Brian Rivard

About Brian Rivard

Hi, I’m Brian — a skilled software engineer and architect with 40+ years of hands-on development experience, a passion for clean code, and a knack for learning whatever comes next.I’ve built systems in Java, Swift, Python, JavaScript, C, C++, C#, Ruby, and more. I’m certified in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, comfortable in full-stack environments, and lately obsessed with Snowflake, Databricks, DynamoDB, and all things AI. Whether I’m designing scalable cloud architectures or writing Python scripts to catalog 18th-century world coins, I bring deep experience, curiosity, and a no-nonsense approach to every challenge.🧠 I thrive on:• Solving complex problems with elegant code• Rapidly picking up new tools and technologies• Mentoring developers and sharing hard-earned wisdom• Building systems that actually work

Experience

1. Senior Director, Data & Identity Architect

   Acxiom

   Jul 2025 — Present · Conway, AR, US

   Design & development of Acxiom\'s next-gen Data & Identity product family, driving the modernization of our identity resolution and data sharing platforms by harnessing cloud-native technologies, privacy-enhancing computation and agentic orchestration, cross-channel tagging, and machine learning-based match accuracy, while ensuring compliance with PCI, HIPPA, FCRA, CCPA, and GDPR.

Education

• University of Massachusetts Lowell

  MS, Computer Science

  1987 — 1993

• D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University

  MBA, Business

  1996 — 2000

• University of Massachusetts Lowell

  BS, Computer Science

  1981 — 1985

Skills

• Sql
• Linux
• Ruby on Rails
• R
• Css
• Javascript
• C++
• Unix
• C
• Software Development
• Software Engineering
• Xslt
• Xml
• Rest
• Mysql
• Distributed Systems
• E-Commerce
• Web Applications
• Html
• Php
• Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
• Agile Methodologies
• Oracle
• Ajax
• Objective-C
• C#
• Oop
• Architecture
• Java
• Ruby