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- Engineering Manager for two teams - Led a team responsible for designing and migrating to a replacement for our notification inbox and broader overhaul of the entire DSR platform - Led a team responsible for the Consent Manager (privacy sandbox) and all of it's configuration- Implemented a version management and CDN deployment function for customer Privacy Centers to deploy precomputed JSON to our CDN to reduce uncontrollable load from end users from affecting our DB load-… Show more - Engineering Manager for two teams - Led a team responsible for designing and migrating to a replacement for our notification inbox and broader overhaul of the entire DSR platform - Led a team responsible for the Consent Manager (privacy sandbox) and all of it's configuration- Implemented a version management and CDN deployment function for customer Privacy Centers to deploy precomputed JSON to our CDN to reduce uncontrollable load from end users from affecting our DB load- Helped resolve various bugs across our platform including the email pipeline, integration breakages, UI/UX improvements, CI reliability, and dev-x improvements- Helped plan out the broad overhaul of the entire DSR platform from DB design to execution timelines Show less

- Led a team responsible for implementing live timeseries and aggregate dashboards and their supporting backend and DB queries across our product suite- Implemented a request caching layer on top of postgres to reduce load induced from the expensive dashboard queries- Led a team in designing and implementing a change history (audit) system and UI for all product configuration at Transcend to allow full traceability into how and when configurations were changed- Implemented a… Show more - Led a team responsible for implementing live timeseries and aggregate dashboards and their supporting backend and DB queries across our product suite- Implemented a request caching layer on top of postgres to reduce load induced from the expensive dashboard queries- Led a team in designing and implementing a change history (audit) system and UI for all product configuration at Transcend to allow full traceability into how and when configurations were changed- Implemented a configurable conditional email address system that enables automatic email metadata selection based on request metadata Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

- Led a team responsible for overhauling the UI for a large portion of the product to make it easier to use and more visually consistent- Led a team developing the configuration and management UI portion of our new Data Mapping product- Migrated a large portion of the email sending and receiving logic to support encrypting email contents- Optimized database structure and indexes to provide better performance on our slowest queries- Helped plan and organize regular company-wide… Show more - Led a team responsible for overhauling the UI for a large portion of the product to make it easier to use and more visually consistent- Led a team developing the configuration and management UI portion of our new Data Mapping product- Migrated a large portion of the email sending and receiving logic to support encrypting email contents- Optimized database structure and indexes to provide better performance on our slowest queries- Helped plan and organize regular company-wide volunteering events and other DEI initiatives Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

- Oversaw yarn v2 upgrade that incorporated updates across all systems and configurations- Built out multiple full-stack features including SES email integration, new UI pages, 3rd party privacy request integrations, and some CI improvements- Helped plan out an extensive UI redesign and reorganization- Helped plan and organize regular company-wide volunteering events and other DEI initiatives

Palo Alto, California, United States

Working on the core UI team developing both products addressing server backup and data management.- Planned and led frontend implementation teams for IAM overhauls for both products- Initiated and led effort to reduce technical debt and improve dev ops & infrastructure- Actively helped plan and implement testing initiatives- Actively encouraged team bonding and planned team events

Palo Alto, California

Working on the core UI team developing both products addressing server backup and data management.- Planned and led frontend implementation teams for IAM overhauls for both products- Initiated and led effort to reduce technical debt and improve dev ops & infrastructure- Actively helped plan and implement testing initiatives- Actively encouraged team bonding and planned team events

San Francisco Bay Area

Consulting part time to develop an analytics dashboard for M.Folio

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Worked on a team developing an enterprise document management and automation web application.- Mentored new developers and interns- Designed, built, and delivered multiple product features and usability enhancements- Maintained and extended existing infrastructure and features- Performed multiple exploratory development spikes

Milwaukee

Developed an enterprise client communication platform from concept to mostly finished product.- Designed and built a product from the ground-up- Gained a more thorough understanding of maintainable and verifiable system design- Improved my tolerance of failure and ability to recognize zombie projects/features- Learned the importance of customer acquisition & product/market-fit for startups

Hawthorne, California

Worked with a team to identify problems and improve in-house enterprise inventory tracking & management systems in order to improve the efficiency of inventory personnel and reduce manufacturing downtime. Worked with a team to improve traceability of internal manufacturing processes through improved data structures and user interfaces. Used AngularJS, MSSQL, C#, Entity Framework

Milwaukee, Wi

Worked closely with the team on an internal suite of web apps that supports fund managers and accounting.- Maintained, upgraded, and added features to existing code and systems- Modernized code to new standards with emphasis on code quality and test coverage

Hawthorne, Ca

Automated the process for collecting corporate cell phone billing data and storing it on-site. Laid the groundwork for future internal machine learning development by researching, creating thorough documentation on, and developing an analysis program based around kNN classification and dynamically recalculated Principal Component Analysis using R, C# Windows Forms App & Entity Framework, SQL 2016 (R services). Wrote a SQL analyzer program in Python which gauged the “danger” of a user-supplied… Show more Automated the process for collecting corporate cell phone billing data and storing it on-site. Laid the groundwork for future internal machine learning development by researching, creating thorough documentation on, and developing an analysis program based around kNN classification and dynamically recalculated Principal Component Analysis using R, C# Windows Forms App & Entity Framework, SQL 2016 (R services). Wrote a SQL analyzer program in Python which gauged the “danger” of a user-supplied SQL query by grouping parts into a tree-like structure and analyzing the structural conformity to predefined rules Show less

Created a consumer-oriented fantasy-sports website using HTML, JS, jQuery, Google SSO, and MySQL. Also recreated and maintained for 4 months the company WordPress sites

Janesville Wi

Brought together 3 people to build a textbook marketplace and an audio-only version of Netflix.- Learned Software Project Planning & team organization fundamentals (the hard way)- Learned the importance of being a good manager when dealing with difficult investors/upper management as well as motivating other team members- Shipped and handed off both Android apps to the investor

Janesville, Wi

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Software Engineering

Activities and Societies: Society of Model Engineers (Model Train Club), SAE Supermileage Vehicle Team, Society of Software Engineers, Tau.

Education record

Activities and Societies: FIRST Robotics Club, Computer Club, Cross Country Team, Track and Field Team, Football Team, Swim Team, National.