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Eight Engagements.
Documented Outcomes.

No vague bullet points. Government agencies, global enterprises, and international organisations — each with measurable, verified results.

Enterprise · Microservices

Signa Sports United

A multi-brand retail conglomerate needed a microservices migration and automated localisation across European markets — with a team to lead.

Led a team of 8 engineers building a scalable microservices architecture for a multi-brand sports retail conglomerate managing brands including Tennis-Point, Campz, and Bikester. Designed and implemented an AI-driven translation pipeline to automate localisation across multiple European markets, and built CI/CD automation that dramatically shortened the release cycle. Architected high-throughput data processing pipelines using MongoDB and Redis, and oversaw Kubernetes-based container orchestration across environments.

40%
Translation effort cut
30%
Faster page loads
50%
Faster data processing
8
Engineers led
SymfonyDockerKubernetesMongoDBRedisRabbitMQAI/MLCI/CD
linkedin.com/company/signa-sports-united ↗
Government · Infrastructure

NOAA Infrastructure

NOAA's 12-subsite Drupal platform needed a multi-region, high-availability rebuild to serve millions of daily users across scientific divisions.

Architected a high-availability Drupal platform distributed across 3 US colocation centers, serving millions of daily users across NOAA's scientific divisions. Developed automated database replication and failover scripts ensuring zero unplanned downtime. Managed multi-region Apache and Linux infrastructure, oversaw security patching schedules, and led a full server migration with no service interruption. Built custom Bash automation tooling to streamline deployments and incident response.

99.5%
Uptime achieved
$150K
Annual savings
3
Data centers
0
Unplanned outages
DrupalMySQLBashMulti-Region HAApacheLinuxLoad Balancing
noaa.gov ↗
Cybersecurity · Incident Response

OIDA Security Recovery

State-sponsored attack three weeks before a flagship conference — no viable backups, live registrations still processing, $100K+ in fees at risk.

Engaged as emergency responder after a state-sponsored cyberattack compromised the organisation's systems three weeks before their flagship conference. Performed forensic analysis and threat containment, then led a complete secure rebuild within 48 hours — with no viable backups and live registrations still processing. Designed and implemented a multi-tier member registration system with PCI-scoped payment processing, audit logging on every state change, and isolated access contexts for public form, payment processor, and admin panel.

48h
Full recovery
0
Data lost
$100K+
Fees protected
3
Subsequent cycles
Incident ResponseForensic RecoveryPCI ArchitecturePHPMySQLAudit Logging
oida.org (archive) ↗
Fintech · Banking · Nonprofit

FINCA International

A global microfinance bank needed PCI-compliant, multi-currency donation infrastructure across 20+ countries with varying regulatory requirements.

Built and maintained the digital infrastructure for FINCA International, a global microfinance bank operating across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. Integrated PCI-compliant payment gateways handling multi-currency donations and financial transactions across multiple regulatory jurisdictions. Managed ongoing security patching, platform maintenance, and feature development for their Drupal-based presence spanning 20+ country operations. Ensured data residency and compliance requirements were met for each operating region.

20+
Countries served
PCI
Compliant
Multi-currency
Payment flows across regulatory jurisdictions
DrupalPayment GatewayPCI ComplianceMulti-currencyPHPMySQL
finca.org ↗
Multi-Tenant · Government

Philippine Embassy CMS

18 consulate microsites managed by non-technical staff, each needing diplomatic brand consistency — and no budget for 18 separate codebases.

Designed and built a sophisticated multi-tenant CMS managing 18 consulate and embassy microsites across North America from a single centralized administration interface. Implemented an inherited branding system allowing each site to maintain diplomatic brand consistency while enabling per-site content editors to manage their own pages independently. Built granular per-site content permission controls and a shared asset library, all from a single codebase with isolated data tenancy.

60%
Less admin overhead
18
Consulate sites
1
Codebase
RBAC
Per-site permissions
CMS Made SimpleMulti-TenantRBACPHPMySQLApache
philippineembassy-dc.org ↗
Media · Automation

UPI News Platform

United Press International needed to ingest content from 4 international wire agencies and publish 1,000+ articles per day with zero manual intervention.

Built a custom news aggregation and publishing platform for United Press International, ingesting content from 4 international wire services via automated FTP and XML pipelines. Developed a custom CMS tailored to UPI's editorial workflow, with automated billing and subscriber management. The system processes and publishes over 1,000 articles per day with no manual intervention, while subscriber accounts and renewals are handled entirely through the automated pipeline.

1,000+
Articles/day
4
Wire agencies
0
Manual ingestion
Auto
Subscriber billing
PHPXMLMySQLCustom CMSFTP AutomationBilling
upi.com ↗
Backend · Clean Architecture

Nuro Media Backend

A digital media company's PHP backend had reliability and coverage gaps — bugs were slipping through and deployments were slow.

Developed scalable PHP backend applications for a digital media company with a strong emphasis on SOLID principles, clean architecture, and automated test suites. Led the code review process, introduced PHPUnit-based testing standards, and performed systematic performance profiling to eliminate bottlenecks. Mentored junior developers on maintainable code, REST API design patterns, and Doctrine ORM usage. Drove significant improvements in deployment frequency and system reliability.

90%+
Bugs within SLA
↑
Test coverage
↑
Deploy frequency
3+
Devs mentored
PHPSymfonyPHPUnitDoctrine ORMREST APIPostgreSQLCI/CD
nuromedia.com ↗
Personal · SaaS · PHP

statichex.dev/pipeline

Spreadsheets don't cut it for a 60+ application job search with DACH agency outreach, daily tasks, and stage tracking. So I built the tool.

Custom PHP/SQLite job search CRM built to my exact workflow — not a spreadsheet, not a JIRA board. Full-featured tracker with application stage management, DACH agency outreach module, daily task list, strategy notes, and dashboard analytics. Built on clean separation of modules (jobs, dach_partners, tasks, strategy), auth-gated, zero external dependencies, deployed on shared hosting via SFTP. A working example of the lean, maintainable PHP I advocate for.

60+
Applications tracked
0
External dependencies
5
Modules
<1wk
Build time
PHPSQLiteSymfony patternsAJAXBootstrapcPanel
statichex.dev/pipeline ↗

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