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New York, Ny, Us

New York, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

Hands-on engineering leader driving strategic initiatives.- Led the development and launch of web applications for multiple VC-backed stealth startups using composable architectures (Next.js, Angular, Strapi, Webflow, Wordpress + Elementor, Java Spring).- Spearheaded technical discovery and architecture audits for Fortune 500 clients. Insights gained directly informed product delivery strategies, including the development of a state of the art design system tasked with harmonizing hundreds of web apps across diverse platforms like AEM, iPipeline, and Wordpress.- Designed and developed an AI-powered central knowledge prototype using Llamaindex, LangChain, and GPT-4. Leveraging private context (VectorStoreIndex) and active retrieval augmented generation (FLARE query), users can perform queries against proprietary information.- Developed thought leadership content focused on web technology evangelism and practical implementation strategies.Clients: Securonix, Northwestern Mutual, New York Life, Singular Genomics, Network Of Giving, Pacific Fusion, Runway

New York, Ny, Us

Led high value, high pressure, and highly visible client engagements.- Managed 6 direct reports, oversaw 2 engineering teams (~12 engineers), and co-lead the front-end engineering committee (50+ engineers globally).- Led the engineering team behind CNN’s Emmy award winning Magic Wall (2019 - 2021) resulting in hundreds of hours of live, on-air, political coverage for millions of consumers.- Transformed a proof-of-concept platform used to cover the 2018 midterms into a robust production platform in service of the Democratic primaries, 2020 Presidential election, and beyond.- Designed a highly available distributed system to capture real time data (Timescale DB, Redis, K8, Kafka) enabling controlled playback of live election data. Network, digital, and streaming analytics combined show that over 100 million consumers experienced this feature on election night 2020.- Led the creation of producer tools, a web application CNN’s producers use to control the content of the Magic Wall. The creation of this product put domain experts in control of configuration, reduced downtime between hits (segments) by 95% while eliminating human configuration error.- Partnered with multidisciplinary stakeholders in order to develop CNN Digital’s mapping platform of the future.Clients: CNN

New York, Ny, Us

- Architected/engineered a modular component library for J.P Morgan (javascript, aem/htl, scss, webpack) to support multi site component use including site specific component augmentation.- Developed a javascript decision tree powered interface that helped Invesco users determine what type of investor they are.- Created a code a code linting (eslint, stylelint), review (peer reviews + pre-commit code validation), and deployment (broadcast optimized gitflow) process to keep the codebase normalized, dry, and on-air ready at all times.- Led sprint planning and grooming sessions as the technical lead resulting in the creation of actionable and estimated Jira tickets.- Provided technical oversight on a Univision strategic initiative by vetting vendors, conducting client stakeholder interviews, and managing A/B testing via Google Optimize.- Designed and integrated ELK observability into American Bar Associations infrastructure.Clients: Univision, Invesco, J.P. Morgan, CNN, American Bar Association

New York, Ny, Us

Architected and developed front end solutions for some of the world’s most notable brands.- Architected/engineered the American Bar Association’s front-end, which included a custom ecommerce integration (Elastic Path, Cortex), handling in excess of $50 million per year in business.- Lead engineer on Facebook’s Journalism Project in charge of the initial marketing site launch. The launch of Facebook’s newest offering generated $1M per day through instant articles for 10k publishers in just six months.- Engineered an innovative data visualization platform via 3D web technologies (javascript, three.js, mapbox gl js) showcasing Foursquare’s geolocation data.- Developed PDPs, EDPs, and led the checkout experience team for Comcast’s Xfinity Mobile which handles in excess of $100M annually.Clients: Foursquare, Comcast, New York Life, American Bar Association, National Geographic, Consumer Reports, Adidas, Facebook

Founded Cadre, a digital agency based in NY.- Grew the team 2x over the first year (~10 employees).- Established a front-end engineering team.- Shortlisted for “New Agency of the Year” in the 2014 net Awards, Winner, "Best in Class," Interactive Media Awards 2014Clients: Marsh & McLennan Companies, Guy Carpenter, Oliver Wyman, NERA, The Climate Group

New York, Ny, Us

Engineered solutions in support of the merchant bank including internal productivity applications and marketing websites.