Led 5 software teams encompassing Marketing, eCommerce, Content, Messaging, and Investing to maintain a durable platform of APIs and services to internal and external stakeholders while adapting to rapidly evolving requirements Proposed and hired a new software team (Messaging) to create formal ownership of email messaging architecture; delivered stakeholders a modernized platform in first yearSolved complex and budget-constrained resourcing requirements for ($2M+) legacy eCommerce replacement program; sourced non-traditional internal personnel (e.g., Customer Service reps to QA) by collaborating with leaders throughout org to fill 100% of key rolesGuided department transition from in-office to full remote by adaptation of team norms; reduced synchronous behaviors ~30% by adopting async scrum and communicationsRedesigned engineering recruitment process into a project-based format, crafted engineering manager hiring process, and standardized documentation of recruitment assets to increase consistency, fairness, and equity in recruitingGrew department over 50% (30+ headcount) using new recruitment process, including securing top talent in the form of engineering managers, technical leads, and senior engineersSelected to coach in a company-wide coaching program; guided 8 coworkers with both company-specific and general career advice

Orchestrated a novel program F.O.L.D (Fool-On Learning & Development) to address issues of surging stakeholder demands and covid-era recruiting challenges, exceeding workforce DEI goals by 40%Partnered with recruiting to identify 10 aspiring software engineers from diverse backgrounds; processed 600+ applicants, final cohort of 70% POC and 50% womenCoordinated with dozens of teams company-wide, ensuring the grassroots program was inclusive, robust, and repeatableCombined usage of over 50 internally made classes and off-the-shelf training material to create a purposeful Learning and Development regimen built exactly to company needsQualified 100% of cohort to meet or exceed program goal of L1 engineer benchmark, bolstered engineering by retaining 90% of cohort upon program completion

Created launch runbooks which revitalized the relationship and expectations with marketing department; 95% fewer change requests yielding more stable member experiences and lower stress product launchesPioneered use of Elastic Beanstalk and Redis to scale custom ad platform to 1000s RPS, allowing for multiple highly-customized ad deliveries per website impressionGuided team through creation of a greenfield GDPR compliance application while navigating a tight 3 month timeline and substantial ambiguity in evolving lawCollaborated on startup of New Ventures teams (The Ascent, Millionacres, Blueprint) via technical leadership and guidance on recruiting, culture, and tech platform integrationLed adoption of modern feature branch workflow in team, reducing rollbacks by ~25%; socialized externally and ultimately adopted as company-wide normAdvocated a pragmatic unit test coverage strategy, yielding ~10% improved coverage across projects year-over-yearSelected for the Fellowship program, an intensive 2-week in-house leadership development program designed to give a deeper understanding of business mechanics, leadership practices, and build the company's future leaders benchCollaborated with CTO to deliver a new 5-level engineering system resulting in a more understandable and actionable guide to career progression for engineers

Developed quality (90%+ unit tested) C# and Python features in agile team settings, on legacy and greenfield systems, in capacities from intern to senior engineerDelivered 1000s of significant contributions to projects: caps.fool.com, m.fool.com, funds.fool.com, real-time stock quotes infrastructure, and custom in-house ad serverExceeded stretch goal of increased email captures by 100% through creation and iteration of a custom ad platform in 1 year; served as project’s lead engineer and architect

Worked with the team building and maintaining the CAPs platform.

Assist users with network and software problems. Install, troubleshoot, and repair hardware and software on Windows and Mac OS X machines in the lab. Assist students with completing technology based projects.

Worked with the Student System and Core team to resolve a number of software bugs.