Nov 2022 – Nov 2023 · 1 yr · Buffalo, New York, United States · Remote

• Highline is a new payments platform that automates bill payments directly from payroll. Lenders can decrease missed payments by up to 2/3rds, reduce credit losses, expand customers’ credit options, and better support financial wellness.
• My core services teams handle our cloud infrastructure, payroll integrations, bank partners, and payments systems used by the Highline products.

Jan 2022 – Nov 2022 · 10 mos

• As the Director of Platform Engineering, I'm responsible for building up the organization that supports our product teams. My teams are focused on cross-cutting functionality like Authentication, Authorization, Orders/Invoices, Search, Notifications, Feature Flags, as well as standards and components for all the front-end technology in use at ACV.
• The purpose that I established for the department with my management team is to give ACV the ability to ship better products, faster. This is then supported with our vision to have product teams see us as experts and enablers, not dependencies.
• I establish top level OKRs and then work with the department to refine, adjust, and pursue them in conjunction with our partners in other departments as well as our customers, the product engineering teams.

Sep 2020 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Leading the Auction Platform team and the Marketplace teams. They are the power behind our auction products and are responsible for developing new functionality for search, real-time bidding, buying, selling, and all the customer journeys related to auctions as well as maintaining and improving existing systems used by thousands of customers every day.

Jul 2019 – Sep 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Leading the Product team across web, iOS, Android, and back end. They are the power behind our customer experience and are responsible for developing new functionality for search, real-time bidding, buying, selling, and all the customer journeys related to auctions as well as maintaining and improving existing systems used by thousands of customers every day.

Sep 2015 – Jun 2019 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

• Our team is building the next generation of data analysis and visualization tools for clinical trials and translational medicine. Our solutions will integrate clinical data with translational medicine information from next-generation sequencing, gene expression analysis, and other relevant data from the client’s industry leading informatics applications and instruments. Our goal is to create an integrated data visualization and analysis platform that uniquely enables therapeutic development, personalized medicine, and the promise of “bench-to-bedside” science.

Nov 2013 – Sep 2015 · 1 yr 10 mos · Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

• Overseeing a team dedicated to configuring and customizing base products as well as professional services for clients like Verizon, DISH, Suddenlink, Hughes, Windstream, and several others.
• Responsible for leading efforts to improve the products and code base, reduce technical debt, and improve employee efficiency and satisfaction.

Jun 2011 – Nov 2013 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• Technical lead and product development manager for search engine marketing and tracking technologies.

Feb 2011 – Jun 2011 · 4 mos

• .NET development related to search engine marketing, consumer tracking, and integration.

May 2007 – Feb 2011 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

• Simulation software development, hardware interface development, large scale system integration.

May 2006 – May 2007 · 1 yr · Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

• Web development and site maintenance.
• Applying coding standards to existing product.
• Designed an intranet homepage.

Oct 2005 – Sep 2006 · 11 mos · Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

• Computer troubleshooting
• Network troubleshooting
• User account configuration