Fabio M

Founder & Senior Enterprise Architect

May 2026 - Present • 2 mos

Novara Labs Consulting is my independent consulting practice, focused on enterprise modernization for organizations on or moving to Microsoft Azure. Service offerings: Modernization assessments for legacy .NET and SQL Server systems, with documented current-state, target architecture, ADRs, and migration roadmaps. Application risk and security audits for enterprise codebases, powered by my own AI-augmented audit framework. Hidden risks, technical debt, OWASP-aligned findings, and prioritized remediation roadmaps with code-level recommendations. PoC builds and migration sprints from .NET Framework to .NET 8 on Azure, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and observability. Fractional architecture support for engineering teams that need senior judgment without a full-time hire. Claude Code enablement workshops for engineering teams ready to adopt AI-augmented development workflows. What differentiates the work: I am Claude Code certified and I use it as a delivery accelerator on every engagement, compressing weeks of execution into days while preserving architect-level rigor on what gets built and why. Clients receive working artifacts and clear roadmaps, not advice decks. Background: 26+ years in the Microsoft and Azure ecosystem, most recently as Senior Enterprise Architect at Quisitive, serving Fortune-tier clients across financial services, healthcare, entertainment, and oil and gas.

Senior Consultant, Enterprise Architect

Jul 2016 - Apr 2026 • 9 yrs 9 mos

Senior individual contributor leading architecture and delivery across the enterprise practice. Served Fortune-tier clients in financial services, healthcare, entertainment, oil and gas, fintech, payments, and construction. Responsibilities: Owned architecture decisions across web, mobile, and integration platforms, balancing technical rigor with client business outcomes. Led cross-functional engineering teams of 3 to 12 developers across onshore and offshore resources. Drove cloud migration from on-premises Microsoft stacks to Azure (App Services, Redis, Cosmos DB, DevOps, Pipelines). Led adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices using GitHub Copilot for Azure and Application Insights for observability, root-cause analysis, and developer productivity. Architected and delivered enterprise mobile platforms across Xamarin and iOS, with offline patterns for field operations. Partnered with client product, marketing, and operations teams to translate business strategy into technical roadmaps. Engagement outcomes: Compressed root-cause analysis on production performance issues from hours to minutes through AI-assisted observability. Resolved scalability bottlenecks in high-traffic production environments serving enterprise workloads. Modernized legacy systems into maintainable, observable, and scalable architectures aligned with Domain-Driven Design. Expanded revenue capabilities of existing high-traffic platforms through new product features and channel integrations. Stack: C#, .NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, TypeScript, React, SQL Server, Cosmos DB, Azure App Services, Redis, AKS, DevOps, Docker, Microservices, REST, Xamarin.

Consultant

Mar 2010 - Jul 2016 • 6 yrs 4 mos

Mid-career consulting engagements at RBA, Inc. (Denver office, later acquired by Quisitive). Delivered architecture and full-stack development across mobile, web, e-commerce, and integration projects for clients in health and wellness, oil and gas, payment processing, education, and construction. Highlights: Architected and led the team building a custom point-of-sale system spanning payment terminals, handheld devices, and full peripheral hardware integration including printers, card readers, and scanners. Architected mobile applications for field operations in oil and gas, with offline-tolerant data synchronization patterns for unreliable field connectivity. Delivered front-end, back-end, and localization work for international e-commerce platforms launched across multiple markets. Built third-party partner integrations and REST services for a global learning services platform, including legacy code review for performance enhancements. Developed mobile-optimized SharePoint-hosted applications for construction site safety monitoring. Stack: C#, ASP.NET MVC, .NET Framework, Xamarin, Microsoft SQL Server, SharePoint Server, REST, JSON, AJAX, Syncfusion, Peripheral Hardware Integration, Agile.