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Senior engineer · Technical lead

Complexity in.Clarity out.

I'm Larry Hussey, a senior software engineer and hands-on technical leader with 20+ years of experience turning difficult product, architecture, and team problems into dependable enterprise software.

Building from South Florida
0120+ years engineering
02Hands-on technical lead
03Enterprise + applied AI
I design systems.I lead teams.I ship products.I design systems.I lead teams.I ship products.

Career impact

Experience you can measure.

Two decades of hands-on delivery across enterprise platforms, product teams, cloud systems, marketing technology, and applied AI.

20+

Years building software

From enterprise foundations to modern AI-assisted products.

20K+

Client sites supported

A replicated web and CMS platform built for global scale.

90K → 800K+

Audience growth enabled

Marketing attribution and Salesforce-connected customer journeys.

6

Person product team led

Design and engineering aligned around a shared delivery system.

Selected work

The thinking behind the build.

Selected systems spanning enterprise scale, measurable growth, applied AI, and product engineering—along with the decisions and outcomes behind each build.

Scroll through the decisions

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John Maxwell Digital Platform product interface
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Enterprise platform and growth

John Maxwell Digital Platform

Lead applications architect · Director of technology

A multi-year platform transformation connecting 20,000+ personalized client sites, learning experiences, marketing attribution, and Salesforce-powered operations.

Challenge
A global leadership organization needed to serve thousands of independent professionals while connecting personalized web experiences, learning content, marketing journeys, and internal sales operations.
Key decision
Build a replicated website and CMS platform around shared services, connect the customer journey to Salesforce, and progressively move infrastructure from physical servers to cloud-hosted systems.
Outcome
The platform supported more than 20,000 client sites, while the connected marketing system helped grow the opt-in audience from roughly 90,000 to more than 800,000.
20K+Client sites supported
8.9×Audience growth
8+ yrsPlatform leadership

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LiveBTCNow product interface
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Real-time fintech

LiveBTCNow

Product strategy · Architecture · Full-stack engineering

A focused Bitcoin intelligence product combining live market data, interactive price charts, and AI-assisted financial insights.

Challenge
Market data is abundant but fragmented. The product needed to turn constantly changing signals into an interface that feels immediate, trustworthy, and easy to scan.
Key decision
Separate the live market-data layer from AI interpretation, then design the interface around progressive disclosure: price first, context second, deeper analysis on demand.
Outcome
A fast, focused decision-support experience that makes live conditions and longer-term signals readable in one place.
LiveMarket data
AIContext layer
1 viewDecision surface

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QuickMealPlan product interface
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AI consumer product

QuickMealPlan

Product design · AI workflow · Full-stack engineering

An AI-powered planning experience that turns preferences into practical menus, grocery lists, and nutrition guidance.

Challenge
Meal planning has a deceptively large input space. The experience had to capture real preferences without becoming a long form or producing generic, impractical output.
Key decision
Translate a small set of human-friendly choices into structured AI context, then return the plan, shopping needs, and nutrition guidance as one coherent workflow.
Outcome
A useful consumer experience that turns a vague intention—eat better this week—into a concrete plan someone can act on.
One flowPlan to grocery list
PersonalPreference-aware
UsefulActionable output

More systems

Additional impact.

Enterprise analytics

Dealer Portal

An AI-driven dealer workspace that makes complex financial and operational data clear, timely, and actionable.

ReactGraphQLData visualization
System snapshot

EdTech and CRM

Salesforce Learning Platform

A custom learning platform connecting course delivery, student progress, and Salesforce-powered operations.

SalesforceLMSAutomation
System snapshot

Marketing automation

AdTech Intelligence

A campaign intelligence platform connecting analytics, automation, and customer signals for better decisions.

Google AnalyticsAICloud
System snapshot

Commerce infrastructure

ApparelMagic ERP

Enterprise workflows and integrations that help fashion businesses manage products, orders, and operations.

ERPAWSAPI integrations
System snapshot

How I work

From first question to lasting system.

The value is not one framework or cloud. It is connecting product judgment, architecture, execution, and leadership into one continuous practice.

01 / Frame

Product strategy

Find the real constraint, define the useful outcome, and translate stakeholder needs into an executable product direction.

DiscoveryRequirementsProduct UXTechnical direction
02 / Design

System design

Modernize complex systems with clear boundaries, dependable data, and room to evolve.

ArchitectureGraphQLPostgresAPIsCloud migration
03 / Build

Engineering

Create maintainable enterprise and AI-assisted products across the stack with quality built into the workflow.

TypeScriptReactNext.jsNode.jsPythonPHP
04 / Ship

Delivery

Move deliberately from code to production through observable, repeatable delivery systems.

AWSGoogle CloudAzureDockerCI/CD
05 / Scale

Team leadership

Align teams, executives, and clients around the context, standards, and trust required to deliver well.

MentoringAgileSecurityScrum

Broad technology range. One accountable owner.

I can move from a product conversation to an architecture review to the implementation details without losing the thread.

Career journey

A career built in systems.

A career progressing from enterprise application foundations to architecture, product ownership, and hands-on engineering leadership.

June 2024 — Present

Senior Software Engineer / Team Lead

Agora Data, LLC

Leading AI-driven dashboard development with React, Next.js, and GraphQL while improving delivery systems and full-stack performance.

April 2023 — April 2024

Senior Full Stack Developer

WDG — The Web Development Group

Led large-scale PHP, JavaScript, and Python initiatives, including Salesforce-connected WordPress experiences and CI/CD delivery.

March 2021 — March 2023

Senior Software Engineer / Team Lead

Model B

Built marketing automation products integrating analytics, customer engagement platforms, AWS, and Google Cloud.

November 2018 — March 2021

Senior Software Engineer

ApparelMagic

Delivered business-critical integrations and guided Agile execution as a hands-on engineer and Scrum Master.

April 2010 — November 2018

Lead Applications Architect / Director of Technology

The John Maxwell Team

Architected platforms serving 20,000+ clients, connected marketing journeys to Salesforce, built a custom LMS, and led the move from physical servers to cloud infrastructure.

Earlier roles at Forte Interactive and Newsmax Media established the foundation: leading enterprise application development, creating reusable frameworks, and moving systems toward service-based architecture.

Education

B.S. in Computer Science

Florida Atlantic University · 1998–2002

Certification

Certified ScrumMaster

Scrum Alliance · Since 2018

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