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Michael P. Martin

Software Architect, business owner, and hands-on engineering leader with more than 30 years in software delivery and a recent six-year focus on Business One Stop, the Next Block family of companies, Azure platforms, payment systems, automation, and customer-facing product architecture.

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Location
Tucson, Arizona
Focus
Architecture, automation, delivery
Education
MBA, B.S. Computer Science

Summary

Architect-level range with current execution depth

Over the last six years, recent work has centered on Business One Stop with Aura Solutions, LLC and on co-owning and building the Next Block group of companies: Next Block Vending, Next Block Coffee, and Cerca Coffee Roasters. That work has combined business leadership with direct architecture, software engineering, hardware and payment-system design, manufacturing, ecommerce, automation, and day-to-day product delivery.

What I do best

  • Design system architecture that can actually be built, operated, and evolved.
  • Move cleanly between strategy, product decisions, backend design, frontend delivery, and integration work.
  • Lead modernization without losing sight of customer experience, workflow friction, or operational risk.
  • Translate AI and automation ideas into production-shaped systems instead of disconnected demos.

Recent delivery themes

  • Business platform delivery for Business One Stop.
  • Vending, coffee, and ecommerce platform ownership across the Next Block companies.
  • Custom payment-system design, engineering, and manufacturing-backed product development.
  • Azure-hosted applications, automation, reporting, and customer-facing digital workflows.

Recent Experience

2020 through 2026

Software Architect

Aura Solutions, LLC - Business One Stop

2020 to Present

  • Worked with Aura Solutions, LLC on Business One Stop through the last six years, contributing software architecture, engineering, systems design, and delivery leadership.
  • Supported business-platform work requiring practical architecture, implementation discipline, integration design, and maintainable delivery across changing business needs.
  • Applied broad engineering range across cloud systems, workflow design, customer-facing software, and operational tooling in a real business context.

Co-Owner and Chief Architect

Next Block Vending, Next Block Coffee, and Cerca Coffee Roasters

2020 to Present

  • Co-own the Next Block franchise of companies spanning vending, coffee, and online white-label coffee sales.
  • Built the technical and operational foundation for Next Block Vending, Next Block Coffee, and Cerca Coffee Roasters, including business systems, software platforms, and customer-facing digital workflows.
  • Designed and implemented the online Shopify-based platform supporting white-label coffee sales for Cerca Coffee Roasters.

Inventor, System Designer, Engineer, and Manufacturer

Next Block Vending System and Payment System

2020 to Present

  • Designed, engineered, and manufactured the Next Block Vending system and its payment system as an integrated product rather than a software-only layer.
  • Led the architecture across hardware-aware workflows, payment processing, software services, admin tooling, customer experience, and machine operations.
  • Drove ongoing platform evolution across multi-tenant architecture, rewards, reporting, checkout, operator tooling, and provider integrations.

Selected Highlights

Representative recent outcomes

Business One Stop and business platforms

  • Delivered architecture and engineering work for Business One Stop with Aura Solutions, LLC over the last six years.
  • Worked at the intersection of software delivery, business operations, and systems evolution instead of isolated ticket-by-ticket implementation.
  • Applied architecture discipline to real business workflows, reporting, integrations, and maintainable application growth.

Next Block company building

  • Co-built the Next Block franchise of companies across vending, coffee, and ecommerce.
  • Created the technical foundations for customer ordering, operator tooling, business workflows, and digital sales channels.
  • Extended the platform across vending operations, branded coffee offerings, and white-label online sales.

Vending and payment system ownership

  • Personally designed, engineered, and manufactured the Next Block Vending system and payment system.
  • Owned the architecture across software, payments, machine operations, customer experience, and admin management.
  • Integrated modern payment, reporting, rewards, and operational workflows into a unified platform.

Cloud, ecommerce, and delivery

  • Used Azure-hosted application services, deployment automation, and maintainable engineering practices across active product work.
  • Built and evolved web, admin, mobile-friendly, and Shopify-based experiences tied to real operations and sales.
  • Balanced architecture direction with direct implementation in C#, SQL, Angular, HTML, CSS, and operational scripting.

Education and Credentials

Formal background

Education

Master of Business Administration

University of Phoenix, Tucson, Arizona.

Outstanding student of graduate studies award.

Also holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Louisiana.

Certifications

Microsoft and architecture-oriented credentials

Resume history includes Microsoft Certified Azure Developer, MCSD, MCAD, Java certification, and related technical credentials.

Contact

Available for software architecture, modernization, and AI integration work

This updated resume emphasizes the last six years of work with Aura Solutions, LLC, Business One Stop, and the Next Block family of companies. A deeper employer-by-employer chronology and older background can be provided directly when needed for a specific opportunity.

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