Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area · Remote

• As a founding member of the Cloud-Native Geospatial Foundation’s Editorial Board, I help guide the vision and communication strategy behind the movement to modernize how spatial data is stored, processed, and shared in the cloud.
• Thought Leadership: Shape the Foundation’s educational and editorial direction to advance awareness of cloud-native formats, open standards, and scalable spatial architectures.
• Content Strategy & Publications: Contribute and review articles and technical narratives that highlight innovation across the geospatial open ecosystem.
• Community Engagement: Collaborate with contributors, maintainers, and partner organizations to make modern geospatial concepts more accessible to data engineers, analysts, and GIS professionals worldwide.
• Advocacy & Ecosystem Development: Promote interoperability, openness, and sustainability across the cloud-native geospatial stack, bridging the gap between traditional GIS and modern data infrastructure.
• My focus is on connecting the technical story to the broader mission and helping the community understand not just how cloud-native geospatial works, but why it matters for the future of data and decision making.

Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area · Remote

• At Wherobots, I lead the intersection of product strategy, customer education, and go-to-market execution helping organizations adopt cloud-native geospatial infrastructure at scale.
• Key focus areas:
• Product & Growth Strategy: Drive product-led growth initiatives that expand adoption, shape market positioning, and communicate the value of modern geospatial data platforms.
• Customer Education & Developer Enablement: Build programs, workshops, courses, and open learning materials that help GIS and data professionals transition into modern, cloud-based spatial workflows.
• Technical Architecture & Demos: Design and publish end-to-end examples showcasing how geospatial data engineering powers analytics, GIS, BI, and LLM applications.
• Community & Partnerships: Lead collaborations with industry partners and community creators to strengthen awareness and accessibility of cloud-native geospatial tools.
• Content & Thought Leadership: Develop educational media across YouTube, newsletters, and technical articles to demonstrate real-world applications of Wherobots and open-source technologies like Apache Sedona, Airflow, and GeoParquet.
• Through this work, I connect technical innovation with real-world adoption, showing how geospatial data engineering can power the next generation of analytical, operational, and AI-driven systems.

Aug 2023 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr

Jan 2023 – Aug 2023 · 7 mos

Jun 2021 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos

May 2019 – Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• CARTO is a leader in location intelligence and democratizing geospatial technology to enables users to find trends and actionable insights. My role focuses on working to enable geospatial problem solving and analysis across various industries and use cases.

Feb 2018 – May 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

Jul 2017 – Feb 2018 · 7 mos

Jul 2015 – Aug 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 4 mos · New York, United States

Aug 2013 – Jul 2018 · 4 yrs 11 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

• Cardinal's goal is simple: to bring our clients the best possible maps that make a major impact within their organization. We strive to understand the core needs of our clients and create solutions that help them across the board.
• We focus on five core areas to make sure we can provide the best possible service using modern design and innovative solutions to deliver maps and other products that truly help our clients.

Jun 2010 – Oct 2014 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• My work at Thrivent focuses on consulting for different initiatives primarily on website design, user interface design, social media strategy, and overall web presence. This strategic planning work spans across several internal divisions, linking and aligning priorities and goals. Additionally I work on developing and organizing various aspects of on the ground events for these initiatives.

Jun 2010 – Jun 2013 · 3 yrs · New York City Metropolitan Area