Shane Battrick
AI Solutions Architect
shane.battrick@gmail.com
Principal Software Architect and technology leader with over 30 years of professional experience designing scalable, performant and maintainable solutions for complex business problems. Expertise spans software architecture, artificial intelligence, and full-stack engineering across start-up ventures and established corporations in strictly regulated industries including finance, healthcare, and security. Managed application development teams from small groups to 100+ FTEs, coordinated offshore resources, and aided senior management through two IPOs.
Technical Proficiency
AI & Machine Learning: Claude API, Claude Code, OpenAI API, GitHub Copilot, Google Gemini API, Cursor, Azure AI Vision, MCP, Ollama, Hugging Face
Languages: TypeScript, C#, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, SCSS, C/C++, Assembly, Java, Python
Frontend: Angular, React, RxJS, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, ASP.NET, NgRX, Ionic
Backend: Node.js, NestJS, .NET Framework, ASP.NET MVC, GraphQL, TypeORM
Cloud & DevOps: Azure, GitHub, Docker, CI/CD, AWS, Kubernetes, GCP
Data & Storage: MongoDB, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Redis, Oracle, Cosmos DB, Firebase
Methodologies: Software Architecture, Agile, SAFe, OOAD/OOP, UML, XP, REST/RMM, Functional Programming
Professional Experience
Principal Software Architect · Austin, TX
- Leading software architecture initiatives with a focus on AI-driven solutions and scalable system design
Co-Founder · Dallas, TX
- Co-founded technology venture focused on innovative software solutions
Software Architecture/Engineering Consultant · Dallas, TX
- Worked with multiple financial and healthcare clients in varying IT related capacities to recommend, and/or directly assist, in improving existing processes and systems
Senior Technical Architect / Venture Architect · Dallas, TX
- Provided senior technical architecture and venture architecture consulting for portfolio companies
Principal Software Architect · Dallas, TX
- Responsible for all aspects of the software development lifecycle including the initial setup and configuration of DevOps (Azure) and architectural oversight
- Designed and built an Azure hosted healthcare management system to facilitate the operations of a fast-growing innovative healthcare business that provides cost-efficient solutions for large self-funded employers and their members
Principal Software Architect / VP of AppDev · Dallas, TX
- Planned and led the pervasive system augmentation necessary to introduce leasing into the originations system for the Chrysler Capital partnership
- Designed the architecture and implemented a full end-to-end, telephony integrated, call center collection system
- Assisted in building, and leading, the Application Development team of 120 FTEs supporting $50B+ in loan assets
- Automated credit scoring, pricing and decisioning procedures facilitating 40,000 applications daily at 7 seconds per application
- Created a deployment system utilized by entire organization for software delivery
- Built core framework utilized by all in-house systems
- Responsible for 450+ application components/services
- Participated in multiple audits annually including SOX, SOC1, SOC2 and various regulatory audits
- Provided assistance to CIO during the 2014 Santander Consumer IPO
Software Architect/Consultant · Burlington, ON
- Returned in a consulting role to assist in enhancing security solutions across medical and dental systems
- Aided in enhancing existing systems to comply with certification requirements of provincial government
Software Engineer/Team Lead · Mississauga, ON
- Led development team in creating the framework utilized by all modules of the campground reservation system
Director of R&D · Toronto, ON
- Led R&D efforts of computer scientists/mathematicians in building video processing and object recognition systems to improve performance of existing holographic neural network
- Worked directly with corporate/government R&D units (Bank of America, Chubb Security, Canadian Mint, Macy's) to experiment with biometric possibilities
Software Architect/Consultant · Burlington, ON
- Built real-time web-based instrumentation and diagnostics monitoring system for use in existing process automation systems
Senior Software Engineer/Team Lead · Markham, ON
- Ran team in creating configuration foundation utilized by numerous teams for Java version of award-winning e-business platform
- Devised technique for integrating Java extensions into MFC/COM-based e-business IDE
Lead Software Architect · Toronto, ON
- Responsible for optimizing award winning video editing and broadcasting systems (WebTV)
- Designed and implemented a multitude of tools and systems for third-parties
Software Engineer · Burlington, ON
- Implemented practice management software including electronic medical records and prescription generation modules
- Collaborated with founder and president to establish SDLC
Certifications & Honors
Azure Fundamentals Certification
Microsoft · Oct 2020
Certified Secure Programmer .NET (ECSP .NET v8)
EC-Council · Jul 2017
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH v8)
EC-Council · Dec 2016
Education
McMaster University
Part-Time Studies · Hamilton, ON · Sep 2002 — Jul 2011
Programmer Analyst Diploma
CDI College of Business & Technology · Burnaby, BC / Hamilton, ON · Nov 1994 — Aug 1995