About

Work History

Technical leadership and hands-on engineering across manufacturing, finance, entertainment, consulting, and internet platforms.

Freelance

Return to Corporate

Freelance

Leadership

Consulting

Early Career

AI First

Enterprise and SaaS

Internet Native

Brick and Mortar to Click and Mortar

Dawn of the Internet

  1. May 2026 – Present

    Consulting

    Owner and Consultant

    Coppedge Consulting, LLC · Plano, TX

    AWS, C#, .NET, IIS, SQL Server, Angular, JIRA, Confluence

    Independent consulting across AI-assisted development, application remediation, and delivery support for startup through enterprise teams—pairing senior engineering judgment with hands-on build, rescue, and platform work.

  2. June 2025 – May 2026

    Retail Logistics

    Technical Lead

    Omega Holdings LLC · Irving, TX

    AWS, .NET, C#, Linux, PHP, React, NGINX, Snowflake, SQL Server, GitHub, JIRA, Confluence

    Led custom software development for a major legacy platform upgrade across Microsoft and Linux systems on AWS. As AI technical leader, deployed AI-first analysis and development for 36 public-facing sites talking to Snowflake, plus backend APIs integrated with a custom Dynamics 365 implementation. The role also covered DevOps, architecture, and collaboration with onshore and offshore teams.

  3. August 2024 – April 2025

    Finance

    Lead Software Engineer

    JP Morgan Chase · Plano, TX · contracted through Artech L.L.C.

    Gaia, AWS, .NET, C#, Entity Framework, T-SQL, PowerShell, JavaScript, SQL Server, RabbitMQ, Spinnaker, Jenkins, JIRA

    Brought an offshore project back into corporate and DevOps compliance and reduced backlog. Repaired CI/CD pipeline configuration, cleaned up proof-of-concept AWS implementations, and resynchronized source control. Led a local support team, ran Agile stand-ups, and helped with refinement and JIRA cleanup.

  4. April 2023 – May 2024

    Retail and Entertainment

    Senior Software Engineer

    Traders Village · Grand Prairie, TX

    .NET, C#, Blazor, Entity Framework, T-SQL, PowerShell, JavaScript, IIS, SQL Server, SQLite, RabbitMQ

    Built a Blazor proof of concept that combined desktop and mobile support in one architectural framework, then expanded it on .NET into a unified enterprise information system over disparate legacy applications. Earlier work included a tablet inventory system, a mobile time-clock, and a weather alert app for ride operators.

  5. July 2014 – May 2023

    Consulting

    Partner and Consultant

    Coppedge Consulting, LLC · Plano, TX

    .NET, C#, Entity Framework, T-SQL, JavaScript, IIS, SQL Server, Java, PHP, Node.js, React, jQuery, Docker, WordPress, Wix

    Development, technical, strategic, and management consulting for clients in insurance, finance, entertainment, multi-level marketing, and brand management. Volunteer STEM instruction, programming basics, and robotics coaching alongside client work.

  6. February 2010 – July 2014

    Finance

    Chief Technology Officer

    Summit Alliance, LLC · Dallas, TX

    .NET, C#, LINQ, MVC Razor, ColdFusion, Java, Hibernate, IIS, SQL Server, SSRS, SSIS, PowerShell, Dynamics CRM, Azure

    Stabilized a failing custom fintech enterprise system, then designed its replacement. Assembled a team to combine disparate legacy software into a unified architecture integrated with Dynamics CRM and deployed on Azure. Earlier contract work through COMSYS covered triage, environments, source control, issue tracking, and a large refactor of the same product.

  7. March 2007 – May 2009

    Finance

    Technologies Architect

    nGenera · Austin, TX

    Java, Struts / Stripes / Spring MVC, SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle, DB2, Postgres, WebSphere, IBM Cloud

    Designed a customizable architectural framework for a complex, rule-based multi-tenant SaaS application with advanced UX for industry experts. Coordinated integration of core application and external functionality and managed development, testing, and production build processes.

  8. January 2006 – March 2007

    Entertainment

    Senior Software Engineer

    Crozier & Henderson Productions · Addison, TX

    ColdFusion, .NET, C#, LINQ, HTML5, CSS3, T-SQL, IIS, SQL Server

    Extended and maintained the primary consumer website, custom CMS, and email broadcast subsystem, plus automated data import and reporting. Mentored departments and junior staff on software design methodology.

  9. January 2004 – December 2005

    Consulting

    Senior Software Engineer

    IMC2 · Dallas, TX

    ASP.NET, T-SQL, HTML5, CSS3, XML/XSLT, IIS, SQL Server, Java, JavaScript

    Delivered client websites from composition through production, including backend delivery processes, schemas, stored procedures, and data transformation. Consulting to non-technical teams across the full lifecycle.

  10. January 2003 – December 2003

    Consulting

    Consultant

    Self-employed · Carrollton, TX

    Java, JSP, HTML, CSS, Hibernate, Apache, SQL, SQL Server, Postgres

    Short-term consulting and staff augmentation for Focus Technologies, IMC2, and Inginix: groundwork for larger teams, DMZ and web server setup, and mentoring junior developers as they were hired to take over.

  11. October 1999 – January 2003

    Consulting

    Senior Consultant

    marchFIRST (formerly USWeb / later divine) · Dallas, TX

    Java, JSP, JavaBeans, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, IIS, BroadVision, ATG Dynamo, SQL Server, Oracle

    Promoted to senior consultant within a year. Senior developer and later team lead on domestic and overseas projects, including recovery plans for at-risk efforts. Focused on moving clients onto internet platforms in retail and enterprise management.

  12. March 1999 – September 1999

    Marketing

    Lead Web Developer

    Mannatech · Addison, TX

    ASP, ColdFusion, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, T-SQL, IIS, DCOM, SQL Server

    Technical lead for the e-commerce web team. Ported a ColdFusion storefront to ASP on IIS with a Visual Basic DCOM object model and a significant relational database restructure.

  13. January 1997 – March 1999

    Telecom

    Lead Software Engineer

    FlashNet Communications · Fort Worth, TX

    Visual Basic, JavaScript, PHP, Perl, T-SQL, SQL Server, HTML, CSS

    Built a custom web CRM integrating accounting, customer service, and technical support. Solved data integrity and scalability issues in the inherited enterprise database, then managed a junior Visual Basic and Perl/CGI team.

  14. June 1996 – December 1996

    Telecom

    Software Engineer

    Why? Network · Arlington, TX

    Visual Basic, C++, HTML, SQL

    Built the initial custom enterprise customer sign-up and tracking system, translated paper document system into the resulting enterprise system. Redeveloped the public facing corporate website. Managed the technical support team.