Summary
Founder and cloud engineer building and maintaining production web infrastructure on AWS — from custom marketing sites and full-stack web applications to deep cloud architecture (EC2, RDS, S3, CloudFront, IAM, Lambda, API Gateway). Operate CRTV DEI for small businesses, nonprofits, and ministries, and serve as sole technical owner of a large institutional nonprofit's cloud-and-web stack. Strong focus on security, cost optimization, reliability, and long-term client ownership.
Experience
- Founded CRTV DEI to design, build, and maintain custom websites and web applications on AWS for small businesses, nonprofits, and ministries — leading the company and bringing in contractors as projects require.
- Build full-stack web applications from scratch — modern frontends, real-time backends, authenticated user systems, file storage, and role-based access control. Designed for production from day one.
- Design and develop custom marketing websites — static or content-managed, mobile-first, performance-tuned, SEO-equipped, and built for full client ownership.
- Provide ongoing technical care for client sites and applications — monitoring, security patching, backups, content updates, and on-call support — so clients keep what was built running fast, secure, and current.
- Conduct independent website and infrastructure diagnostics — hosting, DNS, plugin licenses, subdomain ecosystems, email deliverability, and access controls — delivered as plain-English reports leadership can act on.
- Architect, deploy, and maintain cloud environments using EC2, RDS (MySQL/MariaDB), S3, CloudFront, Route 53, IAM, VPC, Lambda, API Gateway, Secrets Manager, and ACM.
- Led migration of legacy and third-party hosted sites to AWS, improving performance, security, scalability, and cost efficiency.
- Design and maintain WordPress and custom web architectures, including EC2 application servers with separate RDS database instances.
- Implement and manage CloudFront CDN strategies, optimizing cache behavior and integrating with WordPress caching layers.
- Configure and maintain DNS, SSL/TLS certificates, security headers, cookie policies, and HTTPS enforcement across production environments.
- Build serverless automations using AWS Lambda and API Gateway for file handling, webhooks, and internal integrations.
- Drive ongoing cloud cost optimization initiatives while maintaining security and uptime for a nonprofit organization.
- Collaborate with leadership, marketing, and creative teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Serve as sole technical owner for web and cloud infrastructure, responsible for architecture decisions, uptime, and long-term maintainability.
- Instituted streamlined deployment pipelines leveraging CI/CD tools, version control integration, and automated testing to bolster reliability and accelerate application delivery timelines.
- Provided executive leadership for a campus-wide creative ministry initiative involving 100+ students across 15+ teams.
- Designed and implemented organizational structure, leadership pipelines, and communication systems to support sustainable growth.
- Led strategic planning, delegated responsibilities, and resolved high-level operational challenges.
- Mentored and developed student leaders with a focus on multiplying leadership and long-term discipleship.
- Oversaw execution of large-scale creative events, including showcases and outreach experiences.
- Fostered a culture of ownership, collaboration, and excellence across all teams.
- Spearheaded fundraising initiatives and partnerships with local organizations, advancing resource development and broadening community engagement.
- Supported live theatrical productions through sound, lighting, and technical operations.
- Managed box office operations, ticketing systems, and front-of-house patron experience.
- Troubleshot and repaired AV equipment, computers, and technical systems used in production environments.
- Assisted with archival digitization and documentation of performing arts materials.
- Coordinated logistics and scheduling for ensemble rehearsals, technical setups, and artist residencies to ensure seamless execution of performances and events.
