Dec 2015 – Oct 2018 · 2 yrs 10 mos · San Francisco Bay und Umgebung

• PlanGrid is a mobile-first software solution for running construction projects.
• I worked on improving construction productivity through technology.
• 2018 Director of Engineering:
• Lead the Field and Platform groups (~ 25 folks).
• Hired 16 engineers since taking on a management role, most senior, many through personal network & outreach.
• Contributed to PlanGrid's long term product strategy.
• Drove reorganization of engineering into feature teams & platform teams that can deliver on product strategy.
• Shaped PlanGrid's engineering culture through a series of initiatives (open source contributions, tech talks, 20% time for working on platform improvements, redefinition of career ladder & compensation bands).
• 2016-2018 Engineering Manager:
• Lead the iOS team as well as cross-functional product engineering teams.
• Built one of the strongest iOS engineering teams in the SF Bay Area, which is widely recognized in the iOS community.
• Helped significantly increase the amount of product initiatives my teams delivered.
• 2015-2016 Engineer & iOS Lead:
• Lead iOS engineering efforts.
• Shipped a large refactor project that established new best practices for feature development (across networking/sync, persistence, UI development).
• Also significantly improved build and test tooling as well as release cadence.

Sep 2013 – Nov 2015 · 2 yrs 2 mos · San Francisco

• Make School is a college designed for the 21st century.
• I worked on bringing more folks into Software Engineering roles.
• Helped a Y Combinator company grow from a team of 5 to a team of 20.
• Built & taught software engineering curriculum that placed students at companies like Pandora and Snapchat.
• Built various product features (using Ruby on Rails), including a new content management system based on GitHub.
• Supported in a variety of different fields: Marketing, Hiring, Corporate Partnerships...

May 2012 – Sep 2013 · 1 yr 4 mos · Stuttgart und Umgebung, Deutschland

• Lecturer for the Software Engineering I course (intro to object-oriented software development in Java). Supervisor of multiple student research projects.

Oct 2011 – Sep 2013 · 1 yr 11 mos · Stuttgart und Umgebung, Deutschland

• I worked on helping German enterprises adopt mobile solutions. I spent most of my time on a mobile product that helped improve efficiency of running retail stores.
• 2012 - 2013 Software Engineer & Project Lead:
• Led a 5 person project team developing a mobile enterprise solution for LIDL one of the largest supermarket chains in Germany.
• Planned new release cycles and was main point of contact for the client. Introduced a thorough technical documentation & testing process into the project - drastically reducing the defect count
• Developed the iOS client and lead the technical discussion of the overall architecture.
• 2011 - 2012 Software Engineer:
• I worked on a total of 6 different iOS projects and was the technical project lead of an enterprise software project.
• I built two internal libraries, an XML Parser and a Flow Layout Management System that were used throughout various projects.

Oct 2008 – Sep 2011 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• I had 5 different internship roles during my 3 years of study. I gained experience in enterprise software sales, consulting, embedded systems, graphics programming and web development.