Christopher "Xopher" Pollard
Principal Software Architect | Full-Stack, AWS & AI Tooling
Executive Summary
Principal systems architect with 25+ years building web platforms and distributed systems, including 12+ years in enterprise architecture. Experienced bridging frontend applications with distributed backend services, containerizing and deploying on AWS, and modernizing monolithic codebases. Currently focused on architecture audits and guardrails for teams adopting AI-assisted development, including MCP tooling and deterministic code generation.
Core Architecture & Engineering Competencies
Professional Experience
Principal Agentic Architect & Author
Chemical X (Remote)- Agentic AI Engineering Standards: Author an open standard and CLI for deterministic AI-assisted coding, published as npx chemx audit and used to score repositories for AI-readiness before deployment.
- AST Hazard Linting: Built static analysis measuring coupling friction and context pollution in codebases where coding agents are active, catching architectural drift that review volume hides.
- Tool Runtimes & Evaluation: Design MCP server bridges and evaluation harnesses holding agent tool-calling to the same regression standards as the rest of the stack.
System Architect
Vi (Remote)- Frontend Architecture & Systems Bridge: Led architecture and development of the core frontend codebase, serving as the architectural bridge between product interfaces and distributed backend services.
- Containerization & Cloud Reliability: Collaborated on containerizing services with Docker on AWS and defined clear API contracts, sustaining 99.99% availability.
- CI/CD & Engineering Velocity: Implemented automated CI/CD workflows and modular component architecture, speeding feature delivery while keeping quality consistent.
Founder & Principal Architect
My Compass Consulting / Hall of the Gods, Inc. (Tucson, AZ)- Edge Infrastructure Operations: Run multi-tenant edge infrastructure for 25+ production web platforms with automated edge caching and 99.99% uptime.
- Platform & Workflow Engineering: Delivered containerized client platforms and workflow engines, reducing ongoing maintenance overhead by 75%.
- Full-Stack Architecture Audits: Conduct full-stack architecture audits for commercial and enterprise clients, resolving DNS and database bottlenecks and migrating on-prem systems to AWS.
Senior Front-End Engineer & AWS Cloud Manager
Madden Media (Tucson, AZ)- Destination Web Platforms: Architected and deployed high-performance web applications and interactive tools for travel and destination clients.
- AWS Infrastructure & Deployment: Managed AWS infrastructure and deployment pipelines, optimizing asset delivery, caching policies, and reliability across client sites.
Senior Full-Stack Developer
J.D. Mellberg Financial / Tracking First (Tucson, AZ)- Operations Dashboard: Built a real-time operations dashboard integrating Five9 telephony, Salesforce CRM, and marketing APIs across millions of lead and call records.
- Lead Validation & Operational Savings: Engineered automated validation that eliminated invalid lead spend and manual data cleanup, saving an estimated $1.2M annually.
Flagship Applications & Sovereign Platforms
YouMeOS
Vue 3 Spatial Desktop & Headless Kernel
Browser-based spatial desktop on Vue 3 with a headless REST/event-driven backend.
My Compass Consulting & Software Suite
Legacy Modernization & Modular Systems
Enterprise legacy monolith modernization and bespoke modular software engine engineered on rigid Atomic Design principles.
Education & Credentials
Self-taught; early industry apprentice. OEM Certified Support Specialist (Microsoft / Broadband Network Diagnostics). References available on request.
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