Thomas Ford
Senior Manager, Development Architecture at CBIZ
Apex, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolThomas Ford is a seasoned software leader with nearly 30 years in enterprise development and two decades of .NET expertise, now serving as Senior Manager of Development Architecture at CBIZ. He architects high-performance, secure systems spanning large SQL Server databases (including multi-terabyte blockchain auditing stores), .NET Core back ends, and modern client-side stacks like Angular and TypeScript. Thomas combines hands-on implementation — including authoring the jinqJs open-source project and collaborating with AWS on a credentials-fetcher — with deep practice in Clean Architecture, SOLID principles, and operational tooling such as Docker. Recently he’s been building AI agents with Microsoft Semantic Kernel and leveraging vector databases for RAG, demonstrating a practical bridge between legacy enterprise systems and cutting-edge LLM-driven solutions. Based in Apex, NC, he’s known for turning complex, auditable requirements into scalable, production-ready software.
11 years of coding experience
30 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Mathematics, Computer Science, Mathematics at New York Institute of TechnologyComputer Science, Mathematics, Computer Science, Mathematics at Edison State Community College
Github Skills (16)
gmsa10
linq-expressions10
webservice10
kerberos9
active-directory9
sql-like9
javascript8
linux8
ldap8
csharp8
visual-studio8
run-app7
roslyn6
code-analysis5
dotnet5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
fordth/jinqJs
Mar 2015 - Mar 2018
jinqJs provides a simple way to perform SQL like queries on javaScript arrays, collections and web services using LINQ expressions.
Contributions:22 releases, 5 commits, 5 PRs in 3 years
javascriptlinq-expressionssql-likewebservice
fordth/credentials-fetcher
Aug 2023 - Apr 2025
Credentials-fetcher is a Linux daemon that retrieves gMSA credentials from Active Directory over LDAP. It creates and refreshes kerberos tickets from gMSA credentials. Kerberos tickets can be used by containers to run apps/services that authenticate using Active Directory.
Contributions:1 release, 3 reviews, 10 PRs in 1 year 8 months
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