Aaron Houston

Aaron Houston has a diverse work experience in various roles and industries. Aaron started their career as a Quantitative Tutor at Texas State University from June 2011 to May 2013. Aaron then worked as a Software Engineer at Accenture, where they served as the Lead OPA Rules Developer for the Ohio Integrated Eligibility System from May 2013 to August 2014. Following this, Aaron worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Insight Global for a brief period from August 2014 to October 2014.

In November 2014, Aaron joined Deloitte as a Senior OPA Developer and played a key role in designing and developing OPA rules for the GA IES project. Aaron was responsible for implementing various programs related to integrated eligibility such as MAGI, non-MAGI, PeachCare, SNAP, TANF, LIHEAP, and WIC. Aaron worked at Deloitte until December 2015.

From January 2016 to December 2017, Aaron worked at the FDA in multiple roles. As an OPA Architect and OPA Business Analyst, they designed and developed an automated auditing system for the Office of Regulatory Affairs. Aaron also implemented and maintained a parser to generate OPA Rulebases and designed custom functionality for expeditious field deployment. Later, as an OPA Architect and Test Lead, they designed and developed the risk assignment algorithm for the investigation process and automated the entire firm investigation and risk evaluation process.

Aaron then joined Primerica as a District Leader from January 2016 to March 2018. In this role, they helped families across the United States become debt-free, financially independent, and properly protected. Aaron also focused on expanding and developing driven individuals in management and leadership positions.

In August 2017, Aaron joined Expediter Services, LLC as a CX Architect, OPA Developer/Oracle Service Cloud Developer until October 2018. Aaron then joined Sandia National Laboratories in November 2018, where they served as an Oracle CX Cloud Principal Architect. Aaron played a vital role in transitioning the company to a shared services model and implementing modern, automated, and streamlined processes centered around Oracle's CX Cloud Suite of products. Aaron'sprimary focus was on Oracle Policy Automation and Oracle Service Cloud.

Since 2014, Aaron has also been the CEO of Houston Technologies LLC. The company specializes in Oracle Policy Automation consulting and has a team of experienced consultants with skills ranging from Oracle Service Cloud to Oracle BI Cloud.

Aaron Houston obtained a Bachelor's Degree in App. Math and Computer Science from Texas State University, where they studied from 2008 to 2013. In addition to their degree, Aaron has also obtained various certifications. These include the Professional Scrum Developer™ I (PSD I) and Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I) from Scrum.org in November 2021. Aaron also holds certifications from Oracle, such as the Oracle Service Cloud Sales Specialist and Oracle Service Cloud Solution Engineer Specialist, acquired in August 2020. Furthermore, Aaron has completed several Coursera courses related to machine learning and deep learning, such as "Convolutional Neural Networks," "Deep Learning Specialization," "Sequence Models," "Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization," "Neural Networks and Deep Learning," and "Structuring Machine Learning Projects," all obtained in October and September 2018. Lastly, Aaron has various certifications from Oracle in areas such as Oracle Policy Automation Cloud Service 2017 Certified Implementation Specialist, OPA Implementation Specialist, Oracle Policy Automation 10 PreSales Specialist, Oracle Policy Automation 10 Sales Specialist, Oracle Policy Automation Support Specialist, and Oracle RightNow Cloud Service Sales Specialist, although no specific dates of obtaining these certifications are provided.