# Don Livanec

> Software Engineer,  Startup Enthusiast, Veteran

Location: Cincinnati Metropolitan Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/donlivanec

Experienced software engineer specializing in the startup space. I have a history of working with early and growth-stage startups and technical agencies. 

I prioritize people, then business value, and finally code. 

I design and build with a passionate pursuit of simplicity, iteration, and communication. My technical skills and experience are focused in the areas of Ruby on Rails, React, AWS, DevOps, Event Driven Architecture, and Js/TS/Node.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ BOLD PENGUIN
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Remote / Columbus, Ohio
AWS, Rails, Angular 7, Microservices, Docker, ECS, Technical interviewing and on-boarding.

### Software Engineering Manager @ ORIS Intelligence
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Remote / Columbus, Ohio
ORIS Intelligence is a cloud based SaaS solution designed specifically to help manufacturers and brand owners monitor and enforce their price policies online.

- Create a structure and process to scale the e-commerce monitoring platform & engineering team. Define and implement software development lifecycle based on SCRUM. Created hiring, performance, and on-boarding processes and documentation. Attract, recruit, interview, and retain highly-talented technology professionals.
- Hands-on cloud infrastructure and application engineer. 
- Architected and developed Oris Intelligence's AWS infrastructure using infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, Packer, and Ansible. Followed & imposed AWS best practices; leveraged services such as EC2, DynamoDB, RDS, Lambda, IAM, CloudTrail, S3, ElasticCache, and ElasticSearch. 
- Architected and developed Oris's E-commerce 24/7 monitoring platform using event driven architecture utilizing Ruby, Node, Redis, Rails, MySQL.

### Owner / Consultant @ Red Iron Crow
Jan 2011 – Jan 2016 | Red Iron Crow
I worked with startups and digital agencies in the Dayton, Cincinnati, and Columbus areas focusing on Ruby/Rails, Javascript, AWS and DevOps across multiple sectors including Healthcare, Utility Providers, E-Commerce, and Travel.

### V.P. Business Solutions @ EnterMedia
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011

### Application Developer @ Cincinnati Financial Corporation
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011

### Consultant @ Great American Insurance
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011

### Consultant @ Skill Corporation
Jan 2008 – Jan 2009

### Consultant @ Nationwide Insurance
Jan 2008 – Jan 2009
Provide consulting services for Java-based insurance system. Implement user interface changes in Swing, Struts. Implement server-side changes to business logic, multi-thread various long-running processes for improved cycle time.

### Java EE Developer @ American Greetings
Jan 2007 – Jan 2008
J2EE developer focusing on JSF, Struts, Spring, Hibernate and TDD

### Sr. Systems Application Programmer @ KeyBank
Jan 2005 – Jan 2007


## Education
### BS in Computer Science
Cleveland State University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/don-livanec-5842b65

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Last updated: 2026-03-22