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2name: Isaac Bythewood
3title: Senior Solutions Architect
4summary: Senior Solutions Architect with two decades of experience building across the full stack, from DevOps and server infrastructure to AI agent workflows, leading teams through demanding delivery schedules in highly regulated environments.
5location: Jonesville, NC 28642
6phone: (540) 200-8459
7email: [email protected]
8links:
9 - url: https://isaacbythewood.com
10 label: isaacbythewood.com
11 - url: https://linkedin.com/in/ibythewood
12 label: linkedin.com/in/ibythewood
13 - url: https://github.com/overshard
14 label: github.com/overshard
15skills:
16 - Solutions Architecture
17 - Full-Stack Development
18 - AI Agent Workflows
19 - DevOps & CI/CD
20 - Linux Administration
21 - Container Orchestration
22 - Data Visualization
23 - Browser Automation & Testing
24 - API Design
25 - Infrastructure as Code
26 - Web Scraping & Analytics
27technologies:
28 - Python
29 - JavaScript
30 - CSS
31 - HTML
32 - Django
33 - Flask
34 - Next.js
35 - React
36 - PostgreSQL
37 - Redis
38 - Docker
39 - Linux
40 - Playwright
41 - Webpack
42 - Three.js
43 - Chart.js
44 - Anthropic SDK
45 - Pandas
46 - LangChain
47 - PyTorch
48 - Hugging Face Transformers
49education:
50 - institution: Virginia Tech
51 years: 2008 - 2012
52 degree: Computer Science
53---
54
55## Recent Experience
56
57### Craftmaster Furniture — *Senior Solutions Architect*
58
59Furniture Manufacturer — JULY 2024 - CURRENT
60
61- Leading modernization of legacy IBM iSeries infrastructure to a modern Ubuntu, PostgreSQL, and Django stack.
62- Built an in-house 3D furniture viewer with full fabric draping across 1,000+ fabrics and real-time customization, replacing costly third-party solutions at a fraction of the price.
63- Rebuilt internal and external portals with AI-driven insights and modernized reporting, reducing time spent by sales and marketing teams on legacy systems.
64- Redesigned company websites with modern responsive design, improved performance, and reduced attack surface by consolidating platforms and syncing data, saving hundreds of man-hours every market.
65- Built customer-facing APIs for real-time pricing and catalog data, cutting time to market for new products.
66
67### Gryphos Creative — *Head of Web Development*
68
69Full-Service Marketing Agency — APRIL 2023 - JULY 2024
70
71- Migrated all websites and services to a more secure and cheaper hosting solution with zero downtime.
72- Developed multiple custom e-commerce websites for unique companies with unique requirements and strict regulations.
73
74### VanNoppen Marketing — *Principal Software Engineer*
75
76Full-Service Marketing Agency — JUNE 2010 - APRIL 2023
77
78- Managed, developed, and launched multiple projects in parallel for a wide variety of companies.
79- Integrated projects with numerous platforms including HubSpot, Facebook, Instagram, and Google services.
80- Managed multiple hosting environments including AWS, Heroku, and Linode (Docker).
81
82## Recent Projects
83
84### 3D Furniture Viewer — *Full-Stack Development, 3D Engineering*
85
86Craftmaster Furniture — JULY 2024 - CURRENT
87
88- Built a fully in-house 3D furniture customization system with real-time fabric draping across 1,000+ materials using Three.js and Django.
89- Eliminated dependency on expensive third-party 3D vendors, delivering the solution at a fraction of the cost.
90
91### Portal & Reporting Modernization — *Solutions Architecture, Full-Stack Development*
92
93Craftmaster Furniture — JULY 2024 - CURRENT
94
95- Migrated internal and external portals from a legacy IBM iSeries system to a modern Linux, Django, and PostgreSQL stack.
96- Integrated AI-powered reporting and insights, replacing outdated reporting workflows and reducing time spent by sales reps and sales and marketing teams.