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Work Experience

Aramark Sports + Entertainment

District IT Director - Kansas City Market | 2024 - Present

Oversaw IT operations for high-profile sports and entertainment venues, including the Kansas City Chiefs, Royals, and local convention centers, ensuring robust security and consistent brand adherence. Maintained and optimized mission-critical POS systems (Simphony 2, Clover Sport, Aloha, and others), implementing preventative maintenance strategies to minimize downtime. Partnered with vendors and end-users on system upgrades, and regularly reported key IT metrics to leadership. Focused on operational excellence, driving technology initiatives that enhanced the guest experience while ensuring compliance with internal and client IT policies.

Flynn Restaurant Group

Restaurant IT Manager - Wendy’s Brand | 2023 - 2024

Oversaw IT operations across over 300 Wendy’s locations, ensuring robust security and adherence to brand standards. Led Tier III Support team, managing critical escalations and implementing CapEx technology initiatives. Successfully executed national technology rollouts, including self-service kiosks and POS upgrades. Regularly reported IT KPIs to C-suite, worked under brand guidelines ensuring compliance of POS devices with internal cybersecurity policies.

inmobi

Devops Software Development Engineer II | 2021 - 2023

Engaged in DevOps operations supporting multiple production teams. Utilized technologies like Git, Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Jenkins, Grafana, and Papertrail. Managed cloud infrastructure transitions and asset management, ensuring data compliance and overseeing IT strategies and policies for a large offshore organization.

Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbecue

Systems Administrator | 2014 - 2021

Orchestrated POS migration, led IT initiatives for business expansion, including data server transition and network infrastructure overhaul. Managed SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Exchange in Office365, and focused on lifecycle management of IT and MDM assets. Developed and maintained the company’s e-commerce website, playing a crucial role in various technical aspects.

POSIM Software

Tier II Technical Support / E-Commerce | March 2012 - May 2014

Provided end user technical support and tier I escalations for advanced software issues. Delivered live training and onboarding, wrote advanced SQL queries for database issues, and worked with custom APIs for software integration. Managed IT infrastructure for a small call center environment.

Web Projects

Jack Stack Barbecue

Spearheaded the management of the e-commerce business and nurtured key vendor relationships in the e-commerce sector. Innovated by developing several web applications, enhancing operational efficiency. The flagship website, crafted in legacy Bootstrap on a robust PHP framework, stands testament to a blend of traditional and modern web development practices.

Developed a sophisticated API integration with a third-party vendor for seamless order management, featuring a robust Mongo database and automated flat file generation for system imports. This GatsbyJS-based application leverages JWT authentication, various Node.js libraries, and custom logic, serving as an innovative interim solution for direct API integration.

FitStudio KC

Engineered a sleek and SEO-optimized fitness website using Bootstrap. The project, while straightforward in its tech stack, delivers a user-friendly and impactful online presence.

Irish Mayhem

Crafted an engaging online community for gamers, using the CodyHouse UI framework for a dynamic front end. Integrated a custom API with the Pyterodactyl server management panel, enabling on-demand gaming server deployment in isolated Docker containers.

Hammer Down E-Sports

Designed and implemented a turnkey esports tournament website for an Overwatch league organization using WordPress with Divi template. The intuitive CMS allows the client to independently manage event updates and content.

Organized Chaos Gaming League

Developed a comprehensive solution for an Overwatch e-sports league to streamline tournament sign-ups into their CMS, enhancing event management. Implemented advanced SEO strategies and provided guidance on achieving organic growth.

DJ Struod

Created a minimalist DJ promotional website styled with Tailwind CSS and hosted on Netlify. The site's CI/CD pipeline enables effortless content updates, catering to the client's desire for simplicity and ease of management.

Professional Portfolio Site

Masterfully designed using Tailwind CSS and Animate.js for captivating visuals. Initiated with a Tailwind Markdown-based HTML prototype, later transformed into Next.js components leveraging SSG for enhanced SEO. The dynamic terminal graphic, created entirely with Tailwind, is enlivened by Animate.js.

Dan Lewis

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