JustEnough/Mi9 Retail

Senior Software Architect Irvine, CA | January 2014 - Present

Full stack developer on Retail Software for some of the Fortune 500 companies that utilizes predictive analytics to ensure optimal stock allocation across their global business supply chain.

Responsible for the development of the Supply Chain UI and SQL CRUD backend, would eventually be asked to rectify the reprocess logic which was in progress for over a year and was able to complete it within 2 days to meet our Christmas deadline.
After making a custom Import/Export connector for Dynamic AX, was the sole architect and developer to make a standard Import/Export API. Initially used SOAP to provide Authentication/Batches/Import/Export/Error Reporting/Test Harness. Over the years would add remaining SQL Post procedures, batch partitioning, web service logging, UI with revamped reporting, garbage collection, cancel batch, standard export, and updated to use REST.
Aided in our Allocation Module, but quickly became the sole developer to implement all new features. Predominately used SQL to implement our Location Strategies, Location Exceptions, Maintenance Forecasts, Dynamic Store Eligibility, Default Overrides, Rate of Sale by Grade, Product Group Variant Eligibility, CLR for Groups and Prepacks, Debug, Logistics Engine with Product Group Projections, Product Modeling, Size Modeling, and Save Point features which allowed clients to save 2+ million dollars every quarter.
Developed many solutions to provide SQL procedure optimizations when we reached hundreds of millions of records. Some highlights were reducing Allocation Forecasts by more than 2/3 of the time (90 seconds to 15 seconds), Raw Contribution gathering that took 12 minutes down to 2 seconds, API Log retrievals from 7 minutes to 2 seconds, Variant Post from 8 minutes to 20 seconds, Allocation Main Select from 2 minutes to 18 seconds.
Spear headed the creation of many standard processes: Unit testing tSQLt guidelines for SQL, xUnit unit testing guidelines for C#, translation guidelines, architected and implemented the Diagnostic Framework to allow a standard logging process to help diagnosis errors, proprietary Date Alignment that aligned dates in SQL no matter what year, and proof of concept the Bot Framework to answer our frequently asked questions.
Upon loss of our .NET Engine developer, became lead developer to understand the most complex code base. Would eventually propose and develop a separate Engine Service, that reduced the time for larger computations from 15 minutes to 5 seconds.
In order to shorten the learning curve of our Demand Management system for our Mi9 Sales Team, proactively created a Data Builder which allowed the team to easily create scenarios for their demos. The UI was also used by other internal teams since it created scenarios within seconds versus one to two weeks.
Being the SME for Allocations and previous experience of demoing in front of clients, had the privilege to meet with one of our largest clients. During our meeting we were able to gain insight to their daily flow and further improve upon the Allocation code as well as fix many of their customizations.
After JustEnough was purchased by Mi9 Retail in 2018, was the main developer to ensure our integration with our new ERP Merchant system was successful. We utilized Boomi to transfer data through our RESTful Import/Export APIs. Even though the Merchant team was in a different location, we successfully accomplished the task and passed the UATs.
In addition to coding, mentored many of our developers with technical guidance on best practices, helped to discover root cause of issues, and provided solution designs for their tasks. Furthermore, helped expand upon requirements to ensure our Development and QA teams had the necessary information to complete the various ZOHO/JIRA tickets. Finally, supported many of our Support and Service team members by answering the countless questions on JEDX (internal questions forum) or holding conference calls. Even though I was not the SME for a particular topic, many would count on me to answer their questions since I am approachable and have the ability to quickly interpret the code written by our other developers.
Although atypical for our development team, wrote and maintained many documents. I wanted our process flows, examples, and overview of concepts documented thoroughly to give insight to our clients and team members.
Lastly, my career at JustEnough/Mi9 allowed me to work on the Media Manager with Bulk Image Converter, FXCOP resolutions, Promotion, Events, Content Manager, Level/Group Forecasting, Active Directory, Size Model Calculations, Profiles, Tags, Size/Seasonality Curves, Repository Imports, Adaptive Allocations (aka Allocation Scenario Planning), API Instruction Generator, Reconsolidation Engine, Time Frames, Size Similarity, Micro services, Azure Usage, and many other tasks to create the Demand Management system.

PORTFOLIO

Allocation

The Allocation module was originally a project I was called upon to assist in development in order to meet the three month deadline. I am now the sole SME of the module that has been one of the main selling points for our largest clients. Over the years, the Allocation module has undergone a number of enhancements and performance tuning as the data size for our clients have grown.

Supply Chain

The Supply Chain was my very first project with the company. Being more of a startup company, the requirements were very sparse but the concepts of the Supply Chain have remained unchanged.

Time Frame

Originally the Allocation module had the notion of time frames, but they were very limited. The Maintenance screen allowed the various management types of the Time Frames and helpful calendar views to easily understand the resolved schedules.

API Report

The API Report was created in my spare time. There were no requirements but having a strong relationship with our TSCs and Developers, I was able to create a helpful interface that gave them insight to their daily imports.

Adaptive Allocation

The Adaptive Allocation module was created to help clients quick start allocations. It provided a fast way for clients to essentially generate an Assortment Plan with comparable attributes. This plan could be pushed to our Order Manager all from the same screen.

JustEnough/Mi9 Retail

Senior Software Architect Irvine, CA | January 2014 - Present

PORTFOLIO

Allocation

Supply Chain

Time Frame

API Report

Adaptive Allocation

REVIEWS

2020-2021

2019-2020

2018-2019

2017-2018

2016-2017

2015-2016

2014-2015

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