Empowered client success by launching new products and complementing existing teams. Specialized in building ambitious applications using opinionated open source frameworks like Ruby on Rails and Ember JS.

As a member of the executive team, I helped set company strategy and product direction, raised capital, and participated in quarterly board meetings. As a manager, I established hiring processes, career ladders, compensation strategies, hired a team, and continually improved the development process.As a technical contributor:• Architected a data synchronization engine which supports collaborative, multi-client editing of swim meet data and near real time data synchronization with mobile devices so that parents and athletes receive results moments after race completion.• Built a persistence architecture which works while offline and allows the application to be shutdown and restarted without losing updates.• Managed timing system vendor relationships and implemented integrations via file systems and low-level serial port protocols.• Led a team to rebuild the company's mobile app unlocking code reuse, rapid deployment, new customer support features, and the elimination of the need to maintain a versioned API.• Built scalable APIs with excellent response times (<100ms average and <200ms 95th percentile).

Responsible for recruiting, managing, and leading the development team for Khorus’ CEO platform.

Worked with a small team of developers to build a rich single page application using Ember, D3, Rails, and Postgres.

Summa Wealth Management aimed to transform the wealth management experience by leveraging technology to enhance client-advisory relationships. I built application prototypes in Ruby on Rails and helped write the business plan and funding pitches.

Managed a team of engineers and technical project leads who oversaw Burn-In and System Level Test (SLT) solutions for CPU and GPU products.• Indirectly oversaw between four and eight simultaneous projects with 20 to 60 contributing engineers and millions of dollars in budget.• Maintained a motivated team with a zero percent attrition rate during a time period of high company-wide attrition.

Burn-In and SLT Equipment Lead for the PlayStation 4• Led a team of 20 engineers through a two-year project to develop and integrate hardware, firmware, software, thermal, and mechanical components.• Defined the schedule, contributed to the budget process, and provided technical contributions in Ruby, Embedded C, and PCB design and test.

Pioneered the SLT & Burn-In Equipment Lead role for the AMD’s first generation of APU’s (CPU and GPU on the same die)• Oversaw all technical aspects of the SLT & Burn-In platform development which included hardware, firmware, software, and thermal solution components• Managed the contributions of a cross functional team of 10-20 engineers• Provided risk assessments for equipment purchase decisions of $100k to $1M

Developed SLT and Burn-In solutions for AMD’s server, client, and mobile products. Responsibilities encompassed PCB level hardware development, software development, and supporting high volume manufacturing.

Jack of all trades for a boutique personal chef / catering outfit in the Austin area. Designed and maintained website, provided technical support, handled bookkeeping and taxes, and ate lots of good food.

Contributed towards carrying out the purpose and vision of PCCH through teaching, leadership building, fund-raising, managing events and retreats, and developing missions and service opportunities.

Supported motherboard development for OEM’s and 3rd Party Chipsets. Responsibilities included schematic and layout reviews, motherboard bring-up and debug.