Josh Stogner
Director of Technology & Engineering | Principal Systems Architect
Professional Summary
Results-oriented Technology Director and Principal Systems Architect with over 20 years of experience bridging the gap between business strategy and technical execution. Proven track record of leading engineering teams, stabilizing enterprise environments, and executing complex post-acquisition technical integrations.
Core Competencies
Professional Experience
Principal Systems Architect | Not Rocket Science (nrs.ai)
Oct 2025 – Present- • Enterprise Data Platforms & Architecture: Engineered enterprise-grade data platforms and automated workflows for mid-market clients, focusing on operational efficiency and advanced analytics.
- • AI & Agentic Systems Orchestration: Architected a dual-component agentic AI system utilizing local LLMs (configured for specialized AMD and NVIDIA hardware) designed to replace a low-level administrative assistant by autonomously checking email, categorizing by type and importance, and automatically unsubscribing from low-priority inbound communications.
- • Product Leadership (CDP): Spearheaded the development of Keystone, a sophisticated Customer Data Platform utilizing PostgreSQL/pgvector for deterministic and probabilistic identity resolution and vector-based predictive lifetime-value (LTV) analytics.
- • Full-Stack Product Delivery & Go-to-Market: Managed the product lifecycle, from architecture to launch, of a commercial construction estimating mobile application (MeasureTwice) on the Google Play Store, managing the technical stack and scaling the platform to support over 1,500 active users while analyzing conversion metrics to drive subscription strategies.
Director of Technology & Analytics / Principal Software Engineer | Marketing and Technology Group (MTG) / LHC MTG LLC
Apr 2017 – Oct 2025- • Engineering Leadership & M&A Integration: Steered a 12-person engineering team through complex technical integration and asset separation post-acquisition. Rebuilt the team's reputation, mentored personnel, and fostered a culture of agile collaboration.
- • Strategic Cost Reduction: Realized $110k+ in recurring annual operating savings by decommissioning legacy CRM platforms, retiring redundant software contracts, and developing bespoke, internally maintained vendor solutions.
- • High-Availability Pipelines & Architecture: Architected and developed robust data integration pipelines in C# and Python, safely migrating 2TB of data and over 500,000 customer records across complex financial databases (Salesforce, Recurly, Stripe, Omeda) with 100% data integrity and zero downtime.
- • Infrastructure Migration: Executed a structured lift-and-shift migration of legacy co-located infrastructure to a scalable, high-availability AWS environment (EC2, S3, RDS), modernizing core email delivery systems.
- • Platform Modernization: Retired a failing legacy CMS in favor of a modern headless architecture, designing custom plugins and microservices to bridge functional gaps for new digital product lines.
- • Predictive Modeling & Machine Learning: Developed ML models in Python (PyTorch) to forecast web traffic for specific editorial content segments, enabling data-driven content placement.
Technical Lead / Development Manager | Celtic Marketing Inc
Oct 2014 – Mar 2017- • Engineering Management & Mentorship: Directed a 3-person development team, conducting regular performance and code reviews, implementing standard developer tooling, and managing compensation planning.
- • Agile Transformation: Championed the successful adoption of Scrum/Agile methodologies across the engineering department, standardized team documentation, and established DevOps and CI/CD best practices.
- • Enterprise Web Architecture & Delivery: Oversaw the delivery of multi-tenant enterprise web applications using Sitecore 6.5+, C#, and ASP.NET MVC, optimizing database queries for high-traffic corporate clients.
Selected Consulting Projects (2016 to Present)
Forensic Technical Analysis
Acted as a forensic expert for high-profile IP litigation, performing deep forensic analysis on industrial machine source code and DMD datasets to identify process infringement.
Inventory Optimization System
Engineered a custom forecasting application for a high-growth dental supplier to automate purchasing and minimize capital loss.
Bespoke Implementations
Delivered custom e-commerce migrations (Virtuemart to NopCommerce), developed complex CMS modules (Orchard, Umbraco), and engineered custom plugins and integrations for WordPress.
Technical Expertise
Leadership & Strategy
Post-Acquisition Integration, Agile/Scrum Management, Cost Reduction, Team Mentorship, Vendor Negotiation
Languages
Python, C#, SQL, Java, Go, Rust, C/C++, PHP, Bash, PowerShell, Dart
AI & Data Science
Local LLM Deployment (Gemma, Qwen, Llama), Agentic Workflows, PyTorch, RAG Architectures, Vector Databases (pgvector, Chroma)
Infrastructure & Cloud
AWS (EC2, S3, RDS), GCP, Linux (Ubuntu/Debian), Docker, Proxmox, CI/CD Pipelines, High-Availability Environments
Web & Frameworks
.NET (Core, MVC, Web API), Django, Flask, Go-microservices, Sitecore, Headless Architecture, WordPress
Databases
PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, MariaDB