Richard Lyders

Richard Jason Lyders

Tech Leader / Solutions Architect

A curious problem solver and natural leader. I design and implement strategic solutions that deliver real customer value through open communication and efficient execution.

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Professional Experience

Solutions Engineer & Full-Stack Developer

USAA
June 2021 – Present

Lead solution engineer within Bank Omnichannel group. Designing scalable, fault-tolerant solutions for USAA Bank to automate processes and enable self-service.

  • Leveraging Gen AI, Agentic AI, and Vibe Coding for dev efficiency.
  • Cloud & On-prem infrastructure (AWS, OpenShift).
  • Optimizing value streams and reducing time to market.

Solutions Architect & Full-Stack Developer

Air Liquide America (Lyders Consulting)
Dec 2014 – June 2021

Managed lifecycle from design to production for critical enterprise solutions.

  • Developed mobile emergency response app (Ionic/AWS).
  • Created AWS DataLake import modules.
  • Built approval workflow SPA (Angular/Node.js).
  • Led massive data migration from Oracle EBS to SAP.

Implementation Leader

KBR, Inc. (Pinnacle Management)
Feb 2014 – Dec 2014

Lead technical implementation for project budget management solutions.

  • Integrated EcoSys EPC with Oracle 11g/EBS.
  • Developed custom Web 2.0 tools for XML interface conversion.

Custom Oracle EBS Solutions Leader

Air Liquide America (Lyders Consulting)
Oct 2007 – Oct 2013
  • Managed multi-team parallel implementations.
  • Architected Oracle SOA environment & governance.
  • Designed custom order management & workflow solutions.
  • Implemented real-time validation for PDF outputs.

Previous Leadership Roles

Voila IP (Director) • Eagle Global Logistics • Air Liquide

Key Projects & Deliverables

Selected highlights from a career of delivering complex technical solutions.

Emergency Response App

Ionic/Angular mobile app for Android & iOS enabling executive communication during plant emergencies. Built on serverless AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB).

Ionic AWS Lambda Node.js

AWS DataLake Module

Designed reusable ingest modules for AWS DataLake to automatically import complex JSON and CSV data from third-party external APIs.

AWS S3 Python API Integration

IT Request Workflow System

Modern Web 2.0 SPA for IT requests with complex approval workflows. Replaced legacy systems with Node.js, Angular, and Python.

Angular Workflow SPA

Technical Expertise

Cloud & Serverless

AWS Lambda S3 / CloudFront DynamoDB EC2 / ECS / ECR Cognito Amplify

Languages & Frameworks

Go Java / Spring Boot NodeJS / TS Python React / Angular Flutter

DevOps & Databases

Docker Jenkin / Git Ansible PostgreSQL Oracle SnowFlake

Certifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner