Calvin Mwesigwa

Software Engineering Leader & Consultant

Experience

Present2021

Senior Software Engineering Manager

Ideon fka Vericred New York, NY
  • Leading 2 teams of engineers that built products to streamline communication between benefit administrators like EmployeeNavigator and insurance carriers like UnitedHealthCare.
  • Spearheaded API design and integration for a two-sided health benefits marketplace where ben-admins were our demand and insurance carriers were our supply
  • Led the recruitment, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding of new team members, thereby expanding our teams with top-tier talent.
20212018

VP of Engineering

BrokerX Chicago, IL
  • Building and leading a new team of engineers to build a platform to allow energy brokers to automate their entire pipeline in multiple states across the USA. From easing contract renewals, to facilitating efficient customer acquisition and retention.
  • Designed and implemented procedures to ensure proper team alignment and increase productivity
  • Mentored and trained several engineers at various levels in our org including interns and new grads
Present2016

Founder & Software Consultant

Step One Technologies Chicago, IL
  • Deliver architectural design and software development services for a range of clients
  • Provide assistance on projects across their entire lifecycle from brainstorming to scaling
20192018

Lead Software Engineer

Future Finance Loan Corporation Chicago, IL
  • Leading a strong team of 15 engineers across Dublin and Chicago building a sustainable platform to facilitate student loan lending in the United Kingdom
  • Designed and implemented a new RESTful API architecture to manage new and legacy systems handling originations, underwriting, credit report agency integrations (Equifax), banking integrations (PTX), contract e-signatures (Docusign), and call center operations
20172013

Senior Software Engineer

Enova Financial Holdings Chicago, IL
  • Led a team of 6 engineers that implemented the framework to enable the lending business to scale from 4 states to 20 states within a year
  • Designed and implemented a financial accounting system for Enova’s main customer lending platform

Featured Projects

Present2021

Ideon Enrollments Platform

Ideon fka Vericred
  • Designed and built a two-sided health benefits marketplace for benefit admins and insurance carriers
20212019

BrokerX Platform

BrokerX
  • Designed and built a multi-tenant SaaS application for energy brokerages
20192018

Xe - O2

Future Finance Loan Corporation
  • Designed and built an internal agent portal support loan servicing
  • Migrated the application from a monolith database to a standard REST API doubling throughput

Education

20132009

BSc Computer Engineering

Minor in Economics
West Lafayette, IN Purdue University
GPA: 3.76 / 4.00
  • AMD Design Excellence Award for ASIC Design Lab
  • Dean’s List and Semesters Honors: fall 2009 to spring 2013
  • Student Representative, Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum Committee