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New York, NY, US

Leading Engineering at ModernFiModernFi helps financial institutions of all sizes grow, retain, and manage their deposits

New York, New York, US

• Developed monetization infrastructure and experiments (incl. new plans, upgrades and downgrades, purchase experiences, churn flows) that resulted in 20k+ paid users and growth to $10M+ ARR
• Led 3 Engineering pods of 12 engineers, directly managed 8, responsible for driving PLG mandate from activation through monetization growing Self-Service SaaS revenue by 7x from a six-figure base in 24 months to 3M+ in.
• Chosen by CEO to serve as interim Co-Head of Engineering, leading team of 20+ engineers during CTO search
• Led development of enterprise-grade SAML SSO solution (Go), supporting Azure AD FS, Okta, and Google Cloud enabling multiple 6-figure contracts
• Architected growth-focused user cohort system to test PLG feature limits and pricing experiments resulting in increasing ACV by over 40%, reducing churn by over 50%, and doubling LTV
• Led cross-functional two-phase web application migration to app.flowcode.com and transitioned our custom-built marketing site to Webflow, tripling lead generation through homepage redesign to new design system

New York, New York, US

• Designed and led implementation of Identity & Access Management service (Go) to handle all Flowcode authentication and authorization (RBAC). Enabled launch of FlowTeams, a collaboration suite for Flowcode’s enterprise.
• Guided third-party tool integration of Neverbounce (email verification), Intercom (live chat), and HubSpot (product marketing automated workflows and tagging)
• Led team of 4 engineers responsible for shared cross-product services including Notifications, Identity, Subscriptions, Analytics, Content Moderation, and an Orchestration layerTechnologies used: Python/Django, Golang.

New York, New York, US

• Architected and built notifications system (Django) to process event-triggered and batched email notifications across 30+ notification types and 10,000+ emails/day via Azure EventGrid and SendGrid API.
• Mentored intern through delivery of internal admin portal for efficient data management and increased visibility into primary database using internal and external APIs (Firebase, Stripe) to enable non-engineers to.
• As one of the first ten engineers, introduced new engineering best practices through TDDs, Post Mortems, linters and formatters while influencing culture by crafting company values and creating framework for weekly.

New York, NY, US

• Led technical design and owned end to end implementation of Django backend, external API integrations, and React components for new application homepage.
• Owned end to end development of new reporting features, designing API endpoints, GraphQL schema, and interactive React components.
• Contributed to the re-architecture of the notifications system, consolidating all notifications into a robust, type-safe Django service.
• Wrote internal documentation for notifications system architecture and engineering onboarding.
• Technologies Used: Python, Django, TypeScript, React, Jest, GraphQL, CircleCI, Docker, SeleniumManaged by Q is the platform for office management. We help the world’s leading companies build, design, staff, and manage.

Pleasanton, California, US

• Designed and implemented position name enhancements to improve the way employees and managers enter and approve time on Workday’s Time Tracking product
• Impacted all core functionality by developing code for 30+ tasks to handle time management
• Learned to develop software in a proprietary language, XpressO, and built all automation (unit and system tests) through related proprietary toolset
• Technologies used: XpressO and related tools

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Developed fundraising strategy and helped raise over $250,000 to finance construction of a handicap-accessible baseball field
• Organized local community campaign in Nashville, TN to gather support and raise awareness for project
• Identified opportunities for and helped establish strategic corporate partnerships

Chicago, IL, US

• Researched, designed and implemented plan to reconfigure entire deployment process to a Blue-Green deployment system with zero downtime
• Wrote PowerShell scripts to create slots, add hostnames with SSL bindings, deploy web apps and swap slots using Octopus Deploy and Azure Resource Manager
• Assisted in regression tests to ensure latest code deployments perform as expected
• Technologies used: PowerShell, Azure, Octopus Deploy

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Helped erase a $19,000 budget deficit over the course of 5 months by introducing a subscription program
• Developed strategic initiatives to improve paper readership through large scale survey to analyze reader feedback
• Relaunched The Maroon’s social media presence, increasing daily interactions, reach and followers by 15%

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Developed client-side code for comprehensive high-speed, web-based futures trading platform built in Javascript
• Identified and fixed client-reported bugs to improve UX in HTML5, CSS3, LESS, jQuery, Underscore.js and Backbone.js
• Devised and implemented system to generate additional business event analytics for Domo through AWS Kinesis and Redshift
• Placed 1st in internal futures trading competition among interns on TT trading platform
• Technologies used: JavaScript, Backbone.js, Underscore.js, HTML/CSS, TT trading platform

• Assisted CEO with real-time market and stock analysis and economic commentary for live Bloomberg Media interview
• Prepared market commentary reports with data and written analysis for subscription-based financial newsletters
• Analyzed pre-IPO companies, researched emerging trends and examined prior election year markets to identify investment opportunitiesTechnologies used: Microsoft Excel

Wilmot, New Hampshire, US

• Taught unit of 28 children 21st Century Skills such as communication, collaboration, leadership, creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, work ethic and responsibility through traditional summer camp and.
• Oversaw bunk of 6 to 8 boys – personally responsible for their safety and well being over the course of three summers.

• Strategized development of early stage alternative payment platform for nonprofits to more easily obtain additional donations
• Created high-level product functions and contributed to MVP requirement for development team
• Conducted market research on online retail landscape and partnership opportunities
• Partnered with CEO to prepare investor pitch deck for funding round

For two summers I worked as an Intern for M&C Saatchi Mobile. I Conducted competitive research for clients, synthesized market research studies for employee use, and analyzed mobile ad campaign performances using Excel.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Science

High School