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Working smarter.
Then harder.

Accomplished engineering leader with 20+ years of experience leveraging cutting-edge technologies. Versed in business and product life cycles across startups and corporations.

Empowers teams with adaptable plans, precision, and a collaborative approach.

The journey

Experience.

2022 – CurrentCausalHead of Engineering

London, UK

  • Led the engineering team from Series A through a successful acquisition.
  • Attracted top talent to build a configurable platform that integrated millions of transactional records from business systems and powered formula-driven modeling across more than one billion data points per customer, enabling real-time collaboration.
  • Increased the team’s feature throughput to more than 5x its previous level by adopting an agentic SDLC while maintaining code quality, a polished product, and low bug rates.
  • Continually refined engineering processes, enabling tech leads to coordinate dozens of deployments per day that delivered customer value.
Causal Site
2017 – 2022SalesforceSr. Manager / Principal Engineer

Boulder, CO

  • Founding technical leader, kickstarting Philanthropy Cloud, a platform to significantly boost volunteering and donations for nonprofits around the globe.
  • Scaled the division from 6 to over 120, establishing the processes, architecture, and hiring needed to launch in under 8 months with $60M in funding.
Salesforce Site
2011 – 2021Boulder TechFounder

Boulder, CO

  • Grew a consulting business centered around development, management, and process for publishing companies including Forbes, AOL, Ziff Davis, Hearst, Houston Chronicle, San Francisco Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News, and more.
  • Transitioned to an ultra-lean, self-funded, automated online venture, generating more than $40k/month in revenue, requiring only a few hours of weekly oversight.
Boulder Tech Site
2007 – 2011Ziff DavisSr. Project Manager

New York, NY

  • Directed a broad range of technology initiatives, including code releases, system enhancements, and new product implementations across multifunctional teams.
  • Spearheaded the organization’s adoption of Scrum, increasing throughput and improving quality
  • Selected to participate in strategic planning meetings for identifying business opportunities.
Ziff Davis Site
2004 – 2007Nuance CommunicationsSr. Technical Consultant

Mahwah, NJ

  • Coordinated expansive technology engagements with international organizations across verticals including: health, finance, telecom, insurance, and electronics.
  • Technical owner of product assets utilized in high performance telecom infrastructures.
Nuance Communications Site
2004 – 2005New Jersey State PoliceIT Consultant

Sea Girt, NJ

  • Offered technical expertise to support approximately 500 recruits, officers, and personnel.
  • Maintained network infrastructure, managed servers, and developed web apps integral to daily business operations.
  • Instructed computer courses for police recruit classes with 100+ students each.
New Jersey State Police Site
2000 – 2002RobodysseyRobotics Engineer

Trenton, NJ

  • Developed platforms, comprised of hardware, software and electronics, to teach the basics of programming and robotics in school programs and for hobbyists, via a highly engaging experience.
Robodyssey Site
1997 – 2003Princeton Computer GroupSr. Technician

Freehold, NJ

  • Provided comprehensive, onsite technical support during installation, repair and maintenance of computers, business servers, large networks, and related software.
2004 – 2005Avatar Recording StudiosProduction Engineer

New York, NY

  • Collaborated on major record label sessions, in world-class studio rooms.
  • Maintained priceless vintage studio equipment and microphones.
Avatar Recording Studios Site
2002 – 2006Cannon Road Recording StudioFounder

Freehold, NJ

  • Built multi-room recording studio through reinvestment of business profits.
  • Recorded and produced albums for national record labels.

Working together

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Portfolio.

How I work

Principles & practice.

Values

  • Trust
  • Transparency
  • Curiosity
  • Efficiency
  • Learning
  • Fun
  • Iteration
  • Accountability
  • Empathy
  • Collaboration

Proficiencies

  • Agile
  • UX
  • Agentic SDLC
  • Budgeting
  • Hiring
  • Product
  • Scaling
  • Cloud
  • Mobile
  • Optimization
  • Observability
  • Security
  • Automation
  • Mentoring
  • Reliability

Technologies

  • GCP
  • Go
  • Rust
  • Kubernetes
  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • React
  • GraphQL
  • Terraform
  • Grafana
  • Sentry
  • Snowflake
  • Redis
  • Postgres
  • TypeScript
  • JSS
  • Material UI
  • Storybook
  • NextJS
  • Webpack
  • Babel
  • Jenkins
  • Apex
  • WordPress
  • Angular
  • Firebase
  • AWS
  • Photoshop
  • Sketch
  • Git
  • Nginx
  • Ansible
  • Bash
  • Linux
  • Node
  • Bower
  • Composer
  • Varnish
  • Gulp
  • Grunt
  • PHP
  • HTML5
  • JavaScript
  • CSS (Sass)
  • Foundation
  • Bootstrap
  • SQL
  • NoSQL
  • Ionic
  • Cordova
  • XML
  • JSON
  • REST
  • OAuth
  • .NET
  • Perl
  • TAS
  • Conversant

Education

Rutgers University

B.S. Computer Science & Physics

Publication

Indoor Localization Using Camera Phones
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