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I'm Adam. I design cloud systems that scale, and a life that doesn't sit still.
Platform Architect at Lincoln Financial, based in Columbus, Ohio. My weeks go to designing serverless platforms for enterprise insurance. The rest of my time goes to a golf course, a ski lift, or a new corner of the world with my wife Tsitsi.
12+
years development experience
2+
years architecture experience
30+
serverless microservices owned
I'm a Platform Architect with 12+ years designing cloud-native enterprise systems in life insurance and financial services. At Lincoln Financial Group, I lead the architecture of the next-generation Life Insurance and Annuity platform on AWS, a distributed, event-driven ecosystem of 30+ serverless microservices powering the company's retail product pipeline.
My career spans the full arc from hands-on financial modeling to leading engineering teams and setting enterprise-scale architecture direction. That gives me a rare blend of deep insurance domain knowledge and modern cloud engineering, serverless design, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and microservices. Earlier at IBM, I built applications for the Watson AI platform during its formative years on an internationally distributed agile team.
What I care about most: systems that are simple to reason about, teams that ship with confidence, and architecture decisions that still look right three years later.
At a glance
EmployerLincoln Financial
RolePlatform Architect
Experience12+ years
Microservices30+
Fave AWS serviceLambda
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Career Timeline
2008
IT Consultant
Fitzwater Furniture
Led a full digital transformation for a family-owned furniture business: network architecture, POS system, and end-to-end process automation.
2011
Consultant / Intern
Simonyi Center, Pécs, Hungary
Advised 5 businesses across industries in Pécs, Hungary, delivering business plans and feasibility studies. Sparked a lifelong passion for international travel.
2013
Graduated Ohio University
BBA, MIS & Finance
Earned a dual-focus Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Information Systems and Finance.
2013
Software Development Consultant
IBM
Joined IBM as a consultant to a Fortune 500 insurance company, building policy management software using C#, VB.NET, and SQL Server.
2015
Watson Software EngineerPromotion
IBM
Promoted to Watson Software Engineer, building AngularJS/Node.js applications to train IBM Watson's cognitive AI products.
2016
Software Engineer / Financial Modeler
Lincoln Financial Group
Joined Lincoln Financial, owning financial calculation logic for the life insurance portfolio using VPMS (DXC).
2021
Sr. Software Engineer Technical LeadPromotion
Lincoln Financial Group
Promoted to Technical Lead, owning architecture decisions for an agile pod and setting serverless standards across 10 teams.
2024
Platform Architect, NextGen RetailPromotion
Lincoln Financial Group
Promoted to Platform Architect, leading architecture across the FAST ecosystem and overseeing 30+ serverless microservices.
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Skills & Expertise
Cloud & AWS
Lambda · API Gateway · DynamoDB · SQS/SNS · S3
Step Functions · CloudWatch · IAM · CloudFormation
Serverless Architecture · Microservices Design
Programming Languages
Python
JavaScript / Node.js
Java
C# / VB.NET
VPMS (DXC)
Architecture & DevOps
Event-Driven Systems
Infrastructure as Code (CDK / CloudFormation)
CI/CD (GitLab, GitHub Actions)
REST API Design
Testing & Security
pytest / unittest / moto
JUnit / Jasmine / Mocha
AWS IAM Least-Privilege Design
Secure API & Data Encryption
Home is Columbus, Ohio — a vibrant, energetic city with a ridiculous international food scene and far more to do than people expect. I share it with my wife Tsitsi, who I married in 2024, and our cat William, who supervises every work-from-home day with mild disapproval.
Two summers consulting in Pécs, Hungary early in my career taught me that the fastest way to sharpen how you think is to drop yourself somewhere unfamiliar. New language, new customs, new everything. I've chased that feeling ever since, and I try to bring the same curiosity to the systems I design and the places I go.
Most of my time off goes to things that get me outside and moving: a course in the summer, a mountain in the winter, and a flight out whenever I can swing it.
photo — Adam & Tsitsi
The Household
WifeTsitsi, married 2024
CatWilliam, chief of windowsill ops
HomeColumbus, OH
RootsWestern Maryland
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How I spend the weekends
01 · GOLFWeekend tee timesMost summer weekends I'm bouncing between Columbus-area municipal courses, rarely the same one twice.
02 · SKIINGChasing fresh snowAs many winter days on the slopes as I can get, usually up at Wisp Resort.
03 · TRAVELAlways planning the nextPassport stays ready. Hungary, the Netherlands, and Thailand are favorites so far, Japan up next.
04 · FAMILYHome baseMarried to Tsitsi since 2024, plus our cat William supervising from the windowsill.
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Places I love
Hungary
Where it started
Two summers in Pécs turned into a lifelong travel habit.
Netherlands
Bikes & canals
Every city walkable, every canal worth a photo.
Thailand
Far from a keyboard
Temples, street food, and a true reset.
JapanNEXT
The dream trip
Top of the list: trains, ramen, mountains.
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On the list
Spend a few weeks in Japan
Take a Caribbean cruise
Weekend skiing in Colorado
Play Scotland's top courses
See more U.S. national parks
Let's build something. Or just compare travel notes.
Whether it's an architecture problem worth solving or a recommendation for Japan, I'm easy to reach.