Apr 2024 – May 2026 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• I lead multi-team engineering efforts building scalable AI platform systems within Appian’s enterprise product suite. My focus is on translating applied LLM architecture into durable platform capability, measurable business impact, and reliable enterprise delivery.
• Established company-wide AI platform capability by standing up a 0→9 engineer ASAIP team; delivered first production release in 3 weeks and defined LLM integration patterns (RAG, AWS Bedrock, Anthropic) used across multiple product surfaces.
• Reduced LLM latency 60% (~20s) within 6 weeks and expanded GA availability from 55% to 97%, enabling broader advanced-tier rollout.
• Architected and launched Data Fabric Chat using early agentic patterns; improved customer dataset accuracy from 5% → 90% in production environments.
• Defined multi-quarter AI platform roadmap for 3 teams during OP2 planning, sequencing architectural investments to reduce dependency drag and delivery risk.
• Re-architected a 25-engineer organization around capability-aligned Team Topologies to accelerate multi-team AI delivery.
• Led $826K vs $76K three-year infrastructure analysis, eliminating ~15% productivity tax across 3+ teams while maintaining compliance and performance requirements.
• Delivered FedRAMP Moderate/High compliance for AI Copilot features within one week by coordinating Engineering, QE, InfoSec, and AWS stakeholders.
• Reduced CI time 45% via monolith modularization; redesigned department DB CI workflow (15 → 5 jobs), saving ~15 engineering hours per PR.

Mar 2023 – Apr 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Led an 8-engineer team delivering AI-enabled document extraction capabilities within Appian’s enterprise platform, balancing architectural rigor with tight cross-team dependencies during rapid AI expansion.
• Reduced feature integration complexity from 26 engineering changes to 7 by introducing composable interface abstractions, decreasing duplication, CI runtime, and long-term maintenance overhead.
• Served as architectural decision-maker for cross-service capability management, error-handling standards, and AWS Textract integration while preserving strict backward compatibility guarantees.
• Sequenced incremental delivery across tightly coupled platform subsystems, improving predictability while managing unplanned enterprise-impacting work.
• Introduced structured feature planning framework aligning leadership-defined AI objectives with execution-level increments.
• Elevated engineering quality through modular design patterns, SOLID principles, and improved abstraction boundaries in Java-based services.

Oct 2021 – Mar 2022 · 5 mos

• Led development of core data security and access control abstractions within Appian’s Records platform, shaping enterprise-grade row-level security configuration at scale.
• Designed and implemented dynamic row-level security framework enabling enterprise customers to configure access controls without custom RDBMS views.
• Served as technical lead and process owner for high-visibility platform subsystem balancing feature delivery with architectural stability.
• Introduced structured technical coaching program increasing junior engineer velocity and raising squad-level technical bar.
• Improved clarity of ownership and incremental delivery cadence within security-focused feature releases.

Apr 2019 – Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• Operated as senior technical lead and squad coach within a 9-team, year-long platform initiative focused on data consolidation and enterprise query capabilities.
• Designed a unified data access framework consolidating distributed data connections into a single abstraction layer for application developers.
• Architected a query framework enabling implicit joins across enterprise datasets, reducing developer complexity and improving consistency.
• Ensured successful first delivery of a multi-team initiative by aligning architecture and execution across 9 squads; recognized as Engineering MVP.
• Served as subsystem SME for Appian Records, resolving high-visibility enterprise issues and expanding documentation to scale platform knowledge.
• Awarded inaugural Force Multiplier recognition for consistently elevating squad performance and cross-team collaboration.

Aug 2016 – Mar 2019 · 2 yrs 7 mos

• Prototyped overhaul of Appian Records sources and security models, reducing platform risk and informing company-wide architectural redesign.
• Founded and led a 10-developer initiative to productize a rich text editor across the platform (React, ProseMirror, Java).
• Re-architected custom web elements framework to support single-page applications, improving authentication, rendering, and performance.
• Eliminated 100,000+ lines of legacy code during multi-year modernization effort, increasing maintainability across stack layers.
• Designed extensible notification and UI configuration architecture enabling future feature expansion without structural rework.
• Led engineering interns to deliver a high-demand feature within 6 weeks, reinforcing early team leadership experience.

Jul 2015 – Jul 2016 · 1 yr

• Designed and implemented reusable custom web elements and a 508-compliant interactive icon picker component for Appian interfaces.
• Built internal code-generation tooling to standardize validation handling across current and future UI components.
• Contributed to early frontend modernization efforts transitioning from GWT to React-based architectures.
• Stepped into Squad Coach responsibilities during high-visibility feature delivery and promoted to primary Squad Coach within 4 months.
• Co-founded an internal engineering guild delivering technical workshops to local college and high school hackathons.

May 2014 – Aug 2014 · 3 mos · Reston, VA

• Worked in a small team to integrate a user-facing search into the existing Appian product, create inline image preview galleries for any image attachments and render inline PDF thumbnail previews in Tempo news feeds, optimized the Appian feed for mobile clients to minimize extraneous queries, and created an Appian SAIL collapsible section component for use within the Appian Interface Designer. All features are being used by more than 3.5 million users. They use native browser and mobile technologies and do not require client side plugins like Flash or Java. Features include cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility, full language and internationalization capabilities, and full compatibility with early versions of the product, among other characteristics.

Mar 2022 – May 2022 · 2 mos · Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr · Washington, District of Columbia, United States

• Joined Cardless during rapid growth to lead cross-functional engineering delivery in a regulated fintech environment.
• Led engineering squads during nationwide launch of the Simon American Express credit card, delivering transaction geofencing, earning caps, and dynamic user experiences at scale.
• Served as Interim Co-Head of Engineering, partnering with executive leadership on roadmap sequencing, technical prioritization, and staffing strategy during organizational transition.
• Owned delivery timelines to brand partners, aligning engineering execution with external launch commitments and regulatory constraints.
• Mentored and influenced peer Engineering Managers, establishing planning standards and improving cross-team alignment practices.
• Owned hiring for 4 engineering roles, defining scope, leveling, and team capacity during scale-up.
• Reorganized engineering into full-stack squads, improving ownership clarity and delivery predictability.
• Standardized validation framework across microservices (Java, Spring), increasing DI and unit testing adoption across services.

May 2013 – May 2014 · 1 yr · Puget Sound - Seattle

• Worked for the Global Technology group, a section of BR&T devoted to research, collaboration, and technology trend scouting: position involves redoing their website to match the new Boeing standards and updating the content, developing a dashboard to display the "trends of trends" for the Scouting group, and beginning to implement that dashboard.

Jan 2013 – May 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Charlottesville, Virginia Area

• Taught complicated programming concepts to students of all skill levels
• Helped lead a seminar on computer science education best practices
• Developed coding and test questions to test practical knowledge

Oct 2012 – May 2015 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Charlottesville, Virginia Area

Jun 2012 – Aug 2012 · 2 mos

May 2012 – Jan 2013 · 8 mos · McLean, VA

• Worked in CAASD on designing and implementing a GUI for a tool to be used by air traffic controllers that would prevent some runway incursions. Used Java Swing, properties files, and implemented the ability to dynamically change the configuration of the software for demonstration and testing purposes. Tested the GUI design and functionality on real air traffic controllers and modified it appropriately, and presented the state of the project to FAA representatives twice.

Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 · 3 yrs · Ashburn, VA

Jun 2010 – Aug 2011 · 1 yr 2 mos · McLean, VA