Led Customer Care engineering. We owned the end-to-end assisted support experience and all support communication channels (chat, email, phone, and SMS).- Managed a 33 person org with three teams distributed across US and Ukraine, direct reports included managers and senior ICs.- Led cross-functional teams to deliver a custom in-app chat experience across iOS, Android, web, and backend services.- Owned integrations and vendor relationships with Twilio and Zendesk.- Migrated multiple lines of business across the company to a centralized support platform.- Drove working groups to improve external interviewing, IC career development coaching, andinternal manager career transitions.Stack: Python, React, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, AWS, Twilio Flex

Sprig was a fully vertically integrated food company. We prepared and delivered over 2M ready-to-eat meals in SF and Chicago, and raised $57M from Social Capital, Greylock, and others.- Recruited and led a 12 person engineering and data science org.- Led development of iOS+Android apps, external web site, internal web tools, backend services,and data warehouse.- Defined team operating principles and career development ladder.- Helped scale to 1200+ employees, including tech HQ, food production, and delivery operations.- Contributed to strategy behind new city launches and product+operations pivots.Stack: Ruby on Rails, AngularJS, PostgreSQL, AWS, Heroku

Engineering contractors for seed-stage startups. Built all systems from prototype to launch, then transitioned to a permanent engineering team.Tact AI: Built a contact management app for sales professionals and a system to sync data with Salesforce, Exchange, and Google.Zest AI: Built loan application, servicing, and underwriting systems for short-term cash loan products.Stack: Ruby on Rails, jQuery, MySQL, AWS, Heroku

Built Preamp, an application for sharing digitally watermarked promotional music. Distributed tracks from artists such as Katy Perry and Coldplay to thousands of press and marketing professionals.

Created a machine learning-powered “personalized persistent search engine”. Raised $110k in angel funding.

Open source Eclipse-based Ruby on Rails IDE. Built the IDE and community web site. Over 100k downloads during our tenure. Presented at EclipseCon, RailsConf, and SAP TechEd. Now part of Aptana Studio.

Web and desktop client development for the Jazz collaboration platform.

Product verification and testing for Rational Developer products.

Enterprise Java development for medical insurance claims systems.