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Miami, Fl, Us

I lead the strategic development and scaling of our AI-powered deal management and CRM platform for private market investors. I’ve built and grown a highly skilled engineering team, aligning technical execution with complex business objectives to deliver impactful solutions. My role bridges the gap between technology and business, ensuring we drive innovation and efficiency across the investment pipeline. I oversee all technical aspects of the platform, from architecture to implementation, enabling investors to source deals thematically, streamline pipelines, and make data-driven decisions at the investment committee level.

Stanford, California, Us

- Spearheaded the development of supporting systems and processes for a fast-growing organization, elevating membership from ~15 to 600 active members within a year.- Established the Tech department from inception, implementing processes for automating core organizational functions.- Led the successful development and launch of a new website, enhancing the organization's online presence and functionality.- Assumed a pivotal role in setting up and supporting IT processes and fortifying the security infrastructure of the organization.- Collaborated closely with multiple teams and board members to provide vital assistance to the people of Ukraine, actively standing against the disgraceful war unleashed by Russia.For more information on how to contribute, donate, or get involved, please reach out. Your support is invaluable in our mission.

Miami, Fl, Us

Led the backend engineering team at Meridian, an AI-powered platform providing next-gen workflow tools for private investors. Spearheaded the development of the MVP, managing all backend processes from architecture to execution. Built and directed a remote engineering team, ensuring smooth collaboration and timely product delivery. It was designed to enhance capital raising, deal sourcing, and position management for investment firms. Drove key technical decisions aligned with business objectives, laying the foundation for future product scaling.

New York, Ny, Us

- Utilizing Python expertise to revamp the outdated internal web-based system for Gagosian Gallery, a prominent global art gallery. Develop a versatile API framework for the React frontend and native app, supporting the needs of Gagosian staff worldwide.- Play a key role in architecting the migration to the new system, preserving data and workflows seamlessly for enhanced global functionality.- Continuously design and implement integrations with external services to meet the evolving requirements of Gagosian Gallery's staff around the globe.- Serve as a pivotal backend engineer for Gagosian Gallery, shaping business ideas into features, managing releases, and providing crucial support for cloud services (AWS, Azure) in a globally influential art environment.

New York, Us

- Drive digital transformation at Eon, promoting a more equitable, profitable, and circular model for commerce.- Take a hands-on approach to technology selection, ensuring alignment with business objectives.- Architect the platform to meet evolving needs, establishing a robust foundation for innovative solutions.- Provide critical input for business decisions, leveraging technical insights to guide product direction.- Manage a dynamic team of engineers, fostering collaboration and ensuring successful project execution.- Lead various projects, overseeing end-to-end implementation and aligning them with strategic goals.- Actively contribute to the codebase, applying technical expertise to enhance platform functionality and performance.

Experienced Senior Software Engineer & Strategic Leader:- Play an influential role in shaping company direction and fostering team success.- Act as a key stakeholder, driving ongoing team progression and excellence.- Mentor team members, providing valuable guidance for professional development.Start-Up Success Facilitator:- Lead collaborative efforts with remote and in-house engineers, contributing to current start-up success.- Specialize in end-to-end project management, including mentoring and providing technical direction to clients.- Actively contribute to building and scaling startups, leveraging a wealth of experience.Global Collaboration and Expertise Integration:- Thrive in diverse, collaborative environments globally.- Embed expertise within teams, providing ongoing guidance for project excellence.- Manage and lead teams with a focus on fostering collaboration and achieving collective goals.

Brooklyn, New York, Us

- Led the development of major technological products for the Freelancers Union, a significant non-profit organization.- Played a key role in establishing the organization as an insurance broker, contributing to the expansion of services offered to members.- Led the creation and maintenance of a proprietary social network, known as "Hives," providing a dedicated space for collaboration among members.- Developed and maintained public profiles to enhance the online presence and visibility of the organization and its members.- Facilitated virtual and in-person meetings through technological solutions, fostering community engagement.- Contributed to the establishment and growth of the Freelancers Hub, a central resource for freelancers seeking support and opportunities.- Actively participated in advocacy efforts, aligning technological initiatives with the organization's mission to empower and support freelancers.

New York, New York, Us

- Collaborate with a team of developers on the creation of a prototype rewards e-commerce system for Citi Bank.- Focus on seamless integration with Java backend, ensuring a cohesive and efficient end-to-end solution.- Leverage modern frontend technologies, including SASS, Handlebars, and Grunt, alongside essential frontend languages and frameworks.- Contribute to the development of a cutting-edge e-commerce system, providing innovative solutions for Citi Bank.- Work closely with the team to ensure the successful integration and functionality of the prototype.- Stay current with industry trends, incorporating modern technologies to enhance the frontend user experience.

Brooklyn, New York, Us

Working with a team of high-end professional of digital world, especially web on various projects. Responsible for full-stack development using Python/Django on backend and Javascript/Backbone/SASS on front-end.Working on e-learning web-based project to help train people to use world’s best websites for professionals as well as social aggregation platform (http://hypedsound.com) that allows you to see all social activity of connected services of your friends and yourself.

New York, Ny, Us

Full stack development using Python as a primary language. Developed various projects using frameworks such as Django, Pyramid and Flask and a few in PHP/Wordpres based projects. Build many e-commerce Satchmo-driven websites as well as mobile/tablet websites, API services and digital/shoppable magazines. On frontend used many modern technologies/libraries and techniques such as Backbone, RequireJS, CoffeeScript boosting the styling with SASS/LESS/Bootstrap/960 Grid and many others. Besides the development I was responsible for composing Spec Documents, managing our freelance teams, taking leadership on the projects, participating in internal meetings as well as technical meetings with vendors and strategy meetings with clients. Tightly worked with designers team in making web-optimized design decisions. Having descent knowledge of Adobe Photoshop cut the assets and created sprites when needed. As for time management we used Harvest, for issues tracking JIRA and Github Issues and Basecamp for project management. All the projects source code was version controlled and stored on Github. Having all required server config and hosting knowledge was responsible for deployment our projects on Rackspace and Amazon servers using Apache2 with Nginx or uWSGI, DNS configuration and also used Amazon S3 for storing static files. Was responsible for building of RESTful APIs using Tastypie and Cornice as well as services that consume APIs. The Science Project is a very fast-paced agency with tight timelines so always had to be productive and dealt with a lot of pressure and responsibilities.

New York, Ny, Us

Developing file sharing web service upload1.com (similar to Dropbox) for animation studio Interaktika. Project started as an idea to solve the problem of exchanging very large files with clients. Interaktika is primarily video and animation studio so file sizes are very big and existing products like Dropbox were either too expensive or too slow. Project was built on Ruby/Ruby on Rails and utilized HTML5 and Less. Besides development was working on creating Keynote presentations and helped with setting up and running video/keynote shows.

Developed various web projects using Python/Django as well as frontend languages and frameworks. Supported staging and production servers, configured Ngnix and Apache. Optimized database queries, implemented store locator functionality for various projects using Google Maps API.ProjectsBenjamin Moore Paints: janovic.comCitrin Cooperman: citrincooperman.com, ccwmlp.comVitala Convatec: vitala.comSoul by Ludacris: soulelectronics.com