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San Francisco, CA, US

San Francisco, California, US

• For insurance brokers who compete on analytics, Archipelago is the productivity software that powers your workflows with accurate data.I joined Archipelago at the seed stage and played a pivotal role in transforming.
• Initiated and led the development of the architecture and team at the seed stage, successfully scaling to Series B+. Oversaw technology operations, including engineering, ML, product, DevOps, Infosec, and IT.
• Transitioned from hands-on role to implementing a two-tiered management structure with agile squads, enabling ownership and accountability for product features through collaboration with dedicated PMs and Designers.
• Grew the team from an initial size of 4 to a peak of 40, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment.
• Led the expansion of the client base to 400+, representing insurance risk for over 1.3M commercial properties.
• Orchestrated rapid scale, elevating customer onboarding from 1-2 per month to 10 daily by optimizing performance, right-sizing infrastructure, and fostering impactful collaboration with the insurance customer and.

Redwood City, California, US

• In this position, I proved myself as an excellent leader, as I oversaw and expanded the US-based development team, later extending to management responsibilities to include engineers in Finland and Bulgaria. In.
• MariaDB ColumnStore: Led the team in refining launch criteria for this open-source scale-out columnar analytics engine, focusing on high-value capabilities and ensuring a successful initial beta launch before full GA.
• MaxScale: Managed this remote team for a database proxy service, delivering new functionality such as real-time data masking and establishing it as the foundation for the SkySQL cloud service.
• SkySQL Database as a Service: Developed the initial architecture, POC, and built a team to create a Kubernetes operator deployment supporting hybrid and multi-cloud deployments, enabling customers to run MariaDB across.
• Hardware vendor testing and verification program (with Intel Optane and Qualcomm ARM Server): Collaborated with vendors, supported testing, and worked cross-functionally with MariaDB server engineers to address.

• Joined as an executive staff member with a mandate to turnaround an unstable sales analytics product, successfully retaining at-risk customers and achieving a 50% growth in revenue the following year. I also directed.
• Negotiated a tech-to-debt-to-feature ratio inversion with product management, emphasizing technical debt (70%) and retaining capacity for smaller features (30%). Shifted back to 80% feature focus post-stability.
• Drove improvements by enhancing broken internal processes and fostering more effective cross-team support communications, resulting in a direct reduction in churn.
• Managed C9 stack with ELT integration and a proprietary temporal database, prioritizing performance, reliability, and correctness through automated testing/monitoring. Delivered machine learning models for automated.
• Emphasized systems, culture, and data integration, executing a revised roadmap, including broadening the market through Microsoft Dynamics CRM support and a new UX design with a front-end rewrite from Google Web.