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I am a software engineering leader with a track record of elevating team practices and delivering high-impact results. I am renowned for staying at the leading edge of Agile, DevOps, and software quality, and I am a staunch advocate for automation, active measurement, and small, iterative improvements to software delivery.
Driven by a passion for excellence and the belief in continual improvement, I am committed to leading teams and mentoring others to deliver software solutions that meet and exceed evolving customer needs while reducing costs and increasing quality.
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Staff Engineer / Engineering Lead at Pronto Housing
April 1, 2024 - November 20, 2025Led development of Dja ng o + AWS serverless components for a workflow automation platform. Owned backend services end-to-end from design through production in a lean engineering environment. Architected backend features end-to-end, driving fast iteration and reliable delivery. Improved CI/CD and automated testing, reducing build friction and increasing deployment speed. Enhanced reliability through ECS stabilization, structured logging, and better monitoring.
Team Lead / Staff Engineer at Embark Veterinary
September 1, 2022 - January 31, 2024Led a small team delivering AWS features (SNS, SQS, Lambda, AppSync, DynamoDB). Built third-party integrations and an AuthN/AuthZ service using AWS Cognito. Oversaw backend services end-to-end from design through production in a lean engineering environment.
Staff Engineer at Pronto Housing
April 1, 2024 - November 1, 2025Contributed to development of a Python/Django-based affordable housing automation platform. Led serverless, event-driven solutions on AWS using CDK, Lambda, SSM, SNS, S3 across multiple services. Provided architectural guidance, delivered security enhancements, and optimized operations. Coached teams on automated testing best practices, expanded testing frameworks, and improved GitHub Actions pipelines for reliability. Supported engineering processes with Jira-driven metrics, introduced a data-driven approach, and tracked progress with control charts to improve delivery predictability.
Team Lead | Staff Engineer at Embark Veterinary
September 1, 2022 - January 31, 2024Led a small team contributing to canine genetic testing initiatives; built event-driven architecture using AWS SNS, SQS, Lambda, and AppSync GraphQL with DynamoDB (single-table design). Integrated third-party services to synchronize patient records and workflows.
Senior Backend Engineer at Fi
April 1, 2022 - August 1, 2022Developed next-generation dog collar backend using TypeScript, AWS, Redshift, Postgres; OpenShift; React; GraphQL. Implemented GraphQL pagination improvements and enhanced IoT collar metrics monitoring with custom visualizations.
Staff Engineer at HubHero/Transaction Assurance Group
July 1, 2019 - March 1, 2022Transitioned to full-time after 5 months; contributed Ruby on Rails features; led data warehousing with AWS Glue, Step Functions, Lambda, Redshift, Aurora Postgres, and AWS Transfer for data management. Orchestrated CI/CD using SemaphoreCI and IaC with TerraformCloud, and supported AWS accounts, networking, and tooling.
Consultant at 4 Legs Software
March 1, 2018 - June 1, 2019Delivered consulting across three agencies (Symphonia, PraxisFlow, Lean Dog); contributed as an individual Ruby/Rails developer; led DevOps team implementing automation workflows in Python; directed a small external team to build a new application integrating a React frontend with a C# backend.
VP, Engineering | Director, TechOps | Senior Engineering Lead at Intent Media
July 1, 2015 - March 1, 2018Provided technical operations leadership; elevated security awareness; streamlined incident post-mortems; fortified infrastructure resilience. Led data engineering and data science teams; directed a cloud-first overhaul of VPC networking and IAM policies; managed infrastructure updates with Terraform, New Relic, and Logz.io. Directed cloud migration from self-hosted MySQL to Amazon Aurora while ensuring ad server performance metrics; improved system performance via Java-based ad server auctions and Ruby client configuration enhancements.
Education
MBA, Finance at Boston University
January 11, 2030 - February 13, 2026BS in Computer & Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
January 11, 2030 - February 13, 2026MA, MBA, Finance Concentration at Boston University
January 11, 2030 - February 13, 2026BS in Computer and Systems Engineering, Minor in Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
January 11, 2030 - February 13, 2026MA, MBA, Finance Concentration at Boston University
January 11, 2030 - February 13, 2026BS in Computer and Systems Engineering, Minor in Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
January 11, 2030 - February 13, 2026Qualifications
MBA, Finance
January 11, 2030 - February 13, 2026BS in Computer & Systems Engineering
January 11, 2030 - February 13, 2026Industry Experience
Software & Internet, Healthcare, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment
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