Software Engineer, System Architect, Technical Pre-Sales Professional

Columbus, OH | Email Me

Profile

Jeff is a solutions architect, software engineer, technical pre-sales architect, and team lead with 10+ years of experience delivering solutions on Azure and Microsoft 365. His expertise includes backend services, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, modern .NET, CI/CD, portal and application development, workflow automation, and conversational AI (Microsoft Bot Framework). He also works extensively with low/no-code platforms such as Microsoft Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps) and Dataverse, plus Nintex. His industry experience spans insurance, logistics, energy, retirement, healthcare, steel and food manufacturing, and state and local government, covering the full lifecycle from discovery and design to production delivery.

Experience

Marzetti October 2024 to Present

  • Solution Architecture across Azure and Power Platform ecosystems
  • Designed and implemented automations using Logic Apps, Power Automate, and Azure Document Intelligence (OCR and Vision AI) to streamline document workflows and build SAP REST integrations.
  • Architected a product data syndication system with API integrations and a responsive Power Platform UI.
  • Developed new patterns for architectural diagrams using MermaidJS to visualize system interactions and support cross-team/role alignment.
  • Established DevOps governance with Azure DevOps pipelines and controls to ensure secure, scalable deployments.
  • Mentored developers in automation, integration, and governance best practices.
  • Participated in Product Owner sessions and stakeholder workshops to size, define, and deliver business-critical solutions.

Insight 2023 to 2024

  • Power Platform & Dataverse Development/Architecture
  • (Current contract) Create a responsive Canvas application, capable of on and offline functionality, including Power Automate components using a Dataverse back end, with file storage in SharePoint, following a Git Flow pattern for source control and Azure Dev Opps YAML pipelines for Dev-Test-QA-Prod deployments, to support a Bill of Lading Product for a US State Department of Agriculture
  • (5 months) Perform a migration for a large project management and monetary allocation Canvas app from a SharePoint back end to a Dataverse with a streamlined data model, Data Flows and ALM with training for a Wealth Management organization

Insight 2023 to 2024

  • Technical pre-sales solution architect
  • Work to support diverse clients with solution architecture, to scope, to project and sales
  • Produce team based with project timeline with build task-based estimations, SOW’s, ROM presentation decks and delivered client pitches as part of this body of work
  • Produce quick POC’s for conversational vetting of approach to instill confidence of our buyers
  • Helped to sell well over $3M of new and continued business in both strategic and partner accounts

Insight February 2019 to July 2023

  • .NET Principal Engineer (6 to 8), MSFT Bot Framework, Azure Functions & Logic Apps
  • (6 months) Azure Functions & D365 integrations for Data Center Management Organization in Cleveland
  • (5 years) Voice assistant developer using Microsoft Bot Framework, .NET, ADO, CI/CD, Bing Maps, LUIS, CLU, Custom Question Answering (QnA Maker), App Insights dashboard-based feature development/delivery (root bot with several skills) for a large energy company in Detroit
  • (6 months) Logic Application and Azure Function based architectural assessment for a health care provider building an appointment reminder system

Nationwide Insurance September 2017 to February 2019

  • System Architect M365, SharePoint, enterprise search, Intranet
  • Managed SharePoint and parts of the M365 ecosystem (Power BI included) from a 3-year architectural & budgeting road map standpoint
  • Provided a two-year plan, to budget, to migrate the Intranet from Java and Grails with an on-premises web server and SQL based back end to a modern web application using React and cloud-based CMS with a headless pattern lowering cost of ownership and coming in under budget
  • Planned out the retirement of on-premises SharePoint search to a vendor specific, and preferred by, the organization built out using Coveo Enterprise Search
  • Constructed the project architecture and planning for the corporate move from SharePoint 2013 on premise to SharePoint Online then helped the technical team to perform those tasks while keeping a line of sight on budget to time

Cardinal Solutions, Inc July 2013 to September 2017

  • SharePoint, .NET, JavaScript, PowerShell Developer
  • Workflow automations, Master Page branding, Web Part development, event receivers, managed metadata, with a specialty in BDC/BCS (multiple clients)
  • Farm migrations

Glazer’s Family of Companies, Inc June 2008 to July 2013

  • SharePoint lead, .NET, JavaScript, PowerShell Developer
  • Workflow automations, Master Page branding, Web Part development, event receivers, managed metadata, BDC
  • Lotus Notes migration using .NET to SharePoint list-based solutions
  • Java console application automating the pulling of complex pricing data from DB2 to MySQL

Skills & abilities

  • .NET
  • SQL
  • Cosmos DB
  • PowerShell
  • Azure
  • Power Platform
  • Dataverse
  • Microsoft Cognitive Services
  • Business Process Flow
  • SharePoint
  • Azure Search
  • Solution Architecture
  • Business Process Automation
  • Scalability
  • Testing
  • CI/CD Azure Dev Ops/Git

Public Speaking

  • Career Development Talks for internal community groups (Insight)
  • Columbus Web Group 2017
  • SharePoint Saturday Columbus, Ohio 2017 (Workflows)
  • Buckeye SPUG Columbus, Ohio 2016 (Workflows)
  • Dog Food Conference Columbus, Ohio 2016 (BCS Catalog Framework & SQL Integration)
  • Nationwide Internal Innovation Conference 2018
  • Code && Beer Community Interview re adapting to the Pandemic
  • Code && Beer Bot Framework 2020
  • Code && Beer Azure Functions 2019

Education

The Ohio State University, BA, 2008 PMP Digital Media & Conservation