Principal Consultant, Abraxis Networks · Alpharetta, GA
Senior technology leader with 30 years architecting and delivering scalable software systems across cloud, data, and AI-driven platforms. Combines deep technical expertise with executive leadership — defining system architecture while staying actively involved in design and implementation.
Started in 1995 as a junior engineer at Sungard Data Systems, working on commercial energy management and trading platforms. Progressed to lead architect over the next decade, designing systems that processed $1B+ in annual transactions.
Founded Abraxis Networks in 2002 as a vehicle for consulting and side engagements. The practice has run continuously since then — sometimes solo, sometimes with managed subcontractor teams — alongside or between full-time roles.
Held VP, Director, and CTO-level roles at FreePoint Commodities (and its successive owners Societe Generale and Royal Bank of Scotland), Nagra Kudelski, Soul Machines, and most recently Official AI — building platforms in commodity trading, video streaming, real-time conversational avatars, and AI-driven marketing.
Today, Abraxis Networks is the primary practice — focused on AI-enhanced business automation, fractional CTO engagements, and cloud architecture across AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure.
A subset of consulting engagements — the work that's most representative of the practice today.
CTO / Lead Architect
Data Engineering Consultant
Data Platform Project Lead
Abraxis Networks has run continuously since 2002 — often alongside or between full-time leadership roles. The roles below are the operating context behind the work.
Official AI · Seattle, WA
VC-backed startup building a marketplace for digital rights, AI image and video generation, and AI-driven marketing automation. Defined architecture strategy across multi-cloud infrastructure and AI workflows. Hired and led a team of 5 (engineers, QA, design). Designed and built multi-agent workflow automations that perform deep-research analysis, train AI image models, and execute social media marketing campaigns.
Soul Machines · San Francisco, CA
Led three engineering teams (18+ engineers) shipping the real-time conversational engine behind Soul Machines’ digital avatar platform. Served as Principal Architect for AI/ML systems — RAG-based pipelines using Milvus, LangChain, RASA, TensorFlow, and OpenAI on AWS microservices supporting 100,000+ concurrent conversations.
Nagra Kudelski (Nagra Sports, myCinema) · Phoenix, AZ
Built two product lines from initial vision: Nagra Sports (live video, sports data, real-time results to mobile and web) and myCinema (a video subscription / streaming service for movie theaters). Hired and trained a team of 6, took an MVP from rough product vision to live audiences and revenue in four months.
FIS Global (formerly Sungard Data Systems) · Houston, TX
Coordinated 20+ remote engineers across four teams. Lead architect on Sungard’s next-generation trading and risk management platform. Designed and shipped a commercial algorithmic trading platform on the European commodity exchange, an ongoing revenue line for FIS. Led migration of a legacy monolith to microservices.
FreePoint Commodities / Societe Generale / Royal Bank of Scotland · Stamford, CT
Owned a core part of the firm’s commodity trading platform — a highly distributed quantitative financial modeling and market analysis system. Implemented mark-to-market algorithms and quant simulations across 100+ compute nodes with in-memory databases.
Sungard Data Systems (Caminus, Altra Energy Technologies) · Houston, TX
Progressed from junior engineer to lead architect, ultimately heading architecture and development for core energy trading platforms. Led design and delivery of Sungard’s flagship Energy Management System; lead engineer for a commodity trading platform processing $1B+ annually.
Tulsa, OK · 1991–1995
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