I joined the integrations team at Observe to lead Terraform-related development at Observe, including the Observe Terraform provider (Go) and various Terraform-related tooling and workflows. Observe's built-in "App" integrations are backend by Terraform modules and so the core application invokes Terraform as part of customer actions in the UI. As part of the integrations team, I also supported customers in ingesting their data into Observe, providing deep expertise on Kubernetes and AWS gained in the field.Later I (and the Terraform provider) transitioned into the API infrastructure team, responsible for all meta-features and infrastructure related to the Observe API. I led the development of outbound data sharing, which allows data in Observe to be accessed via customers' Snowflake accounts. I developed the API and Terraform provider and worked closely with the data backend team that implemented the Snowflake shared views.

I joined Scoop as a Senior Platform Engineer to help the company evolve a mixed AWS infrastructure managed by CloudFormation with some services running directly on EC2 and others on an ECS-based PaaS to a single container platform. I led the transition of all of these workloads onto Kubernetes, using Terraform to manage the cluster infrastructure.Later, I led the company's transition from CloudFormation first to full Terraform adoption, using a variety of providers (e.g., Datadog, PagerDuty, Okta) to manage key SaaS dependencies, and later to full continuous integration/deployment via Terraform Cloud. This enabled the ops-oriented team I joined to truly become a platform team, building capabilities and useful abstractions for developers rather needing to perform infrastructure changes on their behalf.

I joined Eaze as part of the first batch of full-time engineers. My initial work focused on the mobile web application. After rewriting that to improve performance and quality, my focus gradually moved to the backend services that had been more resistant to refactoring. I worked on high level service architecture, rolling out an API gateway, inter-service authentication, and other infrastructure engineers needed to write the first business API services that were independent of the original .NET monolith.I helped lead Eaze's transition from manually configured Azure infrastructure to AWS, managed as version controlled CloudFormation templates. This was my first hands-on experience with low-level cloud infrastructure and I learned how to build configuration, route virtual networks, plan migrations and more. I developed an open source tool for copying Azure Blob Storage objects to S3 (https://github.com/bendrucker/azure-blob-to-s3). We were ultimately successful in transitioning Eaze's production operations from Azure to AWS with minimal downtime and continued to refine the tooling to provide self-service infrastructure access to engineers.

I founded Valet.io to help nonprofits raise more money at their major events through mobile web and SMS-driven donations. I wrote all the code, led most of the customer engagements, and helped automate our sales processes. Prominent nonprofits that used our software at their major events ($1M+) included charity: water and the Lupus Foundation.Tech: Node.js, Hapi, Firebase, Postgres, Angular.js (https://github.com/valet-io)

I have been photographing portraits and events for families for over five years. I love making relaxed portraits and high-energy candids, focusing on the things that make each family special. I work with the best print and album companies to design products that will last my clients a lifetime.

The Helvidius Group publishes the Journal of Politics & Society, the only nationally distributed undergraduate publication in the country. The Journal of Politics & Society is a peer-reviewed social sciences publication that publishes undergraduate papers from students around the world. As Editor in Chief, I: - Oversaw a bi-annual selection process with an acceptance rate under 2%, narrowing a field of ~400 submissions to 6-8 finalists;- Managed an intensive editing process wherein one senior editor and 3-4 associate editors work closely with the author to edit the paper for content and style;- Built and maintained an editorial board of ~30 editors and a sizable business team to produce and distribute the journal.

- Assisted in development and programming work from Maplewood, NJ office.- Helped organize launch event in NYC for WWO partner Andrew Garfield.- Photographed and helped develop WWO sports programming in Kenscoff, Haiti.

I worked on an independent study project in my senior year at Columbia High School with Scott Stornetta (https://www.linkedin.com/in/w-scott-stornetta-25186120) that explored user-centered design, automation, and basic software development. I applied for and received $7,500 grant from the local Achieve Foundation (achievefoundation.org) to develop document and curriculum management and sharing infrastructure. We created prototype "ScanStation" terminals using commodity hardware/software that enabled teachers to request end-of-day delivery of paper copies while building a digital library in Google Drive. Developed basic web forms and backend tools in PHP.

- Participated in daily investment review meetings with portfolio managers.- Published research reports on AAPL, natural gas, municipal bonds, and corporate cash holdings.- Presented overview of federal stimulus status to firm.

Arthur Cohen, one of NYC's premiere portrait photographers, taught me much of what I know about how to light portraits and interact with clients during sessions.