Mar 2023 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands · Hybrid

• Successfully delivered Miro’s first add-on product, Enterprise Guard, within 6 months. Allowing the sales team to hit their $1M ARR target, which was Miro’s highest priority OKR for Q4 2023.
• Worked with the Leads of Enterprise Product and Analytics to build the business case for Enterprise Guard, which included defining timelines, resourcing, and estimated revenue— successfully reprioritizing company objectives mid-year.
• Prevented multiple project delays by guiding the reallocation of resources across the engineering department, which was a first for Miro. The engineering teams were returned to their work areas by the agreed timelines.
• Delegated the creation of an architectural review process which facilitated quick delivery while also ensuring not to incur unnecessary tech debt.
• Teamed with a Technical Project Manager to facilitate smooth collaboration between over 100 technical and non-technical employees across the company. Together we led weekly check-ins, wrote a monthly company-wide newsletter, and defined a risk management identification and escalation process.
• Preemptively improved the underperformance of an Engineering Manager prior to it impacting deadlines.
• Hired 25 engineers for the Enterprise stream in 8 months.
• Iterated on the Engineering Career Growth Rubric, including the addition of Staff Engineer II as a new level.

Jan 2022 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands · Hybrid

• Worked closely with our recruiters to hire 27 engineers for the Enterprise Stream in a single year.
• Revamped the behavioral interviews for the Engineering Organization, including standardizing interview questions and formalizing interview debriefs.
• Led the development of the first Miro Engineering Career Growth Rubric, which increased employee satisfaction on career growth from 41 to 67 out of 100.
• Spearheaded an effort to reassess, revamp, and improve the Engineering performance cycle including new questions, integration of the Career Growth Rubric, and an objective process for performance ratings and promotions.
• Coached multiple Engineering Managers on performance management, including significantly improving the performance of one engineer and managing another out.
• Took ownership of the engineering Tech Talks and increased attendance from 40 to 200 per session.

Jan 2020 – Nov 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos · Portland, Oregon Area

• Led two Account Teams, responsible for account opening, identity verification (KYC), and document upload
• Grew a single engineering team of 6 members into two separate teams with a total size of 12 engineers
• Encouraged the team to give regular feedback and iterate on team processes to foster constant growth
• Active in individual’s career progression and performance management
• Worked with Product Manager and stakeholders on product and prioritization with a focus on the organization’s immediate and long term goals
• Coordinated the development of the company’s first Google Cloud native application
• Managed and hired both Software Engineers and Software Engineers in Test (Quality Engineers)
• Co-Founder and Vice chairperson of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council

May 2015 – Sep 2018 · 3 yrs 4 mos

• Managed a team of eight developers in building a suite of Reporting software used by all five thousand plus customers of the worlds most innovative company, according to Forbes (2018)
• Technically integrated within the team to ensure proper coding standards and processes
• Worked closely with the Product Manager on business decisions for the future of the product
• Substantially reduced the influx and backlog of incidents and problems by using an analytic approach
• Developed my direct reports into capable Software Engineers
• Led the engineering hiring process for all development teams in the Amsterdam office, hiring over 15 people in 3 years
• Singlehandedly retained top engineers whom were looking to leave the company
• Organized office-wide social events to improve team wellbeing

Jan 2015 – May 2015 · 4 mos

Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 · 1 yr

• Transferred from San Francisco to Amsterdam to train the team brought in by the company’s first acquisition
• Lead engineer on Java, Javascript, and AngularJS to build Reporting, Analytics, and Dashboard software
• Developed innovative software while maintaining quality as the highest objective
• Incrementally refactored a 10-year old legacy product while preventing regressions through automated testing
• Initiated and fostered inter and intra office communication and collaboration using social aptitude

Jul 2013 – Jan 2014 · 6 mos

Nov 2011 – Jul 2013 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Led two separate teams as a Certified Scrum Master in the Agile process using Scrum methodologies
• Formulated and implemented code in Java and Javascript for a Project Management application
• Created a comprehensive set of automated tests using Selenium

Mar 2011 – Nov 2011 · 8 mos · Greater San Diego Area

• Utilized Test-Driven Development in a team of three to re-implement a record list web element in EXTJS
• Contributed to all phases of development, including defining requirements, elaboration, and implementation
• Constructed automated tests using the Selenium framework to develop an automated testing suite