For the formal PDF version, download it here.

Jason Cusati

djjay@vt.eduGitHub: djjay0131LinkedIn: jason-cusati
Download PDF

Professional Summary

Results-oriented technical executive and principal engineer with deep experience leading platform architecture, data integration, and SaaS operations. Specialized in Azure (Data Factory, Storage, Key Vault), large-scale ETL/ELT pipelines, automation, and end-to-end delivery. Proven record building teams, accelerating migrations, and embedding AI/ML to increase quality and speed of software delivery.

Professional Experience

2024--2025
Yoh, A Day & Zimmerman Company — Remote, SC
ADF Solution Architect -- Core Specialty Insurance
  • Led a small SDE team delivering V1 of an Insurance Data Ingestion Platform for a specialty carrier: extended Microsoft's Common Data Model into a domain schema for the carrier's data types; reduced time-to-ingest by 50%.
  • Architected and implemented an API to orchestrate Azure Data Factory pipelines and data flows.
2021--2023
Duck Creek Technologies — Columbia, SC
Senior Technical Architect -- OnDemand SaaS Operations
  • Led customer through launch of 1st client on accelerated timeline of 3 months with fully automated deployment to Azure Storage Services, Key Vault, Redis cache, and Docker containers using a combination of ADO and Octopus Server, via Bash and PowerShell scripts, working within the SaFe framework.
  • Architected robust and adaptive end-to-end data integration and data transformation solutions, utilizing hybrid hosted single-node and shared SaaS applications with integrations across multiple third-party applications and service providers.
  • Built deployment analysis framework (C#, PowerShell, Octopus, ADO) eliminating 75% of deployment issues.
  • Coordinated in PEN testing and consulted on risk mitigation options for pre go-live security assessment.
2016--2020
Blackbaud — Charleston, SC
Principal Engineer -- Sustained Engineering
  • Delivered root-cause production fixes across enterprise products using C#, SQL, and performance tooling; achieved 100% resolution on critical cases.
  • Reduced deployment time and customer involvement by 50% by engineering DevOps scripts for custom code deployment to Azure multi-tenant environments, standardizing Azure pipelines using continuous deployment YAML scripts and NuGet artifact management, and single package deployments.
  • Met 100% SLA for Tier 3 support, improving VB.NET, C#, and Java systems.
  • Boosted security and user administration by designing and implementing SSO component for enterprise CRM product by utilizing SAML 2.0 protocol. Unilaterally designed all SAML plug-ins.
2011--2016
Blackbaud — Charleston, SC
Solution Architect -- Enterprise Professional Services
  • Led multiple enterprise implementations from architecture to go-live; coordinated global teams.
  • Designed full CRM integrations and migration strategies, reducing timelines by 50%.
  • Steered enterprise data migration projects for client with 10M+ constituents and 1B+ records across US and European Union, ensuring compliance with national data laws.
Earlier employment history includes tenure as Software Engineering Consultant, DJJayNet Consulting; Chief Architect, LimeLeap Solutions; Director of Professional Services, LimeLeap Solutions; Team Leader, LimeLeap Solutions; Senior Software Engineer, LimeLeap Solutions; Software Developer, LimeLeap Solutions; Web Applications Consultant, NCMEC; Technical Writer, Force, Inc.; Graphics Designer, A.T. Kearney.

Education

2027 (exp.)
Ph.D., Computer Science (SE with AI/ML/MI), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
2026 (exp.)
M.S., Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
B.S., Economics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Selected Projects & Research

LLM Coding Assistant — Python, Streamlit, OpenAI API; FastAPI backend; agentmon design.
Security Vulnerability Classifier — Repository scanner classifying code against CVE mappings.
Sentiment Analysis of Yelp Reviews — Python, Pandas, NLTK; topic modeling with LDA.
Predicting NFL Player Performance — Time-series modeling using ML regressors.

Publications

Journal Articles

2026
Virginia Tech Transportation Safety Index (VTTSI) — Jason Cusati, Cheng-Shun Chuang. arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.21154
Link
2025
Exploring the Evidence-Based SE Beliefs of Generative AI Tools — Chris Brown, Jason Cusati. arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.13900
Link

Conference Proceedings

2026
From Papers to Progress: Rethinking Knowledge Accumulation in Software Engineering — Jason Cusati, Chris Brown. Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM 48th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2026)
LinkDOI

Technical Skills

Tools

SQL Server; PostgreSQL; .NET; AngularJS; Atlassian; TeamCity; Azure; AWS; ADO; Docker; Octopus; VS Code; PyCharm; FastAPI; Streamlit

Languages

JavaScript; C#; Java; VB.NET; C++; T-SQL; PowerShell; Node.js; Python; Kotlin; Bash; Gradle

AI/ML

scikit-learn; TensorFlow; LLM; SVM; Random Forest; Feature Engineering

Miscellaneous Experience

Awards and Achievements

May 2026
Phi Kappa Phi, inducted member --- national honor society recognizing academic excellence across all disciplines.
May 2026
Omicron Delta Kappa, inducted member --- national leadership honor society.
2008
Customer Service Award, LimeLeap Professional Services.

Certification

  • Certified Jira & Confluence Administrator
  • Certified Scrum Master
  • Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP)