Vertascale is a venture backed start-up that aims to provide a lightweight business intelligence application for big data; cross-platform, massively scalable, and business user friendly.

Responsible for deCarta’s MapSearch Engine product. MapSearch Engine is a local search engine that leverages the Hadoop Map/Reduce framework to build and serve a distributed local search index directly from HBase. Co-lead the team that developed MapSearch technology from scratch & productized it over the course of 18mths.

Led (10+ person) cross functional team focused on improving eBay’s core search experience, including core recall / relevance, site navigation and page layout. Developed and deployed standardized page logging framework and tools to optimize site features based on observed user activity. Championed the first production Hadoop deployment at eBay to support search optimization and algorithmic product recommendations. Implemented Agile development methodology using Rally

Led the team responsible for the Catalog integration effort between eBay and its newly acquired Shopping.com (SDC) subsidiary. Reduced the time required to onboard a new Catalog from weeks to a single day, allowing eBay to more quickly leverage this structured data in various site-facing features.

Managed various Data warehouse related projects through all phases of the product development lifecycle. Experience working with complex ETL, reporting & data visualization.

Gained small company experience by reporting directly to the CFO, Role included handling day to day FP&A tasks in addition to working on Finance System / business process improvements.

Held various roles focused on implementing reporting applications (Business Objects, Hyperion, Oracle) for internal Finance users. Worked with finance management and analyst end users to determine requirements, then managed evaluation, deployment and UAT processes