Professional Summary

Solutions Architect focused on building enterprise-grade, cloud-native SaaS platforms on Azure. Experienced in platform architecture, event-driven systems, and AI-assisted workflows, with a hands-on approach to delivery and team leadership.

Professional Experience

Azure Architect – Buxton Consulting, San Ramon, CA
Feb 2022 – Apr 2025
EP2 – Enterprise Procurement Platform
• Architected EP2, an enterprise procurement platform supporting the complete sourcing-to-contract lifecycle.
• Designed RFI/RFP management, multi-round supplier evaluations, comparative analysis, award decisions, and contract initiation.
• Implemented governance features including budget controls, approvals, and escalation workflows.
• Built role-based dashboards providing transparency at organizational, team, and individual contributor levels with drill-down.
• Implemented event-driven and long-running workflows to support complex procurement processes and exception handling.
• Integrated AI-assisted agents using Semantic Kernel and n8n for supplier research, operational analysis, and critical escalations.
• Designed a cloud-native, multi-tenant SaaS on Azure using ASP.NET Core, ABP/AspNetZero, Azure SQL, Functions, WebJobs, Logic Apps, and Application Gateway.
• Mentored engineers and guided architectural standards.

Principal Architect / Co-Founder – YKnot Systems, Seattle, WA
Jul 2017 – Jan 2022
Litmas – Litigation Management SaaS Platform
• Co-founded YKnot Systems and served as Principal Architect responsible for end-to-end product and platform architecture.
• Designed a cloud-native, multi-tenant SaaS platform providing end-to-end litigation and case management.
• Implemented matter intake, document management, task tracking, calendaring, and collaboration workflows.
• Designed Azure-based SaaS architecture using ASP.NET Core, Azure SQL, Storage, Functions, WebJobs, and API Management.
• Defined microservices-oriented backend using Web APIs and Minimal APIs governed through Azure API Management.
• Developed a ReactJS frontend supporting secure, role-based collaboration.
• Integrated deeply with Microsoft Office 365 including Outlook, Word, Excel, Exchange, SharePoint, and Teams.

Senior Developer – Carrington Mortgage, Aliso Viejo, CA
Aug 2016 – Mar 2017
• Worked as a full-stack developer on a nationwide residential real-estate listings platform.
• Built ASP.NET MVC backend services with SQL Server as the primary datastore.
• Implemented ElasticSearch-based search for high-volume MLS property listings.
• Developed UI components using jQuery, Bootstrap, and Knockout.

Senior Solutions Architect – Persistent Systems, Santa Clara, CA
Mar 2014 – May 2016
• Led modernization initiatives and coordinated onshore and offshore teams.
• Migrated a large-scale legacy Classic ASP system to ASP.NET MVC on Azure.
• Delivered multi-portal architecture supporting corporate customers, law firms, and beneficiaries.
• Implemented AngularJS and SignalR for real-time UX.
• Designed Silverlight-to-JavaScript interop enabling Google Maps integration without full UI rewrites.

Selected Engagements (2012 – 2014)
• Capital Insurance Group – Enterprise Architect: Authored modernization roadmap; recommended Guidewire, adopted by leadership.
• Tesla Motors – Technical Architect: Designed supplier collaboration and procurement portal integrated with SAP, BOM systems, and SharePoint.
• Buxton Consulting – Solutions Architect: Delivered Azure-hosted data governance assessment and opportunity-prioritization platform for Informatica.