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Paige Julianne Sullivan

Full-Stack Polymath • Cloud Architect • AI Engineer • Language Designer • Open-Source Author

Turning impossible problems into elegant solutions for 30+ years

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Executive Summary

Paige Julianne Sullivan - Full-Stack Polymath & Cloud Architect

Polymath technologist with 30+ years solving complex problems across every layer of the stack—from designing domain-specific languages and graph engines to deploying containerized microservices on GCP.

Four-time startup founder currently building Topology.Cloud, a comprehensive building infrastructure management platform featuring a custom formula language, real-time WebSocket collaboration, and 9,500+ component definitions.

Equally comfortable writing PHP extensions in C, training local LLMs, or leading teams at IBM and Cisco. Brings a founder's mindset to every role—identifying opportunities, moving fast without sacrificing quality, and treating company resources as if they were her own. Known for rapidly mastering any technology and delivering elegant solutions to problems others consider impossible.

30+ Years Experience
4 Startups Founded
100+ Applications Delivered
99.999% Uptime Achieved

Technical Arsenal

Languages

Go PHP Python JavaScript TypeScript Node.js C/C++ Bash SQL

Frameworks

React Vue Laravel Symfony Tailwind CSS WebAssembly

Cloud & DevOps

GCP AWS Azure Docker Terraform CI/CD GitHub Actions

AI & Machine Learning

Claude API Google Gemini Local LLM Deployment Prompt Engineering AI Integration

Databases

MongoDB PostgreSQL MySQL MariaDB Redis MS SQL Server

Specializations

DSL Design Graph Engines Compiler/Parser Design Real-time WebSocket System Architecture

Professional Experience

Topology.Cloud

Founder / Chief Architect Nov 2025 – Present

Designing and building a comprehensive Building Infrastructure Management Platform—a digital twin system for modeling electrical, plumbing, HVAC, networking, A/V, security, and fire protection systems using directed acyclic graph architecture.

  • Architected complete platform: Go backend (Graph/Formula/Validation engines), React + WebAssembly frontends, MongoDB/PostgreSQL/Redis data layer
  • Designed Topology Formula Language (TFL)—a custom DSL with lexer, parser, and AST for building code compliance validation (NEC, IBC, IPC)
  • Built real-time collaboration system using binary WebSocket protocol with presence awareness and conflict resolution
  • Created Component Modeling Language (CML) with 9,500+ XML-based component definitions across 7 building trades
  • Deployed on GCP using Cloud Run, Terraform IaC, Cloud CDN, and automated CI/CD pipeline with zero-downtime deployments
Go React WebAssembly MongoDB PostgreSQL Redis GCP Terraform

Johns Hopkins University

Programmer Analyst — Bloomberg School of Public Health Aug 2020 – May 2025

Sole technical owner of mission-critical infrastructure supporting 40+ clinical trials, 1,800 users, and 150,000+ participants for the nation's largest orthopedic trauma research consortium (Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium).

  • Architected complete stack (RHEL, Apache, PHP, MariaDB) with disaster recovery—full restore from bare metal in <15 minutes
  • Developed 7 open-source REDCap modules adopted internationally; built conversational SMS and custom browser extensions
  • Selected for Johns Hopkins Academy for Women and Leadership (Carey Business School, 2025)
PHP MariaDB RHEL Apache REDCap

Target PharmaSolutions

Senior Software Engineer Aug 2019 – Aug 2020

Now Target RWE. Led technical platform development for Phase IV clinical trials.

  • Led REDCap platform for Phase IV clinical trials
  • Designed AWS dashboard reducing deployment time from 60+ minutes to <5 minutes
PHP AWS REDCap

IBM Corporation

Senior Software Engineer — z Series Division Jan 2019 – Aug 2019

Developed modern development tools for mainframe COBOL development.

  • Developed TypeScript VSCode extensions for mainframe COBOL development
  • Ported extensions to Theia web IDE with z/OS deployment
TypeScript VSCode Theia z/OS COBOL

Boolean Informatics

Founder / Independent Software Engineer Oct 2014 – Jan 2019

Independent consulting practice delivering custom software solutions across diverse industries.

  • Delivered 50+ applications across multiple platforms
  • Built cross-platform mobile apps with GPS tracking
  • Developed Alexa voice integration solutions
  • Created enterprise PXE-boot solutions
PHP JavaScript Mobile Alexa

Concert Telecommunications

Founder / Lead Engineer Jan 2008 – Oct 2014

Built a complete hosted VoIP phone system from scratch—every line of code, every server, every customer deployment.

  • Architected multi-datacenter infrastructure (3 US regions) achieving 99.999% uptime
  • Full stack built in PHP/Python/C++
PHP Python C++ VoIP Asterisk

TheraSim

Senior Software Engineer / Lead Architect 2010 – 2012

Medical simulation software company creating virtual patient case studies for healthcare education.

  • Built mobile-friendly, fully multimedia immersive nursing education simulator
  • Led rearchitecture to MVC framework
  • Designed DSL for medical case authoring
  • Built offline LiveCD distribution for internet-limited regions
PHP MVC DSL Linux

Cisco Systems

Senior Software Engineer 2009 – 2010

Enterprise infrastructure and analytics tools development.

  • Developed VMware management tools
  • Created enterprise data warehouse for cross-service analytics
VMware Data Warehouse Python

IBM Corporation

Advisory Software Engineer — Technical Lead, BladeCenter Division 2004 – 2008

Technical lead for BladeCenter Advanced Management Module—embedded firmware on custom real-time Linux.

  • Rewrote firmware from C/Nucleus RTOS to PHP/Apache
  • Developed C extension for hardware bus communication (I2C, SMBus, IPMI)
  • Created OEM white-label toolkit
  • Directed team of 5 engineers
  • Introduced CI/CD for firmware testing
C PHP Embedded Linux I2C IPMI

Boolean Systems

Founder / CEO 2001 – 2004

Software development company focused on industrial applications.

  • Developed just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing simulator for industrial process optimization
Simulation Manufacturing

HiddenMind Technology

Lead Web Developer 2000 – 2001

Enterprise web systems development.

  • Lead developer of company's Internet, Intranet, and Extranet systems
  • Enterprise web architecture design
Web Development Enterprise

MCI/Worldcom

Lead Web Developer 2000

Enterprise infrastructure monitoring systems.

  • Lead developer for enterprise-wide health monitoring and outage notification system
  • Secondary work on 811 geolocation system
Web Development Monitoring Geolocation

Summus Limited

Web Developer 1999 – 2000

Commercial software company.

  • Implemented online ordering system
  • Automated serial number generation for commercial software products
E-commerce Web Development

AT&T

Lead Web Developer / Usability Lab Assistant — Human Resources Information Systems 1999

Corporate HR systems and usability research.

  • Lead developer of the AT&T Retiree Intranet system
  • Conducted usability testing and user experience research
Web Development UX Research Intranet

Dynamic Designs

Founder / CEO 1995 – 1998

Founded first company at age 16, building over 100 websites during the dawn of the commercial Internet.

  • Created viral virtual greeting card website with significant organic traffic
  • Developed web-based helpdesk/ticketing system—an early SaaS product before the term existed
HTML Web Development SaaS

Education & Leadership

Education

  • Academy for Women and Leadership — Johns Hopkins Carey Business School (2025)
  • FastTrac TechVenture Graduate — Center for Entrepreneurial Development (2013)
  • NC A&T State University — Computer Science; promoted to Assistant Webmaster within 2 months

Leadership & Advocacy

  • Staff Assembly Representative — JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Research Staff Advisory Committee Member — Johns Hopkins University
  • Guest Speaker — NC State, Meredith College, UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke, Johns Hopkins

Let's Build Something

For consulting engagements and part-time contract work, please contact me at paige@paigejulianne.com

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Email paige@paigejulianne.com
Phone 919-798-0699
Location Thomasville, NC (Remote) Equidistant between Raleigh & Charlotte
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