Software development and support for startups and mature teams, in USA and Europe. Web, Mobile, Cloud, and AI focus.

Clarence is an AI chat service focused on helping seniors manage their health and wellness journey. - Built the first clinical health assessment delivered through voice conversation with an AI chatbot.- Built the Soc2 compliant Cloud deployment pipeline for web and mobile products. python, Swift, pydantic, fastAPI, speech-to-text and text-to-speech with multiple cloud vendors and open-source prjects. Azure, Github Actions, Ollama, Claude, GPT

As a Principal engineer, I'm responsible for establishing standards and practices across all of engineering.- Designed and lead the quarterly strategic planning process for engineering.- Built the system to manage releases and maintenance of Cyphers's mobile apps, automating app released accross 30+ whitelabel app versions. Ruby, Rails, ChatGPT, Claude, javascript, react-native, IOS, Python, Django, Android

Belle is an in-home healthcare company focused on improving health outcomes for seniors. Our mobile app empowers our technicians in the field to reliably reach our members, accurately assess health conditions and lifestyle risks, and provide intervention before issues become problems. We have a higher retention and NPS/satisfaction than anyone. self-funded, Pre-IPOI Created, launched, and supported the mobile app from requirements to Proof-of-concept to launch in the field. Owned the Entire app lifecycle. I was developer #1, building the mobile team from 0 to 4. React, React Native, Expo, Ruby on Rails, Devops, AWS, Github, Travis.ci / Gitlab CI, PHP Laravel, Vue.js, Oauth, GPS, native voice, Twilio, react-query

Fuzzy was a veterinary telehealth platform for pet owners. My mobile engineering team built the tools to chat in real-time with a licensed veterinarian, join a video consultation, or request your pets' prescriptions online, without a vet visit (supported in 7 states)I managed a team of 8- Rails, IOS native, android, and QA. I helped to onboard new engineering managers, and led efforts to up-level our hiring process, people management, and performance review processesI also acted in a principal engineer capacity, leading design and implementation efforts in backend/fullstack development company-wide. Regularly creating training presentations to up-level the engineering team. Lead various DevOps efforts.I joined Fuzzy after series C, the company ceased operations in early 2023

Root Insurance is the nation’s first licensed insurance carrier powered entirely by mobile and founded on the principle that car insurance rates should be based on how you drive, not who you are. Through smartphone technology and data science, Root measures driving behavior, and uses it as the primary factor in determining rates. The result is personalized car insurance for good drivers, better rates, and a seamless mobile app experience.

Engineering manager for Pricing and Supply Intelligence team at Groupon. These are two of the most exciting teams at Groupon right now, and responsible for shaping the marketplace of Groupon customers and businesses. Our impact on the company -- both in terms of product quality and revenue -- is massive.Pricing is distributed between Chicago and San Fransisco. We are the team that helps the business maximize revenue by dynamically setting prices on Groupon.com. In the last year, the team has grown from 4 engineers to 9.Supply Intelligence is based in Chicago. We are the team responsible for building the supply of deals and businesses on Groupon.com. We build tools that optimize the sales teams to make sure they're building a great mix of supply across Groupon's many verticals.We work closely with big data, machine learning and data science teams to help use make predictions on outcomes. We work closely with the business and with sales to understand their needs and plan for the long term. Our initiatives are central to the purchase flow on Groupon, so we require tight coordination with most of the platform teams across the company.

I've worked on several teams across GrouponTechnical Lead creating Groupon's internal CRM, Blackbird:Sr. Engineer on Snap by Groupon, Groupon's Grocery savings mobile app.Tech Lead for Merchant Onboarding.Favorite contributions at Groupon as an IC:- Developed a patented receipt transcription algorithm to produce structured data from grocery receipts, Combining OCR with brand and structure classifications- Reduced new developer onboarding time from ~8 days to ~3 hours by automating and documenting all of the developer setup, deployment, and testing processes.- Built an improved partner onboarding flow, which increased conversion of new partners by 40% on first visit. - Created the rubygem Pg_upsert, which allows incredibly fast data insertion/update into postgres from Rails apps.- Created the rubygem after_party, automating post-deploy tasks. Technologies used:Ruby and RailsEmber jsmemcached, redis, Resque, HornetQBackbone.jsPostgresMySqlSalesforce REST api, bulk api, streamingClojureTeradataHadoopJavaScalaNode.

Designing and Developing new and improved features for Onlife's health and wellness portal, providing millions of customers a resource for information on how to improve their health and happiness. The portal provides 1-on-1 health coaching, educational courses, daily tracking and challenges, and many features to come. Technologies used:Ruby and RailsSQL Server/ SqlLiteHtml/hamlCss, JS, JQuery

Development team lead for the Blue Zones Project, a nation-wide initiative to help improve the health and quality of life for people throughout the United States.Lead the dev team in development using Ruby on Rails and SQL Server databases. Integrating 3rd-party APIs and open-source projects. Scrum Master and Coach for a team new to the agile process. Implemented and managed a CI/CD pipeline with Jenkins. Survived the attrition of all other team members, transitioned through a major contract change, and rebuilt the team to launch on schedule. Exited after project completion.

dDeveloping systems to deliver medical training to healthcare professionals through HealthStream's 2MM-user web portal and programmable medical device simulades (e.g. training dummies with sensors and simulated muscle movement)Directed a team of 3 offshore engineers, coordinated QA and product requirements. Tech stack was primarily C#.net, Sql Server, Service Broker. Often worked with a fascinating No-Sql-style document DB built on top of Sql Server.

Architecting and developing systems interfaces for medical EMR systems and EDI interfaces. Using .NET, web services, SQL Server to integrate and automate system cross-communications. Also integrated other enterprise-standard ETL and EDI platforms.

Applications engineer primarily working in Windows, Sql Server, ASP.net, java, C#Independently build and maintained multiple internal and external web apps supporting the IT infrastructure group, and field operators. Lead research on mobile technology solutions, and developed tools to support smartphones in the field. Automated tools using SMS, Exchange, and Active Directory integrations.