Parker Foord

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Principal Software Engineer & Consultant

  • Website: parkerfoord.com
  • Phone: (414) 301‑2363
  • Experience:  years
  • Email: parkerfoord@quinticconsulting.com

I build secure, scalable systems that make a measurable impact. My work spans low-latency distributed systems, real-time data platforms, AI/ML infrastructure, and enterprise integrations for defense, fintech, healthcare, and SaaS teams.

Resume

Summary

Parker Foord

Principal software engineer and technical leader with + years building low-latency, cloud-native systems across defense, fintech, healthcare, and SaaS.

Education

MS, AI Engineering

Western Governors University

BS, Software Engineering

Western Governors University

AAS, Software Development

Fox Valley Technical College

Core Competencies

Architecture & Delivery

  • Distributed systems and cloud-native architecture with AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes.
  • Real-time data pipelines, streaming systems, and IoT platforms.
  • AI/ML integration, RAG pipelines, and LLM-backed document intelligence.
  • Secure SDLC, SOC 2 alignment, mentoring, and agile delivery.

Certifications

Credentials

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (2025)
  • LinkedIn Skill Assessment - Go Top 5% (2024)
  • NVIDIA Fundamentals of Deep Learning (2023)

Technical Skills

Platforms & Languages

  • Backend: .NET, gRPC, ASP.NET, Node.js
  • Cloud: AWS Kinesis, Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB; Azure Functions and Service Bus
  • Data: PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Kafka, RabbitMQ
  • DevOps: Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD
  • Languages: Go, C#, Python, TypeScript

Professional Experience

Founder & Principal Engineer

March 2024 – Present

Quintic Consulting – Remote

  • Founded and led a consulting practice delivering distributed systems and AI platforms for defense, fintech, and healthcare clients.
  • Architected MIL-spec, ultra-low-latency drone telemetry platform (< 30 ms RT) using Go, gRPC, AWS Kinesis, and WebRTC.
  • Designed Dynamics 365 / Power Apps ALM automation with GitHub Actions and ARM templates, reducing deployment effort from 30 hours to 15 minutes.
  • Led SOC 2 architecture improvements, secure SDLC controls, audit logging, infrastructure hardening, and engineering mentorship.

Senior Software Engineer

August 2022 – November 2024

Northwoods – Milwaukee, WI

  • Developed and deployed financial software using C#, .NET, ASP.NET, Entity Framework, LINQ, and SQL Server.
  • Deployed cloud services with Azure App Service and Azure Functions; implemented Service Bus-based asynchronous messaging.
  • Led .NET upgrades (3.1 to 6.0 to 8.0) across product suite, improving performance, security, and compatibility.
  • Implemented custom Dynamics plugins and asynchronous messaging via Azure Service Bus.

Software Engineer

April 2021 – August 2022

Caraflow – Milwaukee, WI

  • Shipped responsive ASP.NET Core / Vue 3 patient‑intake portal now licensed by 30+ hospitals.
  • Built low‑cost ePaper hospital signage system (ESP32 + NFC) saving ≈$120 K versus commercial alternatives.
  • Re‑platformed Android health‑records app (> 50 K users), adding offline sync and biometric login.

Senior Software Engineer

November 2019 – March 2021

Siphon – Appleton, WI

  • Led 4‑person team in building Angular/Node media hub aggregating Netflix, Hulu, Spotify APIs; achieved MVP in 5 months.
  • Introduced agile story mapping and CI practices that reduced cycle time by 30 %.

Software Engineering Intern

April 2019 – November 2019

Oshkosh Defense – Oshkosh, WI

  • Automated compatibility testing for 100+ applications against new Windows releases, preventing downtime.
  • Pioneered ticket‑routing system that accelerated issue resolution for mechanical engineering teams.

Selected Work

A focused set of platforms and systems that reflect my work across distributed systems, AI/ML infrastructure, real-time data, and enterprise integrations.

Drone Telemetry & Situational Awareness Platform

Domain: Defense · Tech: Go, gRPC, AWS Kinesis, MQTT, DynamoDB, WebRTC

Real-time telemetry and mission monitoring

Built a MIL-spec telemetry pipeline with sub-30ms round-trip latency, streaming ingestion, session analytics, secure client dashboards, live mission monitoring, post-mission analytics, and AI-assisted pilot safety workflows.

Browser-Based Drone Flight Simulator

Domain: Defense simulation · Tech: TypeScript, CesiumJS, Vite, Playwright, Vitest

3D drone simulation over real-world terrain

Built a browser-based 3D flight simulator with 6-DOF physics, waypoint autopilot, swarm formations, tactical HUD, weather simulation, recording and replay, telemetry export, and automated unit and E2E coverage.

AI Document Intelligence & RAG Platform

Domain: Legal and financial document analysis · Tech: Azure AI Search, OpenAI models, embeddings, vector search

Enterprise document evaluation and structured extraction

Developed retrieval-augmented generation workflows for summarization, classification, and structured data extraction across enterprise document corpora.

Autonomy Runtime Kernel

Domain: AI developer tooling · Tech: Python, PyYAML, pytest, Git worktrees, GitHub automation

Guarded planning, execution, validation, and handoff

Built a reusable autonomy runtime kernel for guarded planning, execution, validation, review, checkpointing, and git handoff, with driver-based configuration and optional GitHub PR automation behind an integration boundary.

Unified Financial Data Aggregation API

Domain: Fintech and enterprise reporting · Tech: .NET, SQL Server, role-based access control, audit logging

Multi-tenant financial data consolidation

Designed a secure API to consolidate customer financial data across internal enterprise systems, improving reporting consistency, reducing latency, and meeting auditability requirements.

Hospital ePaper Signage & Patient Intake System

Domain: Healthcare SaaS · Tech: ESP32, NFC, Vue 3, ASP.NET Core

Connected signage and patient intake for 30+ hospitals

Built a network-connected ePaper signage system with NFC badge authentication, reducing deployment costs by roughly $120K compared to commercial solutions, and developed a patient intake portal licensed nationwide.

Real-Time Simulation & AI Inference Pipeline

Domain: Aerospace simulation · Tech: Unreal Engine, ONNX, MAVLink, computer vision, telemetry analytics

AI-assisted simulation workflows

Integrated ONNX models and UAV control tooling into Unreal Engine for real-time computer vision and simulation workflows, pairing telemetry ingestion, MAVLink communication, and AI-driven analytics for aerospace environments.