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Brandon Ward

Projects

Case studies

Data-driven delivery: integrations, CI/CD transformations, migration playbooks, and starter kits that keep teams fast and safe.

Zen Planner Kubernetes Migration

Impact

Moved production workloads to AWS-hosted Kubernetes with CI/CD improvements.

Problem

Legacy deployment targets and brittle pipelines slowed delivery and observability.

Approach

Migrated services onto Kubernetes with health probes and monitoring; added custom git hooks and Jenkins pipelines to harden delivery.

Impact

Higher deployment reliability, clearer visibility, and faster feedback loops for engineers.

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StackHawk Integrations & State Migration

Impact

Expanded StackHawk’s platform with GitHub, Snyk, and Azure DevOps integrations while modernizing front-end state management.

Problem

Customers needed streamlined security scanning hooks into their existing SDLC tools, and the SPA state layer was slowing delivery.

Approach

Built Kotlin/Spring Boot services exposing REST + gRPC backed by Argo Workflows/Jobs; hardened rollout paths. Migrated the React app from redux to nanostores to shrink bundle size and simplify data flows.

Impact

Reduced integration setup friction, increased automation adoption, and sped up UI delivery with leaner state management.

  • • 3 major integrations delivered with consistent auth/tenant isolation patterns
  • • SPA bundle weight trimmed while keeping feature velocity
  • • GitHub Actions pipelines now emit richer reports for stakeholders
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Promontory Release Cadence Acceleration

Impact

Overhauled CI/CD and environment readiness to shrink release cycles from quarterly to weekly.

Problem

Three-month release cycles with brittle environments blocked rapid delivery and feedback.

Approach

Rebuilt pipelines, tightened promotion quality gates, uplifted Kubernetes dev clusters, and standardized Gradle builds to remove drift.

Impact

Teams moved from quarterly to weekly releases with higher confidence and predictable rollouts.

  • • Release cadence improved 12x (3 months → 1 week)
  • • Reduced environment drift and rollout incidents
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Schwab Internal OSS Starters

Impact

Launched Spring Boot starter kits and integration automation to speed teams onto cloud patterns.

Problem

Teams duplicated effort building service foundations and cloud integrations, slowing adoption and consistency.

Approach

Built Spring Cloud starter templates, codified Eureka/Config/Gateway wiring, and added an event-driven automation framework for integrations.

Impact

Faster bootstrap, consistent platform patterns, and recognition in company code-a-thon.

  • • 2nd place in company code-a-thon
  • • New services adopted standard starters with reduced setup time
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Android Apps Portfolio

Impact

Published Android utilities (Binary2Hex, SimpleBAC, RecipeOrganizr) built end-to-end as a solo founder.

Problem

Users wanted lightweight utilities with offline-first behavior and simple UX.

Approach

Built Java/Gradle apps with SQLite, Dagger, and AdMob; handled design, development, and release.

Impact

Multiple apps shipped to the Play Store with steady usage and feedback loops.

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