Product Engineering, Director
Oversaw the design, development, and delivery of high-quality software products, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs. Collaborated closely with product management, design teams, and stakeholders to drive successful product releases.Implemented extensive workflow to increase coding velocity by 40% by speeding up development, pull requests, and documentation, reducing costs by $85,000 annually.Developed end-to-end build-out of Nautobot to on-prem corporate networks, improving on-time and predictable delivery.Refactored infrastructure platform for a more straightforward footprint and cost reduction of $120,000 annually.Improved usability for customers. Crafted the AI strategy by replacing front-end SQL commands with a conversational interface.Increased product predictability and delivery through the Theory of Constraints by reducing simultaneous projects oversubscribing teams’ capability. Reduced work in progress so that high-value projects could get moving.Fostered innovative and collaborative culture. Reorganized team structure to ensure the right skills are in the right place. Eliminated dependencies and created cohesion in job description output.Implemented SLAs with documented incident response practices and root cause analysis, resulting in bugs being resolved sooner and improved customer communication.