Lead Software Architect • Full Stack Engineer • Azure & AI
ToddClarkston
Building enterprise-grade software for over two decades — from a Federal Reserve Bank and Fortune 500 clients to a greenfield EHR platform for 4,000 users and AI products of my own.
About
Enterprise Scale, Startup Speed
I've been a full stack engineer for 20+ years, including 15+ years as owner of WireServers, a consultancy that has served about 40 clients.
Proficient in React, Angular, Next.js, and .NET, I contribute to building scalable, user-centric solutions while fostering collaboration and innovation across every team I lead.
20+
Years Experience
15+
Companies Worked For
~40
WireServers Clients
4,000
Users on the EHR Platform I Led
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Products I built and run
BringThe... Budget
Creator · Architect · Full-Stack Engineer
99% extraction accuracy · 100 docs / < 1 minute
AI-powered personal-finance app that turns Word, PDF, CSV, OFX, text, images, and phone photos into structured accounts, transactions, and debts.
- Azure OpenAI vision, OCR, classification, and summarization with an OpenAI-compatible Llama fallback.
- Multi-model fallback and per-call token tracking.
- End-to-end on .NET 10, React Native Web, Entity Framework, SQL Server, and Azure.
BringThe... Diet
Creator · Architect · Full-Stack Engineer
Healthy recipes and diet-planning platform: foods, recipes, diets, meal plans, favorites, and progress tracking.
- Next.js 15 and React 19 web app in a pnpm monorepo with shared TypeScript packages.
- Microsoft Entra ID sign-in with MSAL.
- Deployed to Azure Web Apps through GitHub Actions.
Food API
Architect · Back-End Engineer
In production on Azure App Service
.NET 10 REST API behind BringTheDiet for foods, nutrients, recipes, diets, and meal plans, running on Azure App Service with Azure Cosmos DB.
- Chose Azure Cosmos DB (MongoDB API) over a relational database so varied USDA FoodData Central records load without schema migrations; nutrients are normalized into their own collections.
- Repository pattern with Swagger/OpenAPI and cached document counts that cut Cosmos DB request-unit cost on paginated queries.
- Separate dev and production App Services, deployed through Azure DevOps pipelines with Docker.
React-Natives
Creator · Maintainer · Open Source
400+ npm downloads since Aug 2026 launch
MIT-licensed cross-platform library of 70+ reusable React Native and web components.
- Built with React Native, NativeWind, Tailwind Variants, and TypeScript.
- Reusable theming and developer-focused component APIs.
- Published to npm as @wireservers/react-natives.
Career
The Journey
CenterLight Healthcare (via C2Q)
Architecting and leading a greenfield Electronic Health Record platform for the nation's largest not-for-profit PACE program, serving about 4,000 users and 2,700 patients across nine facilities. Leading a team of five, with Azure AI, HL7/FHIR, and a custom CIAM/SSO server.
WireServers
Owned and led a technology company (the legal entity changed over the years, my ownership never did) delivering freelance development, marketing, brand development, and project management solutions. Ran alongside the employment roles below.
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Developed critical financial systems at one of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks.
Earlier roles · 2000 – 2019
WellDyneRx (2018 – 2019) · Chipotle Mexican Grill (2013 – 2014) · Pensco Trust (2013) · Visa, Inc. (2011 – 2012) · Quark, Inc. (2008 – 2011) · eBags, Inc. (2007 – 2008) · SpireMedia (2006 – 2007) · LANDesk (2004 – 2006) · J.P. Morgan Chase (2004) · Certiport (2003 – 2004) · Teleperformance USA (2001 – 2003) · Alorica (2000 – 2001)
Expertise
Skills & Certifications
Core stack · what I build with now
Back-End & Data
20+ yrsFront-End & Mobile
20+ yrsCloud & DevOps
10+ yrsAI & LLMs
3 yrsSecurity & Healthcare
5+ yrsArchitecture & Leadership
Earlier work
Visual Basic · .NET Framework · ASP.NET MVC · WCF · WPF / XAML · Knockout · Xamarin · Ionic · NHibernate · ADO.NET · Oracle · MySQL · SOAP / XML · Waterfall
Certifications
Training · React Native · Introduction to Mobile Development · Business Writing Principles · Access 2019 Essential Training
Education
Academic Foundation
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Computer Information Systems
Arapahoe Community College
Aerospace Engineering