Enterprise insurance modernization
Designed a progressive path from a legacy IBM i / AS400 insurance platform to independently scalable services spanning claims, billing, payments, reporting, and integrations.
Jamaica · Open to remote & international opportunities
Engineering
the evolution.
Architecture Decision Lab
Scenario 1 of 3
Your reasoning matters more than your score.
Monday, 9:12 AM.
Policy servicing is slowing down.
Transactions are backing up. Reporting jobs are competing with live workloads.
What do you do first?
You can review the impact before committing.
Critical
platform
platform
Web / Mobile
Partner APIs
Core Policy DB
Reporting
Live consequences · estimated
Reliability+18Improved
Delivery riskLowLikely
Customer disruptionNoneExpected
Expert note Strong direction
Separate operational and analytical workloads before adding more pressure to the core.
/ Leadership profile
Modern systems.
Stable operations.
Clear direction.
I work between executive-level architecture and deep technical troubleshooting—translating business needs into secure, observable, production-ready systems while leading teams through complex modernization.
Release engineering transformation
Led CI/CD adoption across application and database delivery, reducing release cycles from weeks to hours while improving consistency, control, and time to market.
Enterprise observability
Designed an OpenTelemetry-based platform for distributed tracing, metrics, and centralized logs across modern microservices and legacy enterprise applications.
Core-system workload reduction
Created patterns using event streaming, CDC, caching, messaging, external reporting stores, and read-optimized services to protect mission-critical transaction systems.
/ Work experience
Progression through
engineering leadership.
A career built from hands-on delivery and production support into solution architecture, portfolio leadership, and engineering management.
01
Sagicor Life Jamaica
Assistant Manager - Group Insurance Application Services
Lead the technology direction, delivery, reliability, and development practice for a portfolio of enterprise applications supporting operations across multiple Caribbean markets.
Engineering managementTechnology strategyOperational reliability
02
Sagicor Life Jamaica
Team Lead - Application Development
Provided technical leadership across an enterprise application portfolio, introduced delivery automation, mentored developers, and aligned solution design with business priorities.
Technical leadershipCI/CD transformationTeam development
03
Sagicor Life Jamaica
Programmer/Analyst - Application Development
Led the design and delivery of customer and advisor-facing platforms that improved digital policy processing across Jamaica, Cayman, and the Eastern Caribbean.
Solution architectureDigital platformsEnterprise integration
04
Sagicor Life Jamaica
Programmer/Analyst - Application Support
Maintained business-critical applications, strengthened continuity and document-routing processes, and resolved operational issues across group-wide systems.
Application supportBusiness continuityProduction operations
05
Boon Communications Ltd.
Junior Programmer
Built financial-services features, transaction integrations, and cloud-backed web capabilities, establishing an early foundation in scalable delivery and dependable data movement.
Software developmentFinancial systemsCloud solutions
/ Core expertise
Depth across
the stack.
01
Architecture
Microservices, distributed systems, event-driven architecture, enterprise integration, legacy modernization, and durable processing.
02
Engineering
Java, Spring Boot, Spring Security, JPA, Hibernate, QueryDSL, REST, SOAP, SQL, .NET, and Angular.
03
Data & messaging
IBM DB2 for i, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Redis, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, CDC, replication, and streaming.
04
Reliability
OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, JVM analysis, database performance, and production troubleshooting.
05
Security
OAuth 2.0, JWT, Keycloak, RBAC, API gateway security, secure cookies, data privacy, and server-side enforcement.
06
Leadership
Solution architecture, engineering standards, developer mentorship, technical roadmaps, incident leadership, and stakeholder management.
/ Technical toolkit
JavaSpring BootAngularTypeScriptC# / .NETDB2 for iSQL ServerPostgreSQLKafkaRabbitMQRedisDockerNGINXOpenTelemetryGrafanaPrometheusLokiTempoWebSphereKeycloakJasperReportsOpenText
/ Professional resume
Leadership,
architecture,
and delivery.
A concise three-page profile of my career progression, engineering management practice, enterprise modernization work, and technical leadership.
Formatted for professional sharing, recruiter review, and international opportunities./ Engineering management practice
From system health
to team health.
I treat engineering management as an operating system: connect reliable technology, disciplined delivery, governance, customer value, and the growth of the people doing the work.
01Run
Operational reliability
Steward application uptime, performance, production support, security evolution, framework currency, dependency hygiene, and sustainable maintenance practices.
02Build
Predictable delivery
Guide technical solutions from requirements through deployment with disciplined estimation, design, code quality, completeness, and fit-for-purpose Agile delivery.
03Protect
Governance & assurance
Embed audit readiness, corrective-action ownership, vulnerability remediation, and accountable follow-through into normal engineering operations.
04Improve
Engineering health
Drive deliberate reduction of technical debt and defect backlogs using clear classification, transparent trade-offs, and team-level continuous improvement.
05Serve
Customer outcomes
Connect engineering priorities to digital experience, self-service adoption, straight-through processing, transaction success, and product performance.
06Lead
People development
Create the conditions for engineers to succeed through active support, individual development planning, coaching, engagement, and clear expectations.
Operating principle
Modernize boldly.
Operate reliably.
Grow the team.