- Recruited as Employee #1 for DEFCON AI, reported directly to the CEO for the company's first 18 months and served as the de facto CTO during that time, responsible for all technical aspects of the company including: R&D, DEVOPS, IT, technical hires, reviewing contracts and more- Hired and managed a diverse team of 16 Engineers over the course of two years with backgrounds ranging from FinTech to Gaming and DoD, including 5 Engineers with 30+ years of experience each- Invented DEFCON AI's first trademarked IP, a Cloud Native Simulation Environment which has now been deployed to IL-6 (SECRET) on GovCloud- Supervised all software development and deployment tasks for two successful Air Force SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) contracts (one Phase II and one Phase III), these represented the majority of contract deliverables in terms of value- Spearheaded efforts to deliver Cloud Native software to IL-2, IL-5 and IL-6 with the help of industry partners, including re-architecting our entire application to meet stringent IL-5 and IL-6 security requirements- Collaborated with veteran engineers to build and implement the company's first technical processes, including a comprehensive SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) process- Worked directly with multiple former Four Star Generals at the start of the company, as well as the former Secretary of Defense, to establish the company's technical approach and identity

Built framework of common libraries and tools to serve as a foundation for future application development and real time data analysis.

Lead of the Market Data software development team. Tasked with developing a cohesive software development strategy for all Market Data needs across the company, including identification of new requirements, documentation of existing deficiencies, replacement of legacy systems, as well as design and documentation of new internal network protocols. Focused on delivering maintainable, high-performance, high-reliability, low-latency market data back-ends written in C.

Maintained legacy C++ real-time market data back-end server software which processed hundreds of raw, high-bandwidth feeds from multiple industry sources, while simultaneously developing tools and optimized libraries in C to rapidly implement new capabilities as requirements emerged.

Served as the only military computer engineer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's SIMAF (Simulation and Analysis Facility).Duties:- Lead government and defense contractor team maintaining and implementing new features in C++ for the EAAGLES simulation framework (comprised of more than 100,000 lines of code)- Plan and execute simulation software testing based on analysis requirements- Demonstrate combat modeling, simulation, and analysis capabilities to top-level USAF and DoD decision makers

Served as one of two test engineers in the F-22 System Program Office.Duties:- Plan, develop and execute F-22 developmental and operational testing in support of 187 aircraft- Coordinate testing with higher headquarters and F-22 System Program Office leadership- Oversee and approve delivery of modernized software development tools

Technician in Western Digital enterprise hard drive firmware test lab.