As an established software engineering professional with twenty-plus years under my belt, I am equally as comfortable with an IDE on my screen as I am a spreadsheet. My career as a manager and individual contributor has spanned the telecommunications and IP networking, fintech, and mobile application development spaces. During my time as an Android developer, I had the pleasure of working on some pretty high profile applications. Between ESPN, Starbucks, The New York Times, and several projects for Fox, if you were an Android user in the 2010’s there’s a really good chance you’ve experienced my work first-hand. It also provided something more tangible to show my parents to explain “this is what I actually do for a living.”I genuinely enjoy working to support, unblock, and bolster engineering teams in a leadership capacity. Essentially, I’m always thinking “What did I want and need to make my life as a developer easier?” Being able to provide that service to a team, and allow engineers to focus as much as they can on the task at hand, makes me feel like I have made a difference at the end of a day. I do still enjoy coding and have a few personal projects that keep me engaged.Outside of work, you’ll often find me spending time with my family at the beach (hence the banner image). I Attempt to play as many board and tabletop games as I can find groups for. Music - both listening and playing - is a pretty big part of how I like to relax. And if there’s ever a situation where dogs are involved, I’m jumping right in to dish out pets and belly rubs!