Donnie Gooch
Technologist
Startup Founder and Technologist successful at managing any product or development role in order to maximize business success. From idea to implementation, or from startup to enterprise grade development, I am a hands-on technologist that can create, manage, and develop a team. I love the challenge of rebuilding the old, creating the new and applying my knowledge, hard work and meticulous attention to the development details of software products. Contact
Address
Gardendale, AL, 35071
Phone
***********@*****.***
Skills
Product strategy and
development
IT Management and delivery
New product from idea to
implementation
Complete end-to-end
Application, API and
database design
Cloud-based environments
System design and
implementation
Work History
2022-08 -
Present
Application Server Architect
BulletVault - Tokenized Assets, Birmingham, AL
● Architected, developed, and launched a
tokenized asset application
● Technology used: AWS, Next.js, React,
TypeScript, .NET, Blockchain
● Blockchain Integration: Successfully integrated
blockchain technology into existing software
systems, enhancing security, transparency, and
traceability of transactions.
● Smart Contract Development: Designed,
developed, and deployed smart contracts on
Ethereum blockchain using Solidity, enabling
automated, trustless transactions within
decentralized applications (DApps).
● Blockchain API Integration: Implemented APIs
to interact with various blockchain networks,
enabling seamless communication between
web/mobile applications and decentralized
ledgers.
● Tokenization Projects: Led the development of
tokenization solutions for assets, facilitating the creation and management of digital tokens on
blockchain platforms such as Ethereum and
Binance Smart Chain.
Software
.Net Core
API Development
Database Design and
Development
Agile SDLC
AWS
Languages
Microsoft .Net Core, C#,
Angular, SQL
2020-08 -
2022-08
Director of Engineering
Suture Health, Birmingham, AL
As the Director of Engineering I led the team to
reduce 10 years of technical debt and risk to move the company forward across the entire Document
signing platform. This included: on-premise to cloud;
.net 4.7 to .net 6; EC2 to ECS Docker; Standalone Sql Server to RDS Sql Server; Document Request API, etc. 2018-06 -
2020-07
Architect and Platform Technologist
Anytime Telehealth, Nashville, TN
As the Architect and Platform Technologist I led the design and development of a pediatric tele-medicine platform. A platform that scaled and survived
COVID-19 pandemic with the addition of over 100k
patients served on the platform. The HIPAA compliant platform running on AWS, involved Angular web UI for both consumer and provider, plus iOS in Swift, Android and .Net Core Restful API using SQL Server.
2012-07 -
2018-01
CTO, Technology Founder
Hospicelink Network Medical Inc., Birmingham, AL
As the founding technologist and CTO I led the design and development of an enterprise DME benefits
management solution and billing system processing
millions in DME orders for Hospice. The platform built on ASP.Net, .Net WebApi, C#, with Mobile apps built in Xamarin for iOS and Android.
2005-10 -
2012-07
Founder, Technologist
PointClear Solutions, Birmingham, Alabama
As a founder, we built a consulting team based on
applying the craft of UX with leading edge software development across a number of healthcare products and services. We built a team of over forty five UX’ers and developers building both consumer and provider healthcare products.
2000-07 -
2005-10
Software Engineer
ComFrame Technology, Birmingham, AL
As a Java developer, I moved into the world of .Net and was part of building out ComFrame’s consulting team using the Microsoft Stack of technologies of the time including .Net, ASP.Net, C#, Sharepoint, Biztalk, and SQL Server. In that timeframe we built the team from 15 to over 100 consultants in the Southeast.
Earlier than
2000
Software Developer
Southern Natural Gas, Birmingham, AL
Three years C++
BellSouth, Birmingham, AL
Three years C/C++
Education
1991-08 -
1995-05
Bachelor of Science: Computer Science
Samford University - Birmingham, AL
2000-01 -
2003-05
MBA: Masters Business Administration
Birmingham Southern College - Birmingham, AL