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David Kent

IT Leader Enterprise Architect AWS Architect Entrepreneur Vibe Coder

30 years building the systems that power enterprises, founding startups, and architecting digital transformation — now channeling it all into AI-accelerated product development and serverless solutions on AWS.

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30+ Years in Tech
$26M EBITDA Impact
30+ Architects Led
$15B eCommerce Platform
40k+ Largest Employee Base

A Record of
Building What Matters

2023 – Present

Principal Consultant

Corellian Consulting Group · Rosemont, IL

  • Technology Leadership across Strategy, Architecture & Change Management
  • Application Modernization: Cloud, Custom Software & BI Solutions
  • Led workforce management implementation for 32,000+ employees at Reyes Holdings
  • Migrated 100+ legacy integrations to MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
Founder-led Boutique Practice

2019 – 2022

Senior Director, Architecture

US Foods · Greater Chicago Area

  • Built and led a team of 30+ enterprise, solution & data architects
  • Reduced estimation SLA from 2 weeks to under 2 days
  • Developed routing optimization generating $26M in annual EBITDA
  • Governed ARB, Enterprise Technology Standards & Application Portfolio Mgmt
$26M EBITDA Impact

2017 – 2019

SVP Architecture & IT Operations

MB Financial Bank · Rosemont, IL

  • Introduced Snowflake DWaaS & AWS Lambda for first serverless data pipeline
  • Implemented full DevOps toolchain: GitLab, Chef, Terraform, AWS/Azure
  • Managed $11M+ annual IT Operations budget
  • Established CMDB in ServiceNow across 7 CI configuration domains
$11M+ Ops Budget

2012 – 2017

Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture

US Foods · Greater Chicago Area

  • Led technical architecture for $15B eCommerce platform rebuild
  • Drove strategic roadmaps: Mobile, Cloud, SOA, Integration & Data Center
  • Introduced Snowflake as a performant alternative to Oracle ExaData
  • Created TCO calculator framework for Application Portfolio Management
$15B Revenue Platform

2008 – 2015

CTO & Founder

Med Staff On-Call · Greater Chicago Area

  • Founded and built a scalable web & mobile platform for medical staffing automation
  • Secured angel funding, managed stakeholders, ensured regulatory compliance
  • Navigated a successful technology sale to ShiftWise
  • Products evolved into MightyNurse & ShiftWise Connect
Successful Exit

2002 – 2008

Director, Enterprise Architecture

CNA Financial · Greater Chicago Area

  • Server virtualization strategy: 66% TCO reduction, $2M+ 5-year ROI
  • Printing consolidation reduced annual output spend by 30% ($1M+/yr ROI)
  • Mobility strategy: $2.25M 3-year ROI, 1-year payback
  • Built internal systems for issue tracking, standards & vendor management
$5M+ Documented ROI

Education

Academic Foundation

College Preparatory

Marmion Academy · Aurora, IL

High School

BS, Mathematics & Computer Science

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

1989 – 1994

MBA, General Business

DePaul University · Kellstadt Graduate School of Business

Graduate Studies

Current Projects

01
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Web App · Entertainment

Live

Cocktail Slots

A fun, interactive web application that puts a spin on cocktail discovery. Pull the lever and let the slots decide your next drink — a playful blend of entertainment and mixology deployed serverless on AWS.

Visit cocktailslots.com →
02
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SaaS · HR Technology

Live

Applicant Tracking System

A custom-built ATS for Corellian Consulting Group — enabling candidates to register, upload resumes, and get automatically formatted to CCG's professional standard, then matched to active consulting opportunities.

Visit ats.ccgapps.com →
03
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SaaS · Risk Management

Live

Security Debt Tracker

A purpose-built tool for tracking and managing security debt across enterprise environments. Helps IT teams identify, prioritize, and remediate security gaps before they become liabilities — built serverless on AWS.

Visit securitydebttracker.com →
04
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Web App · Social / Productivity

Coming Soon

X On-Call

A next-generation tool designed around the X ecosystem, enabling smarter on-call workflows for teams that live in X. Currently in active development.

Visit xoncall.com →
05
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SaaS · IT Governance

Live

Enterprise Technology Standards

A platform for managing, publishing, and governing Enterprise Technology Standards across large organizations — bringing structure and auditability to one of architecture's most critical outputs.

Visit ets.ccgapps.com →
06
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SaaS · Finance / AI

Live

AI Options Manager

An AI-powered platform for analyzing and managing options strategies — surfacing trade ideas, weighing risk and probability, and turning dense options data into clear, actionable insight for smarter decisions. Built AI-first and serverless on AWS.

Visit aioptionsmanager.com →
07
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SaaS · Security / Intelligence

Live

Signal Agent

A specialized security tool that scans organizational environments to identify insider threat vectors and exposure opportunities — enabling security teams to get ahead of risk before it materializes.

Visit signalagent.ccgapps.com →
08
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Web App · Weather / Local

Live

Wash Cast

Tells you the best day in the next week to get your car washed based on weather forecasts, then helps you find the best local car wash by ratings and price. Smart scheduling meets local discovery — built AI-first on AWS.

Visit washcastapp.com →

My Approach

I use Claude as my primary vibe coding partner — combining 30 years of architecture instinct with AI-accelerated development to ship real products fast, deployed serverless on AWS. Big system thinker. Hands-on builder. Always shipping.

Interests & Current Focus

Enterprise Architecture

TOGAF 9 Certified Zachman Certified Solution Architecture IT Governance EA Frameworks Digital Transformation

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS Certified Serverless Architecture Lambda Route 53 CloudFormation Azure Hybrid Cloud

AI & Emerging Tech

Claude Grok Gemini Vibe Coding Generative AI AI-Accelerated Dev

✦ Consciousness

Quantum Consciousness Panpsychism External Consciousness Hard Problem Integrated Information Theory Non-Local Consciousness Orch OR Theory
Explore my consciousness studies ✦→

Get In Touch

Let's Build
Something Great

Whether you're looking for technology leadership, enterprise architecture consulting, or just want to talk shop about AI and serverless — the door is open.