~/portfolio > ~/experience

$ cat career.log

Career Experience

Senior Technical Consultant · AWS Certified SA · Vancouver, Canada

Nov 2023 - Present (promoted Jan 2025)

Technical Consultant → Senior Technical Consultant

@ TradeBeyond · Vancouver, Canada

  • Pioneered enterprise AI-augmented workflows: 3 custom MCP servers, 30+ automation skills, connecting to 10+ enterprise data sources
  • Delivered 125x data migration performance improvement, solving a previously unsolved client requirement
  • Achieved 100x ORM cascade optimization through systematic profiling and evidence-based architectural trade-off analysis across 3 design approaches
  • Led Fortune 500 client engagements end-to-end with direct SME responsibility across retail and supply chain
  • Built self-service admin tools and onboarding automation, reducing field configuration from 1 week to 1 hour
  • Successfully delivered 1M+ record data migration for a major Canadian retailer with comprehensive planning and execution
  • Reduced frontend load times from 10s to <1s (90% improvement) via Redis caching
  • Trained 7+ team members including manager, building team independence and reducing SME dependency
TypeScriptPythonJavaSpring BootAngularPostgreSQLKubernetesAWSAzureDockerMCPEDISAML/SSO
May 2022 - Feb 2023

Application Dev Senior Analyst

@ Accenture · Hong Kong

  • Built general insurance platform with React, TypeScript, and Node.js serving multiple business units
  • Reduced form loading time by 83% through React optimization of 150+ field complex forms
  • Engineered Azure Functions (C#/.NET) for automated report generation, delivering 250+ documents
  • Led 20+ SQL scripts for critical data migration with rollback strategies
  • Integrated with 3 business partners via SOAP protocol for document generation services
ReactTypeScriptNode.jsC#AzureSQL ServerPrismaORM
Jul 2020 - May 2022

Programmer

@ Insight Information Technology · Hong Kong (FinTech)

  • Led microservices revamp project transitioning monolith to microservices with Spring Cloud and React
  • Implemented RocketMQ message queue and Redis caching architecture for real-time trading platform
  • Built multi-language support (i18n) for 4 company websites across PC and mobile
  • Researched and adopted Docker and ELK stack for the team
  • Conducted technical training sessions on React and GraphQL for team upskilling
JavaSpring BootVue.jsReactPostgreSQLRedisDockerGraphQL

$ echo $SKILLS

# Frontend

  • React
  • Angular
  • Vue.js
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Redux
  • Tailwind CSS
  • GraphQL

# Backend & Data

  • Node.js
  • Express.js
  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • Python
  • PostgreSQL
  • Redis
  • SQL Server

# AI & Automation

  • Claude API
  • MCP Servers
  • Custom AI Agents
  • Automated Pipelines
  • AI-Driven ETL
  • Prompt Engineering

# Cloud & DevOps

  • AWS (Certified SA)
  • Azure
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • CI/CD
  • Vercel

# Soft Skills

  • Fortune 500 Client Mgmt
  • Technical Leadership
  • Team Mentoring & Training
  • Cross-timezone Coordination
  • Technical Presentations
  • Documentation

$ ./connect --with-owen

Building AI-augmented systems for enterprise. Open to senior engineering, AI consulting, and architecture roles. Vancouver / Remote.