Melvin Lew
About Melvin Lew
Melvin Lew is a Director at TD Ameritrade with a background in computer science and extensive experience in enterprise application solutions and infrastructure management.
Current Position
Melvin Lew is currently the Director at TD Ameritrade, a position he has held since 2016. In this role, he is responsible for collaborating with services and engineering teams to automate workflows, manage inventory, and meet reporting needs for infrastructure products. He also designs system architecture, detailing interactions between applications and creating entity-relationship models for database architecture.
Previous Experience
Before his tenure at TD Ameritrade, Melvin Lew worked at Goldman Sachs as Vice President from 2000 to 2016. He also has experience as a Network Analyst/Programmer at Columbia University, where he worked from 1996 to 1999. These roles have given him a wealth of experience in various areas of IT and infrastructure management.
Education and Academic Background
Melvin Lew holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Columbia University in the City of New York, which he completed in 1999. Prior to that, he completed his Bachelor of Science degree, also in Computer Science, at Columbia University in 1996. His academic background has provided him with a strong foundation in computer science principles and practices.
Technical Expertise
Melvin Lew specializes in developing enterprise application solutions using technologies such as NodeJS, ReactJS, CouchDB, and Redis. He focuses on enterprise storage, network, and server infrastructure, as well as data center management and custom-built applications. His skill set includes designing system architecture and managing development projects from planning through to production deployment.
Project Management
In his roles across different companies, Melvin Lew has managed development projects from initial planning stages through to production deployment. He handles implementation and user acceptance testing, ensuring that systems meet the required specifications and function correctly in a live environment.