Rotender automates the service and sale of alcoholic beverages. Say goodbye to waiting in line at stadiums, music festivals, and busy venues. It's faster and cheaper than a traditional bar, and won't forget to wash its hands.KTLA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LIpXaXhb_A&t=89s&ab_channel=KTLA5Mashable: https://mashable.com/video/robot-bartender-rotender/The Spoon: https://thespoon.tech/rotender-is-a-drink-making-robot-built-for-high-volume-bars/

With 200 employees across 4 continents, Protect is a global leader in the design, implementation and administration of life assistance services. I have had the privilege of advising CEO James Hastie as the venture has grown from concept to late-stage.

The LA CTO Forum is a private network of 250+ CTOs that meets once a month in Santa Monica. www.lactoforum.org.

Venture-backed ecommerce technology start up, with 20 employees at its peak. As Cofounder & CTO, I led the tech and product teams to architect, build, maintain and extend our platform, combining live professional experts, personalized products, AI, and SMS to deliver a new consumer experience for skincare. https://www.inc.com/tom-popomaronis/the-literal-beauty-of-modern-personalization-this-skincare-startup-has-forever-changed-way-you-shop.htmlhttps://www.crunchbase.com/organization/beauty-by-design

JOLT was a venture-backed Food Delivery startup headquartered in Los Angeles. I worked with a devoted team of Developers, Stakeholders, Product Managers and Operations staff as we grew the company to 25 employees and 10% of the Los Angeles food delivery market. • Scaled our system to > 200,000 deliveries/year in the LA area.• Trained and developed PMs and engineers.• Launched JOLT mobile delivery apps (iOS/Android) for Driver fleet of 200.• Developed proprietary CMS/ERP used by the organization for Dispatching, Automated Billing, Reporting/Analytics, Sales Tracking, CRM.

Hancock was a leading app production firm based in Los Angeles developing apps and systems for venture-backed startups and established brands. After building the first version of their system, Hancock's team was acqui-hired into JOLT in late 2014.Served as Founder & Director of the consultancy managing an onshore team of 4 Developers and 1 Designer:-Produced web and mobile applications for: The Mirage Las Vegas, The Travel Channel, Nissan North America, State Farm, Marriott International, The University of Queensland, The US Army, Janelle Monáe.-Directed App Engineering, Architecture, Project Management. 
Stepped in wherever necessary to lead or manage development on projects in Rails, Python, Objective C (iOS), Java (Android).-Interfaced with startup clients to create or revise business and product strategy with respect to technical outcomes and feasibility.
-Translated business requirements to systems diagrams, software requirements, and design patterns (such as adaptability, scalability, availability, and re-usability) for technical team.
-Created a cross-functional team to work seamlessly within the Agile/SCRUM Methodology. PM toolset in various incarnations included Google Apps, Trello, Pivotal Tracker, Slack.

-One of two engineers responsible for Love Culture's eCommerce site - a fast-fashion destination with 700,000 unique visitors/month.-Developed critical site features such as product search, collection creation (product grouping), and mass-marketing email.-Performed analytics and tracked KPIs on company-wide sales nearing $1 billion/year.Having gained experience working within a software group at a large company, I resigned to start another software consultancy (Hancock). Hancock's team was ultimately acquihired by our largest client.

First consultancy started out of college. -Personally developed various sites and apps in the "Web 2.0" era for local clients in PHP and Rails. -Worked closely with designers to ensure visual and UX requirements were met.-Grew company to two offshore teams specializing in PHP and Rails located in Dhaka, Bangladesh and Shenzhen, China.I wanted to learn more about how larger companies operated and wound down stratima to work at Love Culture.

Wrote code to analyze 13F Filings and perform statistical analysis in Matlab. Developed features in C# for internal tools in the Risk Management Department.