As an engineer in the League Studios Tech Foundations group, I work on technical projects that have studio- and company- level impact, while also participating in workgroups defining technical standards and serving as a project or technical lead as needed. I love this role because it allows me to leverage my expertise across web, game, mobile, service and infrastructure tech, lets me work directly with code, mentor and design, and also provides opportunities to build relationships across multiple disciplines and products.Duties include technical scoping, design and architecture, and defining tech strategy as well as coaching others both with technical approach and soft skills, such as interviewing. It requires expertise navigating a complex codebase that lasts for years, updates frequently and leverages many different technologies.

As a technical lead on the Player Accounts team, I was a primary contributor to Riot Sign On, Riot's multi-platform authentication and authorization product based on OAuth2 and OpenID Connect. RSO centralized the authentication system millions of players use daily and extended it to add support for multiple games, mobile devices and third parties.In addition I lead the design and re-architecture of Riot's Web-based account systems to be in compliance with the EU's GDPR regulations, and crafted interview scripts adopted by dozens of engineers.

As a member of the Accounts team, I was major contributor Riot's Email Verification feature, which significantly reduced rates of account compromise. In addition, I helped the team take ownership of several existing systems related to accounts and account management, maintaining and extending their features, test coverage, operational intelligence, CI and deployment pipelines.

I managed a team of front-end engineers, doing architecture, mentorship and development for the NFL's world-class Web applications.

Built Flash-based web applications and Web standards-based sites for national brands.

Responsible for Web design ranging from simple banner ads and HTML e-mail campaigns to CSS-based site templates and Flash-only mini-sites.

I assisted faculty with creating educational materials and designing technology-based curricula as well as writing instructional materials and documentation. Also designed internal PHP-based Web applications, designed the stylesheet for a 6000-page Web site, and managed content for the site.

Member of a three-person team contributing to an award-winning exposé on water quality issues in metro Detroit. Also contributed editorials and news reporting to several bi-weekly local newspapers.