David Rector · Solution Architect & Engineering Lead

About

At heart I'm a problem solver most at home in enterprise environments. With well over a decade in the field, I engage clients directly, listen for where their operations are strained, and turn what I hear into architecture that makes them more efficient and easier to run. That depth of experience means I can recommend solutions with confidence — and whether the answer is a small, surgical change or the design of an entire system, I own it end to end, from the first conversation through delivery and long-term maintenance.

Own end-to-end architecture for enterprise platforms serving a NZ$5B global logistics group (10,000+ staff across 27 countries) and a $5.4B-asset credit union (330,000+ members) — spanning both Azure cloud and regulated on-premises environments.
Embed AI/LLM capability into production platforms and engineering workflows — LLM-driven content-transformation automation for a large CMS migration, and AI-assisted PR review wired into CI/CD alongside automated vulnerability scanning.
Lead engineering teams continuously since 2020 — a five-person backend team plus an offshore React team at Caroogo, and rotating agency delivery teams at BlueModus.
Define CI/CD architecture and Infrastructure-as-Code strategy on Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions, standardizing automated deployments and shortening release cycles while improving reliability.

Expertise

Architecture & Strategy: Solution architecture Cloud & on-prem design Security architecture Monolith decomposition Event-driven / CQRS Domain-driven design RESTful APIs · SOLID Scalability & HA
AI Engineering: LLM integration (.NET / Azure) Azure AI Foundry AI-assisted development LLM process automation Prompt design AI search & chat
Cloud & DevOps: Azure App Services Azure Functions Service Bus / Event Grid Entra ID / B2C · Key Vault Azure DevOps GitHub Actions ARM / Bicep (IaC) Docker
On-Premises: Windows Server IIS Load-balanced SQL Server Regulated environments
Languages & Frameworks: C# .NET 6 / 7 / 8 ASP.NET MVC Entity Framework Core Node.js TypeScript SignalR
Data: SQL Server Cosmos DB Redis Dapper Query optimization Database design
Security: OAuth 2.0 JWT authentication Entra ID RBAC OWASP
Frontend: React Angular Vue.js TypeScript
Practices & Leadership: Team leadership Agile / Scrum Code review Integration testing Swagger / OpenAPI Mentorship

Credentials

University of Kentucky B.S. Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics Graduated May 2012

Azure Solutions Architect Expert Microsoft Certified · AZ-305 In progress · expected Q4 2026

Microsoft Certifications Azure Developer Associate (expired) · Specialist: Programming in C# · Microsoft Certified Professional

Experience

2023 — PRESENT

Senior Solution Lead · BlueModus

Remote · AI Integration & Platform Architecture

Azure.NETOn-PremisesEntra IDAzure AI FoundryAzure DevOpsKentico / Xperience

Own end-to-end architecture for two flagship enterprise accounts — a NZ$5B global logistics group (10,000+ staff, 27 countries, five public brands) on Azure, and a $5.4B-asset credit union serving 330,000+ members on-premises — partnering with client IT and security teams.
Decomposed a monolithic CMS platform by extracting site search into a standalone, load-balanced API — proposed, designed, and built end to end — decoupling release cycles for independent deployments and faster feature development.
Replaced scheduled-task background processing with asynchronous Azure Function Apps, removing batch workloads from the CMS deployment cycle and improving scalability, isolation, and reliability.
Architect a load-balanced on-premises platform on Windows Server, IIS, and SQL Server for a regulated financial institution serving 330,000+ members.
Designed LLM-driven post-migration content automation for a large Kentico 13 → Xperience migration, transforming migrated content at scale.
Automated GitHub workflows with AI-assisted (Copilot) PR review plus Dependabot and Checkov scans, orchestrating mid-sprint fixes and coordinated releases to reduce average exposure time.
Set architecture direction and engineering standards — ADRs, code review practices, development guidelines — adopted by rotating agency delivery teams of five across both accounts.
Lead client-facing architecture discovery and design, aligning technical solutions with business objectives across multi-year platform initiatives.
Architect cloud security and identity — Entra ID integration, RBAC, and OAuth2/JWT authentication — working with client security teams to maintain standards compliance across enterprise platforms.
Define CI/CD architecture on Azure DevOps pipelines, enabling reliable automated deployments across development and production environments.
Design modular .NET service architectures — caching layers, background processing, API services — holding page response times to a 200ms target across large-scale production environments.
Contribute to an enterprise AI search-and-chat implementation built on Azure AI Foundry, integrating AI services into the client's platform architecture.

2022 — 2023

Senior Consultant · RDA

Remote

.NETKnockout.jsE-commerce

Built an Amazon-style shopping experience into a production e-commerce platform on .NET and Knockout.js.

2020 — 2022

Development Lead · Caroogo

Louisville, KY

Azure.NETReactAzure DevOpsScrum

Led five backend developers and an offshore React team, coordinating priorities and removing blockers to hold sprint and project milestones.
Balanced 50% hands-on development with Scrum leadership — sprint planning, standups, retrospectives.
Designed and implemented large-scale APIs spanning dozens of Azure services and third-party vendors, powering an end-to-end car-buying wizard.
Built CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, standardizing infrastructure provisioning across internal backend and offshore frontend teams.

2018 — 2020

Senior Software Developer → Web Development Lead · BlueModus

Remote

.NETKenticoPowerShellCaching

Built and maintained CMS platforms at scale — RILA.org, ASBMB.org, CarboCeramics.com — serving hundreds of thousands of users from a shared proprietary codebase.
Developed a PowerShell scaffolding library that cut client onboarding overhead across new projects.
Designed a dynamic page-caching framework delivering sub-200ms page loads at scale.

2017 — 2018

Senior Software Developer · Kindred

Louisville, KY

Azure WebJobsQueuesC#xUnit

Refactored a proof of concept into a scalable architecture on Azure WebJobs and Queues, establishing a common logging architecture across services.
Implemented an automated testing strategy — 1,200+ tests at 85% coverage — significantly reducing production defects.
Mentored junior engineers and contributed architectural improvements across the platform.

2017

Senior Software Developer · Dealer Car Search

Louisville, KY

.NET CoreRedisXamarinSEO

Built and launched ListingALLCars.com, a .NET Core platform with Redis-backed distributed caching and an SEO-first architecture.
Migrated source control from SVN to Git on VSTS with automated build pipelines, and delivered companion Xamarin iOS/Android apps.

2015 — 2017

Senior Developer / Team Lead · Computer Services Inc.

Lexington, KY

.NETSQL ServerAgileCompliance

Led a development team through full SDLC across enterprise projects in a 100+ developer shared codebase.
Established agile practices and code quality standards, improving delivery consistency and software reliability.
Enforced secure, compliant development practices within banking systems to meet regulatory and audit requirements.

2012 — 2015

.NET / ASP.NET Developer · Veridocs

Lexington, KY

C#SQL ServerWPF

Developed casino patron management and identification software for Fortune 500 clients using C#, SQL Server, and WPF.
Leveraged proprietary image processing to read IDs and enable fast, accurate customer processing.

Contact

Currently Senior Solution Lead at BlueModus. Always glad to talk about platform architecture, Azure at scale, or what it actually takes to get an LLM feature into production.

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