Jacob Nash
Techno-Functional Solution Architect
Summary
Solutions architect specializing in high-velocity engineering teams, enterprise-grade infrastructure, and translating technical capabilities into commercial wins. Background spans SaaS & cloud, medical IoT (FDA compliance, hospital network integration), and government compliance (NIST security controls). Core pillars: operational excellence, developer experience, and customer empathy.
Experience
Parspec — Solutions Architect
San Francisco Bay Area · March 2026 – Present
Altura Associates, LLC — Engineering Manager & Solution Architect
San Francisco Bay Area · November 2021 – March 2026
- Lead small, senior-leaning engineering teams; partner with QA and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Turn ambiguous requirements into clear architectures; mentor engineers into owners of their work.
- Standardize lightweight architectural patterns for new initiatives; reduce early thrash.
- Bring product and business leaders into discovery to align solutions with customer pain.
- Write implementation guides and how-tos for smooth hand-offs and execution.
- Led CI/CD and containerization adoption; cut deployment times from days to minutes.
- Stay hands-on with legacy and performance-sensitive code; orders-of-magnitude performance gains.
Newmind Group, Inc. — Solutions Engineer
Kalamazoo, Michigan · March 2021 – November 2021
- NIST-compliant DLP controls for PII/CUI; enabled government contractor audit passes.
- 30% reduction in L2–L3 ticket wait times across 200-user base.
- 25% revenue growth through sales partnership and improved scope definition.
- Standardized Cisco Meraki enterprise network architectures.
Self-employed — Technical Software Consultant
Kalamazoo County, Michigan · April 2021 – October 2021
Architected multi-node embedded platform for office equipment automation; defined SDLC, KPIs, schedules, and requirements.
LivaNova — Software Design Assurance Quality Engineer
Houston, Texas · September 2020 – March 2021
- Software safety ownership under IEC 62304; design reviews and RCA for defect prevention.
- Managed software repository commits and SDLC conformance.
Stryker — Senior Software Embedded Design Engineer
Kalamazoo, Michigan · January 2020 – September 2020
- Software lead for multinational team; Class C medical device launch.
- Design, documentation, implementation, code review, and Medical Device Standards integration.
- R&D for WiFi integration in next-generation surgical waste devices.
Stryker — Software Design Engineer
Kalamazoo, Michigan Area · February 2018 – September 2020
- Embedded software on PIC32/PIC18/PIC24; I2C, RS232, RS485, UART, GPIO.
- Illixi framework development; GUI for next-generation surgical waste device.
Intel Corporation — Automation Engineer
Chandler, Arizona · June 2016 – January 2018
- Software metrics, Python/R analysis, and automation for manufacturing process optimization.
- ML-driven product line optimization; continuous improvement through KPI monitoring.
Intel Corporation — Yield Systems Engineer
Rio Rancho, New Mexico · March 2015 – December 2015
University of New Mexico — IT Support
May 2013 – March 2015
User Support Consultant and Support Tech II, Extended Learning IT Services.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering
University of New Mexico School of Engineering · 2011 – 2016
Top skills
Engineering management · Product lifecycle management · Python · Solutions architecture · CI/CD · AWS · Firebase · React · Network security (NIST) · Medical device software · AI/ML integration