).

My skills

  • Architecture: Micro-services, AWS, Emergent Designs
    80%
  • Digital Transformation, APIs, Web Applications
    75%
  • Process Automation, Operational Efficency
    90%

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