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Kenneth O'Brien

Summary

Accomplished Director of Software Engineering at Bluedrop Medical, adept at driving FDA cybersecurity compliance and architecting HIPAA-compliant cloud solutions. Demonstrated expertise in GCP and Kubernetes, fostering collaboration through Event Storming. Proven ability to enhance system resilience while championing scalable architecture, ensuring high availability and performance in healthcare technology.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Software Engineering

Bluedrop Medical
01.2023 - Current
  • Company Overview: Healthcare
  • Led the design and development of HIPAA-compliant cloud architecture and APIs, ensuring the highest level of patient data security
  • Spearheaded Event Storming sessions to define user stories and optimize workflows
  • Drove FDA cybersecurity compliance, enhancing system resilience and security
  • Successfully implemented scalable backend architecture with GCP and Kubernetes, ensuring high availability and performance
  • Collaborated with ML engineering to architect, build, and deliver the automation of the 6-point foot inspection predictions for detecting diabetic foot ulcers
  • Ensured HIPAA compliance while seamlessly integrating this ML service with the core product, significantly reducing inspection time and enabling scalability
  • Initiated, designed, and built a data warehouse using Domain-Driven Architecture and Apache Airflow
  • The company did not recognize the need for this system until it was built, and now the dataset and architecture are core to the company's patient management, manufacturing, and other teams
  • Healthcare

Development Lead

Bluedrop Medical
09.2019 - 12.2022
  • Company Overview: Healthcare
  • Led the cloud architecture design and API development with a strong focus on patient data protection
  • Advocated and implemented CQRS, Hexagonal Architecture, and Domain-Driven Design for scalable and maintainable systems
  • Managed GCP cloud infrastructure expansion to support US regions and led the recruitment of QA and DevOps Engineers
  • Drove successful implementation of FDA cybersecurity requirements, improving overall system security posture
  • Championed Event Storming sessions to define business processes and user stories, enhancing collaboration and innovation across teams
  • Healthcare

Dev/BI Tech Lead

Fidelity Investments
10.2011 - 08.2019
  • Contributed significantly to the design and development of the Equity Portfolio Management platform
  • Led the design and implementation of a cash slicing feature, optimizing portfolio management processes
  • Designed an optimization platform for cash distribution using IBM's CPLEX linear programming, enhancing cash allocation efficiency
  • Developed a distributed state machine and event sourcing architecture for scalable, resilient systems
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines for Spring Boot-based microservices, improving development agility and deployment reliability
  • Collaborated with portfolio managers and product owners to define user stories and requirements aligned with business goals

Microservices Software Consultant

CISCO
01.2017 - 12.2017
  • Architected cloud solutions and microservices at Bluedrop Medical
  • Contributed to key design decisions for scaling and securing cloud-based systems

Business Intelligence & Development Tech Lead

Fidelity Investments Ireland
10.2011 - 12.2016
  • Led development of BI tools and data pipelines, contributing to data-driven decision-making within the company

Senior Software Engineer

Ericsson
01.2009 - 12.2011
  • Contributed to the development of software solutions for telecommunications systems

Software Engineer

Ericsson
01.2005 - 12.2009
  • Developed software solutions for telecommunications systems

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronic and Computer Engineering

National University of Ireland
Galway
01.2004

Skills

  • Java
  • Spring Framework
  • Axon Framework
  • Nodejs
  • Python
  • Go
  • VueJS
  • SpringBoot
  • Kafka
  • Kubernetes
  • Google Cloud (GCP)
  • Docker
  • Helm
  • Terraform
  • Postgres
  • BigQuery
  • SQL
  • NoSQL
  • Time-series
  • Git
  • Maven
  • JIRA
  • Cucumber
  • Event Sourcing & CQRS
  • Domain-Driven Design
  • Clean Architecture
  • Secure Software Development
  • TDD & BDD
  • Event Storming
  • Actor Model
  • GitDevOps
  • Scrum
  • HIPAA Regulations Compliance
  • FDA Cybersecurity Requirements
  • Cybersecurity Management
  • Penetration Testing
  • Threat Modeling
  • SBOM Automation

Compliance And Security

  • HIPAA Regulations Compliance
  • FDA Cybersecurity Requirements
  • Cybersecurity Management
  • Penetration Testing
  • Threat Modeling
  • SBOM Automation

Management And Leadership

  • Strategic Leadership
  • Cross-Functional Team Management
  • Mentoring & Coaching
  • Employee Development Plans
  • Performance Evaluations
  • Resource Allocation
  • Project Planning & Execution
  • Change Management
  • Collaboration with Stakeholders
  • Innovation & Prototyping

Timeline

Director of Software Engineering

Bluedrop Medical
01.2023 - Current

Development Lead

Bluedrop Medical
09.2019 - 12.2022

Microservices Software Consultant

CISCO
01.2017 - 12.2017

Dev/BI Tech Lead

Fidelity Investments
10.2011 - 08.2019

Business Intelligence & Development Tech Lead

Fidelity Investments Ireland
10.2011 - 12.2016

Senior Software Engineer

Ericsson
01.2009 - 12.2011

Software Engineer

Ericsson
01.2005 - 12.2009

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronic and Computer Engineering

National University of Ireland

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