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Strategize
Build
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Driving technical strategy through AI-powered, full-stack solutions to build an intelligent future.

The Architect
CALLSIGN:@ThadCastl3
COORD: 32.7765° N, 79.9311° W
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OPERATOR: TECHNICAL STRATEGIST // AI SYSTEMS ENGINEER
DOMAIN: PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE • APPLIED AI • SYSTEMS DESIGN
STATUS: ACTIVE // EVOLVING

I build intelligent systems and scalable platforms that enable organizations to move faster, think smarter, and operate with clarity.

My mission is to merge architectural rigor with AI-native innovation, designing systems that learn, adapt, and extend human capability.

I engineer the frameworks that turn strategy into execution, complexity into capability, and vision into high-performing, intelligent futures.

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Bear Cognition

Director of Software Engineering // 2023-Present

Driving company-wide technical strategy across cloud, data, and AI. Lead multi-disciplinary engineering, data, and platform teams; oversee architecture, roadmap execution, and organizational scaling supporting hundreds of clients and thousands of users.

Bear Cognition

Senior Software Engineer // 2020-2023

Built and scaled the company’s analytics and data engineering practice to 1,000+ deployments. Modernized the core data platform, migrated legacy architecture to cloud-native systems, and led compliance, observability, and reliability initiatives.

Axios Evos

Founder // 2019-2020

Strategic consulting for SMBs focused on automation, analytics modernization, and operational decision intelligence. Developed data-driven roadmaps and architectural strategies for growing organizations.

Booster TV

Growth Director // 2016-2017

Directed product roadmap and offshore engineering for a live-streaming e-commerce platform. Managed launch operations, budget, and influencer pipeline development.

Operational Capabilities

Strategic capabilities for building resilient systems, high-performing teams, and AI-driven platforms.

Strategy & Leadership

  • Technology Roadmapping
  • Org Design & Governance
  • AI Product Strategy

Cloud

  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Serverless

Product Engineering

  • Typescript
  • Vue / Nuxt
  • Python

Compliance

  • SOC2
  • HIPAA
  • ZERO TRUST
System Architecture// Distributed Systems// AI// Agentic Workflows// Typescript//Vue// Nuxt// Python//AWS// GCP// Terraform//

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Field Proven Systems
Lightspeed Pipeline
01 // Data Orchestration

Self Hosted Prefect

Company-wide orchestration layer for ETL AND AI WORKLOADS BUILT ON PREFECT AND EKS. CONSOLIDATED FRAGMENTED JOBS INTO A SINGLE CONTROL PLANE, CUTTING INFRASTRUCTURE OVERHEAD BY ~42% BY USING SERVERLESS FARGATE CLUSTERS, AND ELIMINATED POTENTIAL ISSUES WITH CONCURRENCY LIMITS ON WORKER NODES.

  • + Prefect
  • + AWS / EKS / Fargate
  • + Python
  • + Terraform / HELM CHarts / GitHub Actions
02 // Platform Modernization

Perceptivity (DPaaS)

ARCHITECTED, DESIGNED, AND LED DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERCEPTIVITY MANAGED DATA PLATFORM—A FULLY CLOUD-NATIVE SAAS BUILT AND LAUNCHED IN UNDER SIX MONTHS. IMPLEMENTED END-TO-END CI/CD, HOSTED CORE SERVICES ON GOOGLE CLOUD RUN, AND USED FIREBASE + FIRESTORE FOR AUTH, STORAGE, AND REAL-TIME APPLICATION STATE.

ENGINEERED A FULL TYPESCRIPT, NUXT/VUE, AND NODE-POWERED STACK WITH YAML-BASED WORKFLOW ACTIONS TO SUPPORT MASSIVE MULTI-TENANCY.

INTEGRATED AN INTELLIGENT CHAT AGENT USING GOOGLE GEMINI (GENKIT), ENABLING NATURAL-LANGUAGE-DRIVEN INSIGHTS, PIPELINE COMMANDS, AND EMBEDDED AI APPLICATION WORKFLOWS.

THE PLATFORM NOW SERVES 1,300+ CLIENTS AND 3,000+ USERS, CONNECTING TO 590+ DATA SOURCES AND DELIVERING 828 ANALYTICAL MODELS ACROSS OUR CUSTOMER BASE. PERCEPTIVITY OPERATES AS THE PRIMARY INTERFACE FOR DATA PIPELINES, INSIGHT DELIVERY, AND AI-AUGMENTED OPS—FORMING THE STRATEGIC CORE OF BEAR COGNITION’S MANAGED DATA SERVICE.

  • + Typescript / Vue / Nuxt
  • + GCP / Cloud Run / Firebase Auth / Firestore / Gemini Genkit
  • + Sigma / Tableau
  • + Github Actions
Legacy Extraction
Bid Optimizer
03 // Optimization & AI

USPS Bid Optimizer

AI-ENABLED OPTIMIZATION ENGINE FOR USPS CONTRACT ROUTES.

USES INTELLIGENT DOCUMENT PROCESSING TO EXTRACT CONTRACT TERMS, THEN MODELS CLIENT FLEETS (RATES, OVERHEAD, MARGINS, AND RISK TOLERANCE) TO CALCULATE OPTIMAL VEHICLE ALLOCATION AND PRICING PER ROUTE.

BUILT TO MAXIMIZE PROFIT WHILE INCREASING PROBABILITY OF AWARD, WITH SUPPORT FOR SCENARIO ANALYSIS AND WHAT-IF PLANNING ACROSS LARGE ROUTE NETWORKS.

  • + Intelligent Document Processing
  • + Python / Vue / Nuxt v4 / Typescript
  • + Langflow / LangChain / OpenAi
  • + AWS / Lambda / Amazon Location Services
04 // OPEN SOURCE OPERATIONS

Open Source Engagements

CONTRIBUTED TO CRITICAL OPEN-SOURCE PROJECTS SUPPORTING GLOBAL ENGINEERING TEAMS. IDENTIFIED AND RESOLVED EDGE-CASE DEPLOYMENT FAILURES, PATCHED BROKEN GCP LOGIC, AND IMPROVED CI/CD RELIABILITY ACROSS MULTIPLE REPOSITORIES.

SUBMITTED FIXES TO FIREBASEEXTENDED/ACTION-HOSTING-DEPLOY—ENHANCING DEPLOYMENT LOGGING, ADDRESSING WORKFLOW FAILURES, AND IMPROVING HOSTING PIPELINE STABILITY.

LOCATED AND RESOLVED A DEFECT IN LANGFLOW-AI/LANGFLOW GCP DEPLOYMENT SCRIPTS, RESTORING CLOUD BUILD FUNCTIONALITY AND IMPROVING INSTALLATION RELIABILITY.

  • + Typescript
  • + Github Actions
  • + Firebase Hosting
  • + Python
Open Source Contributions