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Josh Stir

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Director Software Architecture and Innovation at DMA - DuCharme, McMillen & Associates, Inc.
📍 Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

Josh is an accomplished software engineering leader with over 20 years of experience building large-scale systems and guiding cloud-first transformations. A Purdue University Fort Wayne MBA graduate, he currently focuses on leveraging AI to innovate and automate development workflows. People who have worked with him describe him as hard working and capable.

Outside of technology, Josh enjoys making tangible items and has a passion for woodworking with his CNC machine, creating things like custom charcuterie boards. He also enjoys unwinding by playing video games, such as Battlefield 6, and has an interest in the Walt Disney Company.

Interesting fact: He was once coached by an AI bot during a Zoom meeting for speaking in a monotone, an experience he shared with The Wall Street Journal.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Director Software Architecture and Innovation
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
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AI in Development
He is actively experimenting with AI agent swarms, RAG, and MCP to automate application generation and has presented on maximizing the use of tools like Copilot.
Cloud Transformation
He has extensive experience leading technical modernizations and has migrated large-scale datacenters to AWS, specializing in cloud-first architecture and platform engineering.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
Director Software Architecture and Innovation
DMA - DuCharme, McMillen & Associates, Inc.
4-2024 - 9-2025
Manager, Web Solution Engineering & Operations
Universal Destinations & Experiences
1-2023 - 4-2024
Senior Manager of Software Development
DMA - DuCharme, McMillen & Associates, Inc.
4-2021 - 1-2023
Director Of Technology
Our Sunday Visitor
10-2019 - 4-2021
Associate Senior Manager of Enterprise Business Systems
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Education
2017 - 2018
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Purdue University Fort Wayne
1995 - 2007
B.S
Purdue University Fort Wayne
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