Sole owner LLC to collect and unify bookkeeping for my game design projects.Design and develop tabletop, board, and web-based games. Test mechanisms with playtesters and iterate designs based on feedback. Balance in-game economies using spreadsheet and scripted simulations.Web games: - Galactic Impact https://www.galacticimpact.comPublished tabletop games: - Potemkin Empire from Indie Boards & Cards - Time Chase from Renegade Game Studios

WorkHound is an employee retention and engagement platform for frontline workforces.Node/Express microservices and MongoDB architecture with deep integrations with Twilio, TypeForm, MonkeyLearn and SendGrid.Led a team of seven engineers developing the core platform to support both workers and company HR/retention specialists. - Revised Software Development Lifecycle to match industry best practices - Documented full list of technical debt from investment diligence report and engineering team - Migrated repository hosting to Github to take advantage of their automated dependency management and first-party integration with our host (Heroku) for Continuous Deployment management - Resolved over 100 outdated dependencies - Saved 4-8 developer-hours per sprint for releases - Oversaw implementation of ML vendor for worker feedback categorization - Automated categorization improved Gross Margin from 70% to 90% as a result of improved efficiency for the Customer Success team - Found a 20% savings with our hosting providers by negotiating annual agreement and right-sizing database instances - Rebuilt engineering hiring process from scratch, with an emphasis on debiasing via anonymized take-home technical evaluations - Established 'Roadmap Paving Team' council between Product & Engineering as an interative step toward technical product discovery - Delivered features with an emphasis on growing Monthly Recurring Revenue, Net Revenue Retention, and Gross Margin - Established cascading EOS system from company leadership to engineering team

Develop features and perform framework and database upgrades on private social network powered by Ruby on Rails

Joined Daxko as Director of Engineering for SugarWOD during the acquisition - Grew SugarWOD team to four, including native iOS, Android, and full-stack NodeJS engineers - Helped hire to formalize the Product side of the org and implemented scrum process - Continued feature architecture design and some day-to-day developmentWas asked to lead the three-person UpLaunch engineering team when that business (a marketing automation platform for gyms) was acquired by Daxko in early 2020 - Directly responsible for portions of post-acquisition playbook - With an offshore (Noida, India) team of eight, managed implementation of UpLaunch<>Zen Planner integration - Worked through scaling issues with CTO who stayed on as Sr. Eng. and mentored a Jr. Eng. through standard Ruby on Rails patternsIn total, led four teams totaling eighteen engineers.

SugarWOD is the #1 platform for Crossfit Affiliates to manage their communities and for Crossfit Athletes to track their workouts and fitness progress. - Re-platformed to Node/ExpressJS hosted on Heroku as Facebook sunset the Parse.com service - Feature development ranging from "friends activity feed" to optimizing interactions with MongoDB for efficient push notification delivery - Architected and built Partner API - Built v1 of integration with Zen Planner gym management software - Helped hire first full-time engineer and scaffold product/engineering processDuring my time with SugarWOD, the platform grew from 150,000 Users to 150,000 Daily Active Users (Over 1M total)

Partnered with businesses to augment, systematize, and build empathy among their engineering teams. Occasionally built features and helped unblock technical hurdles. Worked with five companies at various lifecycle stages. Client list available on request.

Built MVP of a simplified Marketing Automation System. Visitor tracking, automatic visitor capture and behavior-based lead scoring.

Managed developer and QA teams; hands-on with feature development and technical design. Worked with VP of Product to scope and execute product vision.Assembled annual budget for technical and server expenses; recruited engineering hires; reviewed in-flight patents and worked with legal regarding USPTO responses; reported to CEO, President & Board of Directors on the state of infrastructure capacity and technical roadmap.

B2B Customer Intelligence and Smarter Prospecting

Maintain and extend proprietary Ruby on Rails-based content management system. Design and build bespoke web applications to client requirements. Manage database upgrades and migrations.

Work with external contractor to develop scheduling system for all School resources, including rehearsal spaces, performance venues, and rental equipment. Complete scheduling system after contractor handoff. Manage content changes to website submitted by department contributors. Custom web applications connecting to School's existing Filemaker Pro database.