Founder, CEO, and Principal Workday Integration and Extend Architect at Etymon Consulting with 10+ years of experience delivering mission-critical integrations, custom cloud applications, and automated pipelines for Fortune 500 enterprises and research institutions. Combines deep Workday platform mastery (Workday Certified in Extend, Studio, and Integrations) with executive advisory and technical leadership that shortens delivery cycles. Track record of over 1,000 integrations built, maintained, and delivered across enterprise tenants with least-privilege security models and documented reductions in client delivery timelines.
Certifications
Workday Certified Professional – Extend
Workday Certified Workday Studio Consultant
Workday Certified Integration Consultant
NIH Patient Data Confidentiality
Core Competencies
Enterprise ERP & Architecture: Workday Extend, Workday Studio, Core Connectors, EIB, BIRT Reporting, WQL, PRISM Analytics, Domain Security & Integration System Users (ISU).
Modern Development & Cloud: Python, JavaScript (ES6+), C#, Serverless Functions (Netlify / AWS Lambda), GitHub Actions CI/CD, Node.js, HTML5 / CSS3.
Integration Protocols & Formats: REST & SOAP APIs, Webhooks, Web Push, SFTP, XSLT 1.0/3.0, XML / XSD, JSON, MVEL, SQL (MySQL, SQLite).
Engineering & Security Standards: Automated Testing (Playwright, PyTest), Git/GitHub Version Control, Agile/Scrum, PII Compliance & Least-Privilege Architecture.
Professional Experience
- Founded enterprise advisory and systems architecture firm delivering custom Workday Extend applications, complex integration pipelines, and high-stakes platform remediation.
- Serve as fractional Chief Architect and strategic advisor for partner practices (including Arrant Technologies) and enterprise clients, overseeing solution governance, security, and delivery excellence.
- Direct end-to-end architecture of bespoke Workday Extend applications, multi-endpoint Orchestrations, and high-volume Studio assemblies across HCM, Payroll, and Financials.
- Engineer reusable accelerators, IP frameworks, and automated specification tooling that streamline SOW scoping, architecture reviews, and client implementation timelines.
- Architected custom Workday Extend applications and complex multi-endpoint Orchestrations for enterprise tech leaders (including a global on-demand delivery platform and an enterprise cybersecurity firm), bridging proprietary HCM workflows with external vendor systems.
- Diagnosed and resolved payload corruption issues in high-volume Workday Orchestrations, isolating defects to runtime-specific text-template limitations and stabilizing candidate data pipelines.
- Engineered "Agent Syft" for the 2026 Workday DevCon Hackathon, prototyping an agent on Workday's platform for Revenue Management data reconciliation using conversational skills (
.agent / .agentskill) and human-in-the-loop merge Orchestrations.
- Built automated SOW estimation toolkits and standardized rapid Extend PMD/orchestration generation across distributed consulting teams.
- Implemented strict Integration System User (ISU) permissions and domain security policies, enforcing least-privilege access across client tenants.
- Led technical innovation and product architecture, spearheading development of custom enterprise applications, automation utilities, and analytical dashboards integrated directly into Workday.
- Partnered with C-suite stakeholders and client HR/Finance leadership to analyze workflow bottlenecks, translating pain points into production-ready Extend applications and automated integration jobs.
- Established standardized code review, version control, and quality assurance processes across distributed teams of integration consultants and technical analysts.
- Created and conducted structured training programs for entry-level consultants, mentoring junior cohorts to successfully achieve demanding Workday certifications and accelerating billable deployment.
- Served as primary escalation lead for complex client requirements, known for finding practical, defensible architectural paths through difficult Workday platform constraints.
- Directed end-to-end integration delivery across concurrent enterprise client implementations, managing and mentoring junior integration analysts and architects.
- Designed and maintained dozens of bespoke Workday Studio assemblies, Core Connectors, and BIRT reporting layouts spanning Payroll, Benefits, HCM, and Financial Management.
- Served as lead escalation engineer for mission-critical integration defects, optimizing complex XSLT transformation routines to reduce runtime latency and prevent data transmission drops.
- Supervised post-production Application Management Services (AMS) for high-profile enterprise accounts, maintaining dozens of critical data integrations and outbound file exchanges.
- Managed bi-annual Workday feature release regression testing, preemptively remediating integration breaks and advising client leadership on new platform capabilities.
- Delivered full-lifecycle Workday implementation and integration architecture for Fortune 500 accounts within Deloitte’s Human Capital practice.
- Partnered with cross-functional workstreams (HCM, Payroll, Benefits) to map integration specifications, author custom XSLT transformations, and lead joint functional/technical testing.
- Developed, tested, and deployed over 100+ inbound and outbound Workday integrations utilizing Workday Studio, Core Connectors, EIBs, and custom XML reports.
- Diagnosed and resolved complex integration failures, troubleshooting schema discrepancies, SFTP handshake timeouts, and authentication tokens.
Prior Technical Foundation:
NetTime Solutions (2013–2015): Technical Support Rep troubleshooting SQLite databases, networking hardware (DHCP/static IP), and training new staff. •
Stream / Apple Support (2012–2013): iOS & Mac OS Technical Advisor maintaining 90%+ CSAT, advanced networking diagnostics, and floor mentoring.
Technical Innovation & Cloud Architecture
- Used AI tooling with client-approved source materials to accelerate first drafts of technical design documents and business object schemas, then reviewed and finalized them for delivery.
- Accelerated custom application prototyping and design document turnaround while generating automated Playwright regression test suites.
- Engineered an automated, high-reliability push notification pipeline dispatching real-time event updates to client web applications.
- Built serverless API endpoints (Netlify Functions) coupled with asynchronous Python background dispatchers and Web Push service workers.
Education
Arizona State University — Coursework in Computer Science, Technology & Systems Management