Summary
Steve Brenneis is a seasoned software engineer and principal technical architect with decades of hands-on development experience and a focused decade in senior engineering roles across telecommunications and financial payments. He specializes in Java SE/EE, advanced APIs, cloud-native systems on AWS, automation, CI/CD, and digital cryptography, and currently develops distributed transaction migration software for The Clearing House. As founder and chief architect of Secure Enclave Communications, he built a privacy-first secure messaging backend, demonstrating practical end-to-end security expertise beyond typical enterprise architecture. His long tenure at AT&T and RJ Reynolds shows deep operational knowledge of large-scale systems and customer-facing diagnostic tools. Based in the Greensboro–Winston-Salem area, he pairs pragmatic engineering with a persistent interest in privacy-preserving designs that bridge legacy systems and modern cloud architecture.
10 years of coding experience
35 years of employment as a software developer
BS, CIS, BS, CIS at High Point University