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Berkeley, Ca, Us

Founder, Honeit IncVisionary founder and driving force behind Honeit Inc., a groundbreaking real-time interview platform revolutionizing the Interview Intelligence space. Designed and scaled the platform to empower recruiters with tools to seamlessly conduct, capture, and curate live phone or video interviews, transforming raw conversations into actionable insights. From inception to market success, led the company’s journey to become a leader in modern recruitment technology.Key Contributions:• Entrepreneurial Leadership: Spearheaded all aspects of the company’s growth, including product vision, architecture, and strategic planning, while cultivating a customer-centric approach to innovation.• AI Integration: Integrated advanced AI technologies to analyze interviews, generate summaries, and extract meaningful insights, enhancing decision-making for hiring teams.• Scaling for Success: Designed the platform to scale globally, ensuring seamless adoption by enterprise-level ATS systems while maintaining agility for smaller teams.Startup Expertise: Navigated the challenges of a bootstrap startup, excelling in fundraising, branding, pitching, and lean startup methodologies to drive traction and secure market positioning.• Innovation in Recruitment Tech: Positioned Honeit at the forefront of the Interview Intelligence revolution by combining technical excellence with a visionary approach to solving recruitment challenges.• Recognition and Growth: Alumni of the prestigious Berkeley Skydeck Accelerator program, reflecting a commitment to innovation and excellence.

Stanford, Ca, Us

Assistant Lacrosse Coach / Offensive Coordinator• Leadership: Offensive Coordinator responsible for game plan preparation, conditioning, and team management.• Player Development: Set daily team goals, foster student development, and guide new recruits through onboarding and growth within the program.• Recruitment and Operations: Help coordinate outside recruiting efforts, organize travel logistics, and prepare comprehensive game strategies.

Austin, Texas, Us

Led the porting of legacy PHP code to Ruby on Rails, collaborating with and mentoring an engineering team new to Rails on best practices, code reviews, and development workflows. Optimized batch and background processing systems, significantly improving performance and scalability.

Tustin, California, Us

Led the engineering efforts for Cosmos Health Solutions, collaborating closely with sales and lab teams to design and develop an innovative online COVID-19 testing portal. This platform streamlined the scheduling and reporting of COVID-19 tests, providing users with a seamless experience during a critical time.Key Contributions:• End-to-End Platform Development: Directed the technical strategy, architecture, and implementation of the portal, ensuring scalability, reliability, and user-friendliness.• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnered with sales and lab teams to align technical solutions with business goals, delivering a product that met both operational and user needs.• Impactful Solution: Delivered a platform that enhanced efficiency and accessibility for testing services, contributing to public health efforts during the pandemic.

Los Altos, California, Us

Early Engineer, BSPKAs the second engineer at BSPK, alongside the founding CTO, played a pivotal role in scaling the company from a 4-person startup to a 25-member team, culminating in a successful $7M Series A raise. BSPK, a Silicon Valley-founded technology platform with global offices in Paris and San Francisco, empowers businesses worldwide to deliver personalized client experiences, foster customer loyalty, and unlock powerful business intelligence in the mobile-first era.Key Contributions:• Scaling Impact: Instrumental in scaling both the product and the engineering team, building the foundation for a robust, globally scalable platform.• Technical Leadership: Full-stack cloud engineering expertise, specializing in Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, RSpec, and API integrations to power client-facing iOS applications.• Infrastructure and Operations: Managed system operations on AWS and Heroku, ensuring reliability and efficiency for a global client base.• Team Development: Onboarded and mentored a distributed engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.Customer-Centric Solutions: Worked closely with clients to design and manage data import flows, technical integrations, and customized reporting to address key performance metrics (KPIs).• Innovation in Communication: Developed a cloud communication solution leveraging Twilio, Bandwidth, and Nexmo to enhance customer engagement.Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnered with iOS developers to design and implement RESTful APIs for seamless integration with the client-facing application.

Rohnert Park, Ca, Us

Assistant Lacrosse Coach / Offensive CoordinatorPlayed a key role in the success of Sonoma State's men’s lacrosse program, contributing to a National Championship in 2002 and multiple divisional championships during my tenure.Coaching Contributions:• Leadership: Offensive Coordinator responsible for game plan preparation, conditioning, and managing a team of 45 players each season.• Player Development: Set daily team goals, fostered student development, and guided new recruits through onboarding and growth within the program.• Recruitment and Operations: Coordinated outside recruiting efforts, organized travel logistics, and prepared comprehensive game strategies.

Denver, Colorado, Us

Founding Engineer (#1)As the first engineer, played a pivotal role in transforming the initial MVP into a fully developed product, scaling the platform to support revenue growth and securing a successful Series A raise. Took ownership of technical strategy and execution to enable rapid growth and operational excellence.Key Contributions:• MVP to Full Product: Spearheaded the evolution of the MVP into a robust, production-ready platform capable of meeting the needs of a growing user base and revenue-generating operations.• Platform Architecture: Designed and implemented a scalable, reliable architecture to support long-term growth and product enhancements.• Database Design and Optimization: Engineered efficient database schemas and performed tuning to optimize performance for increasing data volumes.• System Operations: Managed infrastructure and operations, ensuring uptime, reliability, and smooth deployment processes.• API Integrations: Built and integrated APIs to enhance functionality and enable seamless interactions with external systems.• Team Development: Onboarded and mentored new engineers, fostering a strong technical team and a collaborative culture.• Scalability and Growth: Ensured the platform could scale to handle increased user demand and revenue generation as the company grew.

Contract Android / Webapp DeveloperExtensive experience in the full development cycle of Android applications, from concept and design to market release. Developed innovative and engaging applications across various domains, showcasing expertise in user-centric design and cutting-edge technology.Key Projects and Contributions:• Sports Statistics Apps: Designed and developed GameDay Stats and GameDay Stats – W, graphical applications for lacrosse on the Android platform.• Children's Story App: Created Flutterby, an interactive original children's story application featuring custom haptics, showcased by Immersion.com.• Educational App: Built WordJar, a speech recognition app aimed at improving vocabulary and speaking habits.• Advanced Features: Experience with SQLite, Twitter API, Bluetooth, SpeechRecognition, SoundPool, MediaPlayer, and other Android frameworks to deliver feature-rich applications.• Haptics Innovation: Designed and integrated custom haptic feedback using Immersion Motiv Haptics for enhanced user experience on Android.• UX Excellence: Applied UX and application design best practices to create intuitive and engaging user interfaces.Web Development• Custom Solutions: Delivered tailored web development projects with expertise in Ruby on Rails, WordPress, and PHP.

Lead Senior Engineer (Contract)Partnered with the founder to create an MVP, serving as the technical lead and guiding a team of offshore engineers to bring the product vision to life.Key Contributions:• Architectural Leadership: Re-architected and refactored the existing MVP codebase to ensure quality, scalability, and readiness for demonstrations.• Team Management: Led a team of three offshore Rails developers, providing mentorship, conducting code reviews, and setting clear milestones.• Investor-Focused Development: Collaborated closely with the founder to align technical efforts with the goal of creating a compelling MVP for investor presentations.

Rohnert Park, Ca, Us

Assistant Lacrosse Coach / Offensive CoordinatorPlayed a key role in the success of Sonoma State's men’s lacrosse program, contributing to a National Championship in 2002 and multiple divisional championships during my tenure.Coaching Contributions:• Leadership: Offensive Coordinator responsible for game plan preparation, conditioning, and managing a team of 45 players each season.• Player Development: Set daily team goals, fostered student development, and guided new recruits through onboarding and growth within the program.• Recruitment and Operations: Coordinated outside recruiting efforts, organized travel logistics, and prepared comprehensive game strategies.

Bozeman, Montana, Us

Senior Software Engineer, FICOContributed nearly a decade to FICO, a global leader in credit scoring and analytics, where I played a role in designing, developing, and modernizing software solutions that powered FICO’s innovative products and services.Key Contributions:Application Development:• Designed and developed in-house C# Windows Forms and Console applications to support internal processes and operations.• Migrated legacy myFICO.com ASP applications to ASP.NET 2.0, improving scalability and performance.• Designed and developed web applications for myFICO.com, leveraging C# and .NET technologies to enhance user experience and functionality.Data and Integration Management:• Managed XSD schema design and development for the Fair Isaac ScoreNet team, ensuring seamless data validation and integration.• Developed and maintained XSL and XSLT scripts for the Fair Isaac LiquidCredit team to support dynamic and adaptable data transformations.Collaboration and Quality Assurance:• Partnered with internal QA teams daily to deliver high-quality, efficient, and on-time software solutions.• Authored and presented detailed application design documents to cross-functional development teams to ensure clarity and alignment.Tool Development:• Created in-house tools, including a Windows Forms XML Schema creation tool, to streamline internal workflows and enhance productivity.Java Expertise:• Designed and developed in-house Java applications to address diverse business needs.

Rohnert Park, Ca, Us

Assistant Lacrosse Coach / Offensive CoordinatorPlayed a key role in the success of Sonoma State's men’s lacrosse program, contributing to a National Championship in 2002 and multiple divisional championships during my tenure.Coaching Contributions:• Leadership: Offensive Coordinator responsible for game plan preparation, conditioning, and managing a team of 45 players each season.• Player Development: Set daily team goals, fostered student development, and guided new recruits through onboarding and growth within the program.• Recruitment and Operations: Coordinated outside recruiting efforts, organized travel logistics, and prepared comprehensive game strategies.Web Development:• Pioneering the Team's Online Presence: Designed, developed, and managed Sonoma State’s first-ever lacrosse team website using ASP.NET and a SQL Server database (now defunct).• Feature-Rich Backend: Built a full admin backend enabling management of user profiles, rosters, schedules, news feeds, newsletters, image galleries, and an integrated team store.

Tiburon, Ca, Us

Web Application DeveloperCollaborated with project leaders to design and deliver high-quality custom client- and server-side web applications for a variety of clients, contributing to impactful projects and innovative solutions.Key Contributions:• Full-Stack Development: Designed and developed data access layers using VB COM and C++ COM with ADO and OLEDB, and presentation layers with Active Server Page technology, XML, XSL, and client-side JavaScript.• Mobile Applications: Created Palm Pilot Web Clipping applications, an early foray into mobile app development for clients.• Database Expertise: Designed database schemas, developed SQL Server stored procedures using Transact SQL, and built robust data access solutions.• Cross-Browser Compatibility: Ensured seamless performance across multiple browsers for all applications.• Custom Solutions: Developed custom Microsoft Outlook forms using VBA integrated with SQL for enhanced client workflows.• Project Design and Testing: Contributed to high-level design phases, authored test cases and use cases using UML, and provided technical support for deployment and maintenance of client sites.• Client Collaboration: Maintained strong communication with clients to understand their needs and deliver tailored solutions.Notable Projects:• Part of the original development team for eHow.com, one of the early pioneers in online instructional content.• Played a key role in developing Peets.com, the official website for Peet's Coffee, helping to establish their digital footprint.