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I am a Web 3 Native Senior Software Engineer and a veteran distributed systems engineer and technical educator.

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I am a Web 3 Native Senior Software Engineer and a veteran distributed systems engineer and technical educator. I have deep experience in service oriented architecture with broad generalist expertise across DevOps, smart contracts, dev tooling, automation, and front-end development. My expertise spans the full SDLC including architecture, implementation, automated testing with full testing pyramid, deployment pipelines, and service ownership. I specialize in asynchronous, reactive, non-blocking, event-driven services.

I have built scalable, cloud-native services deployed to Kubernetes, integrated external services, and supported production mainnet SDK and CLI dev tooling. I am passionate about blockchain technology, developer advocacy, and building reliable infrastructure and developer environments.

  • 17 years' experience
  • Joined August 2025

Industry experience

  • Software & Internet
  • Government
  • Education
  • Financial Services

Work experience· 13 roles

Developer Advocate · Spheron NetworkJul 2024 – Aug 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

Built dockerized validators and Web 3 infrastructure for DePIN distributed compute. Rapid application development for reference apps and proof-of-concepts. Supported production platform.

Senior Developer Advocate · Stellar Development FoundationJul 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

Built scalable, cloud-native services deployed to Kubernetes providing integration with external services such as Discord & Github. Automated developer environments setup with Devcontainers and Codespaces. Provided mainnet production support of SDK and CLI dev tooling.

Technical Author · PluralsightOct 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

Developed full-length courses covering blockchain concepts, dev tooling, dApp development, and deployment.

Platform Advocate · ConsensysMay 2023 – Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos
Senior Software Engineer · Skyward, a Verizon CompanyMar 2022 – Aug 2025 · 3 yrs 6 mos
LinkedIn Learning Author - Tech · LinkedInJan 2022 – Aug 2025 · 3 yrs 8 mos
Senior Software Engineer · Open GovApr 2019 – Aug 2025 · 6 yrs 5 mos
Senior Software Engineer · NikeJul 2017 – Aug 2025 · 8 yrs 2 mos

Education

BSc Computer Science · Virginia Commonwealth University2030 – 2025

Certifications and awards

Blockchain Specialization Certificate - University at Buffalo - C3K PD 4259F5D2023 – 2025

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