Nov 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Hybrid

• As a CTO, I help business owners meet their technology goals through solid strategy. I approach business problems through the lens of a startup veteran and Software Engineer to create credible, scalable products and automation that help businesses reach the next level.

Jan 2023 – Nov 2023 · 10 mos

• A 50-person company executing on multiple government contracts, including a tens-of-millions program to upgrade Los Angeles's bus stops with technology-enabled infrastructure.
• Leading the development of CurbCMS, a software application to support the new bus stop program in Los Angeles, including
• geospatial, monitoring, alerting, and advertising tracking features leveraging AWS, Ruby on Rails, Apache Superset, ElasticSearch, Postgres, Jenkins, and various IoT technologies.
• Responsible for all hardware selection and technology support for multiple government-funded programs, working closely with Electrical Engineers and hardware vendors.
• Supporting and improving an existing system of bike parking kiosks around California through the hardware and software lifecycle.

May 2022 – Jan 2023 · 8 mos

Sep 2021 – Jun 2022 · 9 mos

Jun 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Member of the Project Management Committee and Committer to Apache Superset, an open-source business intelligence toolkit.

Sep 2019 – Aug 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos · San Mateo, CA

• Managed, led, and grew a Feature Team from 3 Engineers to 7 Engineers across 3 timezones from US Pacific to EU West.
• Led the launch of Preset's Private Beta program.
• Led the development of Alerts and Reports in Superset, Preset's most-requested feature during our Private Beta.
• Led the development of Software as a Service features in preparation for Preset's GA launch.
• Transitioned the team from majority on-site to distributed during the COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020.

Mar 2019 – Aug 2019 · 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Led a project involving the whole Engineering team that cut total AWS spend by 50% over the course of 2 months.
• Cut build times for the organization on their Rails monolith in CI from 20 minutes to 4 minutes.
• Led a project to drastically increase the security of the Rails monolith.

Nov 2017 – Dec 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

• Participated in rearchitecting Change.org's Email platform to support a migration off of Salesforce - the resulting system saved the organization millions per year and led to highly performant results at scale.
• Supported Change.org's data engineering systems, solving substantial ETL issues and increasing the accuracy of monitoring.

May 2017 – Nov 2017 · 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Led development of a series of experiments optimizing post-signature conversion rates to capture additional promotion and membership revenue on the site.
• Led a series of programs to increase collaboration between Operations, Platform, and Feature teams.

Aug 2016 – May 2017 · 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Led the development of a Weekly Digest email platform that collated activity across multiple petitions and delivered timely digests to millions of users in 18 different languages.
• Led a team through layoffs, retaining all remaining staff after the layoffs went through.

Feb 2016 – Aug 2016 · 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Re-architected critical portions of Change.org's authorization system
• Created a new migration system to allow alterations large MySQL table schemas with 0 downtime, resulting in increased reliability and availability of the service

Apr 2014 – Dec 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos · Remote

• Implemented systems allowing Sqwiggle and Speak to move from a peer-to-peer WebRTC connection to leveraging geo-aware video MCU systems, removing low participant limits on the platforms.
• Acted as the primary Operations Engineer for both platforms, supporting both application programs and Video MCU systems in AWS.
• Acted as first-line support for the product, handling customer issues directly and conversing directly with clients and prospects.

Oct 2013 – Mar 2014 · 5 mos · Remote

• Created a provisioning system to allow for fast scaling in concert with the existing infrastructure.
• Implemented a real-time classroom video integration for distributed course delivery.

Jun 2011 – Oct 2013 · 2 yrs 4 mos · USA

• Built the initial MVP of Rentalutions.com, later rebranded to Avail and recently acquired by Realtor.com
• Assisted in the founding of Bikeindex.org, a 503c non-profit that currently is the largest national registry of bicycles assisting in the recovery of stolen bikes. So far, the BikeIndex has assisted in the recovery of over $15MM in stolen property.

Jun 2009 – Jun 2011 · 2 yrs · Chicago, IL

• Implemented best-practices such as source control, backups, and automated deployments leading to the retention of multiple clients after technical failure impacted the availability of their national brand presence.
• Acted as an in-house technology expert and consultant to traditional agency creative teams leading to superior outcomes for client projects.
• Successfully presented the result of site audits and RFP responses to clients of varying level of technical knowledge.
• Developed marketing sites for a wide variety of clients such as the National Pork Board, General Mills, Armour Eckrich, Prince Microphones, and Farleys & Sathers Candies among others.

Aug 2008 – Oct 2008 · 2 mos · Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Contributed to the development of client websites for the Got Milk campaign and the Chevrolet Aveo campaign as well as Florida Juice and others.