---
name: Isaac Bythewood
title: Senior Solutions Architect
summary: Senior Solutions Architect with two decades of experience building across the full stack, from DevOps and server infrastructure to AI agent workflows, leading teams through demanding delivery schedules in highly regulated environments.
location: Jonesville, NC 28642
phone: (540) 200-8459
email: isaac@bythewood.me
links:
  - url: https://isaacbythewood.com
    label: isaacbythewood.com
  - url: https://linkedin.com/in/ibythewood
    label: linkedin.com/in/ibythewood
  - url: https://github.com/overshard
    label: github.com/overshard
skills:
  - Solutions Architecture
  - Full-Stack Development
  - AI Agent Workflows
  - DevOps & CI/CD
  - Linux Administration
  - Container Orchestration
  - Data Visualization
  - Browser Automation & Testing
  - API Design
  - Infrastructure as Code
  - Web Scraping & Analytics
technologies:
  - Python
  - JavaScript
  - CSS
  - HTML
  - Django
  - Flask
  - Next.js
  - React
  - PostgreSQL
  - Redis
  - Docker
  - Linux
  - Playwright
  - Webpack
  - Three.js
  - Chart.js
  - Anthropic SDK
  - Pandas
  - LangChain
  - PyTorch
  - Hugging Face Transformers
education:
  - institution: Virginia Tech
    years: 2008 - 2012
    degree: Computer Science
---

## Recent Experience

### Craftmaster Furniture — *Senior Solutions Architect*

Furniture Manufacturer — JULY 2024 - CURRENT

- Leading modernization of legacy IBM iSeries infrastructure to a modern Ubuntu, PostgreSQL, and Django stack.
- Built an in-house 3D furniture viewer with full fabric draping across 1,000+ fabrics and real-time customization, replacing costly third-party solutions at a fraction of the price.
- Rebuilt internal and external portals with AI-driven insights and modernized reporting, reducing time spent by sales and marketing teams on legacy systems.
- Redesigned company websites with modern responsive design, improved performance, and reduced attack surface by consolidating platforms and syncing data, saving hundreds of man-hours every market.
- Built customer-facing APIs for real-time pricing and catalog data, cutting time to market for new products.

### Gryphos Creative — *Head of Web Development*

Full-Service Marketing Agency — APRIL 2023 - JULY 2024

- Migrated all websites and services to a more secure and cheaper hosting solution with zero downtime.
- Developed multiple custom e-commerce websites for unique companies with unique requirements and strict regulations.

### VanNoppen Marketing — *Principal Software Engineer*

Full-Service Marketing Agency — JUNE 2010 - APRIL 2023

- Managed, developed, and launched multiple projects in parallel for a wide variety of companies.
- Integrated projects with numerous platforms including HubSpot, Facebook, Instagram, and Google services.
- Managed multiple hosting environments including AWS, Heroku, and Linode (Docker).

## Recent Projects

### 3D Furniture Viewer — *Full-Stack Development, 3D Engineering*

Craftmaster Furniture — JULY 2024 - CURRENT

- Built a fully in-house 3D furniture customization system with real-time fabric draping across 1,000+ materials using Three.js and Django.
- Eliminated dependency on expensive third-party 3D vendors, delivering the solution at a fraction of the cost.

### Portal & Reporting Modernization — *Solutions Architecture, Full-Stack Development*

Craftmaster Furniture — JULY 2024 - CURRENT

- Migrated internal and external portals from a legacy IBM iSeries system to a modern Linux, Django, and PostgreSQL stack.
- Integrated AI-powered reporting and insights, replacing outdated reporting workflows and reducing time spent by sales reps and sales and marketing teams.