Ron Meck

A national network of independent locksmith firms.

• Engaged directly by the CEO to assess the current-state technology environment and drive the re-architecture of the central platform powering the firm's operations, network sites, and member services.
• Defined the target-state architecture and implementation roadmap: a multi-tenant AWS serverless platform with immutable, versioned site templates and pre-rendered static delivery, cutting hosting cost and operational risk across the member network.
• Architected safe Claude AI integration into platform workflows, establishing governance patterns including staged and reversible rollouts, tenant data isolation, scoped tool permissions, and prompt-injection mitigations.
• Designed AI-assisted marketing and local SEO capabilities for member firms, using structured data generation and content pipelines with brand and accuracy controls to improve search rankings and lead generation.
• Architected automated job-lead classification and routing, matching inbound service requests to member firms based on geography, capability, and availability.
• Translated business objectives into prioritized AI use cases and delivery plans in direct partnership with executive leadership.

Managed statewide enterprise architecture strategy for mission-critical transportation platforms, aligning IT investments with agency-wide business objectives and operational priorities.

• Drove enterprise AI adoption strategy, assessing agency data and technology readiness, evaluating Azure AI platforms, and partnering with product line leaders to identify and prioritize high-value AI use cases.
• Established responsible AI governance leveraging usage guardrails, evaluation criteria, and architecture standards, aligning AI adoption with security, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Established architecture governance, standards, and performance metrics that strengthened compliance, accountability, and cross-division alignment.
• Directed product line roadmaps and budget forecasting to ensure modernization initiatives aligned with fiscal constraints and long-term strategic goals.
• Authored enterprise architecture research that influenced statewide digital strategy and supported the approval and launch of three innovation initiatives.
• Championed secure Azure adoption using Functions, Blob Storage, Queues, cloud governance frameworks, and regulatory controls.

Architected and drove mission-critical enterprise payment systems and cloud migration strategies serving nearly 60M monthly users and processing approximately $2T annually.

• Directed architecture across engineering, product, and security teams, owning end-to-end platform architecture and delivery outcomes.
• Drove a $30M annual revenue increase through strategic re-architecture of payment platforms, improving throughput, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Reduced feature delivery timelines by 75% by transitioning legacy systems to cloud-native, API-driven microservice architectures.
• Architected real-time, event-driven data pipelines streaming production payment transactions into the firm's central machine-learning decisioning platform, enabling ML-driven decisioning at ~$2T annual scale.
• Acted as a player-coach, setting technical direction, leading architecture and design reviews, mentoring engineers, and remaining hands-on in backend service and API design.
• Oversaw frontend modernization using React.js and TypeScript, reviewing component architecture, state management patterns, API contracts, and performance considerations.
• Held accountability for architectural decisions impacting platform risk, regulatory compliance, reliability, scalability, and long-term sustainability.

Managed enterprise architecture initiatives supporting large-scale, high-availability financial systems across multiple business units.

• Guided teams through platform modernization, data center migration, API-driven integration, and service-oriented architecture initiatives.
• Served as a trusted architecture advisor contributing to enterprise-wide technology decisions and long-term transformation opportunities.
• Supervised and mentored architects and engineers, driving alignment on architecture standards, reusable patterns, and best practices.
• Evaluated emerging technologies and led informed adoption of platforms that improved performance, security, scalability, and maintainability.