Mike Vanbeneden

Chief Architect

Lahzo

Apr 2024 - Current (2 years 5 months)

Managing Engineer

Inspire11

Apr 2023 - Mar 2024 (1 year)

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Technology Advisor

Dec 2022 - Apr 2023 (5 months)

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CTO & Engineer

Mar 2022 - Dec 2022 (10 months)

♦ Managed globally distributed team of engineers to launch MVP in 12 weeks using Kanban and Agile Methodologies > Wrote engineering backlog tasks with sufficient architectural detail along with code review to optimize code quality and speed up PR approval times. > Optimized development efficiencies by established engineering team patterns and practices. ♦ Worked on executive team to define product vision, priorities and make strategic business decisions ♦ Architected and developed full-stack digital collectibles marketplace on Polygon Blockchain and AWS > Defined and developed secure smart contracts in Solidity using ERC721, ERC1155, ERC2981, and decentralized off-chain asset hosting using IPFS > React/Next.js web client and Node.js/NestJS

Senior Platform Architect

Ware2Go

Jan 2019 - Mar 2022 (3 years 3 months)

♦ Designed foundational architectures cutting across entire e-commerce platform. Responsible for technical work planning and execution using Agile/Scrum methodology with Jira, sprints, and Kanban ♦ Designed microservices architecture using distributed systems principles and event-driven patterns. Modernized using Typescript & Nest.js and ported frontend React app from Javascript to Typescript ♦ Coordinated infrastructure build and migration to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) from AWS to mitigate merchant concerns of supporting a retail competitor ♦ Leveraged DevOps best practices & patterns, using Pulumi and CircleCI to deploy Docker apps on Kubernetes/GKE with Helm charts ♦ Denormalized complex data to match data access patterns, simplify engi

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Director of Engineering

Quasar Blu, LLC

Jan 2015 - Dec 2018 (4 years)

♦ Lead and managed team of 5-7 on-site engineers using Agile project management ♦ Developed several full-stack cross-platform iOS & Android apps using Swift, React Native, TypeScript, Redux, RxJs and GraphQL ♦ Implemented serverless backend using API Gateway, AWS Lambda, and DynamoDB ♦ Leveraged AWS Cognito for app login and authentication and client authorization to AWS resources ♦ Implemented DevOps best practices and CI/CD pipelines for delivery of all features > CodePipeline and CodeBuild to build and deploy AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) > Deployed images to Docker Hub and orchestrated ECS containers using Jenkins > Built React Native app and deployed to TestFlight and app stores using Bitrise and Fastlane > Declared and versio

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CTO & Co-Founder

Jan 2012 - Feb 2014 (2 years 2 months)

♦ Conceived and implemented foundational music technology that enabled the entire Mowgli product line. Leveraged music theory and audio DSP tech to process incompatible songs to become compatible (harmonized), enabling users to automatically combine them into hit new songs ♦ Named a “Top 40 Innovative Technology Company in Georgia” by Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) and awarded US patent as co-inventor for song mashup techniques ♦ Lead and managed team of 6-8 engineers to deliver portfolio of B2C music apps for the web and mobile using Angular, Express.js, Objective-C, C, SQLite ♦ Designed MongoDB document schemas and queries to enable horizontal scaling and minimize costs ♦ Deployed to AWS using custom-built Linux AMIs, EC2 Auto Sc

Consultant, Mobile Software Architect

Slalom

Aug 2010 - Jan 2012 (1 year 6 months)

♦ Winner of 1st and 2nd place prizes in global Coca-Cola Mobile App Challenge ♦ Ideated, designed, and developed mobile strategies and solutions for Fortune 500 companies on leading mobile platforms such iOS (iPhone/iPad), Android, and Windows Phone

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Founder & Engineer

Mall Maps Mobile

Apr 2008 - Jan 2010 (1 year 10 months)

♦ Developed and released to App Store on first release of iOS SDK using Objective-C & SQLite to transition and adopt mobile-first development. ♦ App rose to the Top 25 in the Reference Apps category

Senior Software Architect / Team Lead

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Jan 2007 - Jul 2010 (3 years 7 months)

♦ Reengineered and modernized mission critical legacy systems to leverage C# on the .NET platform ♦ Analyzed and reconciled conflicting requirements by working closely with different stakeholders across many government divisions and branches, to deliver a solution to meet the entire organization’s needs ♦ Developed mission critical Business Intelligence Reports using SSRS, used to analyze scientific data and answer inquiries from US Congress ♦ Developed rich browser applications using ASP.NET and refactored legacy code into components reused by developers throughout many CDC projects ♦ Introduced and deployed continuous integration server to solve repeated integration issues, saving countless developer hours. Introduced TDD to improve code

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Lead Software Architect & Engineer

Reputation Technologies, Inc.

Apr 2004 - Dec 2006 (2 years 9 months)

• Architected, designed, and developed innovative anti-spam solution - SMTP gateway server (C# Windows Service and GUI) to perform reputation score lookups of connecting SMTP servers via an ASP.NET Web Service. • Implemented ASP.NET management portal for SMTP server administrators to freely register their mail servers and establish trust via identity validation and tracking server sending history. • Deployed Asterisk VoIP server for instant phone number validation and invisible integration of PayPal Website Payments Pro for credit card and billing address validation. • Highly scalable N-Tier design due to high volume web service lookups for every SMTP session. Employed Technologies: SMTP, SQL Server 2000, ASP.NET, Windows Forms, ADO.NET, En

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Lead Developer

Event Parking, Inc.

Jan 2002 - Jan 2004 (2 years 1 month)

• Lead development team creating .NET solution for online parking reservations. • Developed Pocket PC (Windows Mobile Classic) application running on Symbol barcode scanning hardware using eMbedded Visual Basic and SQL Server CE. • PDF parking tickets generated with barcode for on-site scanning using above application. • Designed and implemented complete consumer facing site with ASP.NET and SQL 2000. • Developed Windows Forms application utilized by phone support personnel. • Integrated VeriSign Payment Processing for customer billing. Employed Technologies: Windows Mobile Classic (Pocket PC), eMbedded Visual Basic, SQL Server CE, ASP.NET, SQL Server 2000, Windows Forms, VeriSign Payments

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Lead Web Developer

Consumption Junction, LLC

Jan 2001 - Jan 2002 (1 year 1 month)

• Architected and built highly scalable content delivery website using ASP Classic and SQL 2000. • Worked closely with dedicated hosting providers to manage servers and maintain uptime. • Custom intranet application for content management and content scheduling. • Developed custom message forum using then-new ASP.NET 1.0 and SQL 2000. • Designed and implemented newsletter application using ASP Classic, SQL Server, and XML/XSL. Employed Technologies: ASP Classic, VBScript, ASP.NET, SQL Server 2000, XML, XSLT

Webmaster/ASP Developer/E-Commerce

InterLAN

Jan 1998 - Jan 2001 (3 years 1 month)

• Converted corporate consumer facing website from Cold Fusion to ASP Classic & SQL Server 7. • Designed and developed new Interland.com, including online ordering and help desk. • Developed private label hosting resale portals for Verizon and RoadRunner.

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