Key member of the Solutions Engineering team supporting Central and West Coast regions.

Leader in sales engineering team for high-growth communications platform with over $175M in funding* Mentored junior solutions engineers with best practices in sales process and engineering design* Created and maintained development process for internal demo center project* Trusted technical advisor in sales organization working with enterprise prospects* Active contributor to developer experience through Postman and code sample contributions

- Managed multiple engineering teams within User Growth group responsible for acquiring and engaging students throughout the world- Built out new growth engineering team responsible for user engagement- Managed contracted, offshore team to successfully augment FTE engineering team- Heavily involved in developing engineering culture and mentoring other managers- Revamped postmortem process to help cut down on repeat issues and improve engineering satisfaction- Lead project to implement integration to third-party marketing communication platform from home-rolled email application logic

Hired to be part of an early stage startup that needed an experienced technology leader to help them transition into a scalable, highly efficient lean engineering team. Responsible for managing Engineering department consisting of 8 employees including developers, QA, UX/UI and support teams.Improved Engineering team practices to be able to produce high quality software releases to product requirements by delivery dates. Worked closely with Product team as well as third-party corporate partners to set realistic expectations and negotiate release scope.Responsible for overseeing technology spend in Engineering and IT areas to keep costs streamlined. Created cataloging for all software and hardware spend in the company to be able to start technology budgeting process.Technologies used: React, Node, Postgres, Twilio SMS, Jira, Git

- Leader, Recruiter, Mentor, Architect, Data Nerd, Former Developer- Responsible for building and overseeing iOS application development done by a combination of in-house developers and contracted teams. Lead team of developers to rebuild contracted application that was underperforming and difficult for developers to add features.- Worked closely with Data Analytics team to enhance data collection and optimize Data Warehouse platform to lead business to make better decisions.- Managed all phases of project to create a customized property management system tailored to fit the unique needs of a high profile, luxury travel company with a portfolio of over $70 billion in real estate value. Phases include: requirement gathering workshops, development environment setup, custom software development in three different languages, user feedback sessions, testing and production deployment and support.- Managed business needs and development of service bus application required by the company to consolidate and validate important business data that was managed in multiple systems. Worked closely with vendors to ensure quality of application as well as meet tight timelines. Planned strategic initiatives around integration of many custom-built and third party software systems to streamline data flow within company.- Architected and developed new web application from server setup to UI development.. Used ASP.NET framework data, web server and MVC controls, HTML, jQuery/JavaScript, CSS and NHibernate. Implemented a custom design for elegant, user-friendly web site UI/UX. Created and managed development and deployment infrastructure for entire software technology process.

- Designed, developed and tested custom web application in an n-tier environment- Managed development process, requirement gathering, and deployment strategies for project marketing Web site- Responsible for updating styling of application to mirror professionally designed mockups- Integrated marketing site with company’s SalesForce.com account using Apex.- Created new ASP.NET/C# web application to allow users to manage payments and invoices for customers to replace outdated application- Worked in agile environment using MVC, Scrum and unit testing- Optimized legacy gateway services to handle enhanced functionality as well as additional server traffic- Worked with operations department in order to ensure that business needs were continually being met- Setup multiple skinned versions of application using ASP.NET themes as well as custom code to leverage ASP.NET resource files- Developed custom reporting functionality for small business owners to quickly view pre-defined reports as well as create new customized reports

- Managed teams of mid-level developers to deliver high quality applications to clients in the Boulder area- Designed, developed and tested Windows forms, mobile and e-Commerce applications in an n-tier environment- Deployed applications to internal testing, client testing and production environments using CruiseControl.NET and IIS 6.0- Architected code structure and database schema using Visio 2007 and SQL Server Management studio 2005- Developed solutions to integrate with multiple third party applications through web services using XML- Member of recruiting team conducting technical and personality interviews as well as training new recruiting team members- Designed custom management system for site administrators for incorporation into public facing site to increase usability for client