An experienced software engineer and natural leader, building business-critical software that delights Users. Previous experience across real estate, biomedical research, small business, and higher education. Multi-disciplinary thinking, tough questions, and endless curiosity allow operating at all altitudes across Engineering, Product, and Technology.Excellent communicator grounded in the reality of necessary tradeoffs to build great things. Super powers in seeing problems from multiple angles and helping others see the unseen.The best solution is often the simplest one. And it's easy to make a mess.Software dies when it loses the ability to change. How can we build something great and keep software "soft"?* Build cross-functional teams with autonomy to solve their problems;* Ensure Product vision and Engineering practices align with Company objectives;* Promote practices that preserve the confidence to make changes;* Find fast feedback loops using MVPs, feature flags, automated tests, dark launches, and early beta User groups;* Foster sharing technical and business knowledge across teams;* Graciously accept negative and positive feedback from Users, Peers, and Metrics;In practice, the best software models can often be modeled after Biological systems--the most successful compartmentalization and communication systems of all time.* Boundaries defining what is internal versus external;* Contracts for when something crosses those boundaries;* Heuristics for when to create something new;* Coordinating activity both near and far from its origin;* Reacting within an environment by sensing and acting;* All of the above, that may operate within yet another system;Delivering great software can be modeled with a flywheel:* Identify and hire great people;* Align on the *real* problem, its objective, and possible solutions;* Deliver incrementally;* Validate early and often that the solution addresses the problem;* Help Users adopt the software;* Monitor and measure for new problems and learning;* Gain efficiency and profit;* (repeat);Let's connect if you want help building great software!