Expert Details
Software Engineering, Software Architecture
ID: 738903
Oregon, USA
Professional Skills Summary:
Engineering Leadership: Quality, Security, Prof. Development, Hiring, Culture
Strategic Product Planning: Roadmapping, Resource Planning, Competitive Analysis
Technical Product Management: Analytics, Discovery, GTM, Release
Software Architecture: API, Integration, SOA / Micro-services
Business Intelligence & Data Analysis: SQL, BI, Data Viz, Dashboards
Data Engineering: BigQuery, Airflow, Spark
Python: Django, Pandas, Jupyter
Javascript: ReactJS, AngularJS, Typescript
Ruby: Ruby on Rails
PostgresQL / MySQL: DBA, Query Optimization
Amazon Web Services (AWS): Lambda, Fargate, RDS, S3
Docker & Kubernetes: EKS, Fargate, Helm, Argo
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 2010 | Degree: BA | Subject: Urban Planning / Geograhy | Institution: SUNY Buffalo |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2020 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Head of Engineering | Department: Software Engineering, R&D |
Responsibilities:Customer-facing Strategic Product & Engineering executive role overseeing all technical functions across the organization. Brought in to organization to build a world-class Engineering team and culture from the ground up as member of collaborative- Product organization - Scaled the Engineering organization from 2 to 15+ in first 12 months - Established customer-centric culture in Engineering, reduced defect rate by 80% and uptime to 99.999% - Executed re-organization into Agile cross-functional teams that improved productivity by 30% - Maintained eNPS score of 9.5 for all engineering functions - Sustained ~3% attrition in technical functions YoY. - Achieved SOC2 Type I and Type II in 3 months. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2014 to 2020 | Employer: Opal | Title: VP of Software Engineering | Department: Software Engineering, R&D |
Responsibilities:Hands-on Chief Executive Engineering leader overseeing 40+ person, 6 team Engineering org. Oversaw an Engineering Leadership team of 2 Directors and 5 Engineering Managers covering Product R&D, Mobile, DevOps, Data, Backend and Frontend functions.- Modernized the Engineering org processes and structures to support Enterprise - SaaS development for demanding Fortune 500 companies - Spearheaded cross-organizational release of On-Premise product for secure installations at Apple, Microsoft - Achieved ISO27001 and SOC2 compliance within 1 year - Established hiring and retention practices that reduced close-lost rate of applicants by 90% and reduced employee churn by 30% - Received 2 patents as named creator of proprietary software products |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2014 to 2015 | Employer: New York Code + Design Academy | Title: Software Engineering Instructor | Department: |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2013 to 2014 | Employer: AD60 | Title: Engineering Team Lead | Department: |
Responsibilities:Team lead at fast-paced digital creative agency in Brooklyn, NY |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2013 to 2013 | Employer: Waywire | Title: Lead Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Joined a fast-paced startup in the social-video space. The company ran out of funds several months afterward. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2012 to 2013 | Employer: Contently | Title: First Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Designing a massive writer reputation/ranking system from scratch. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2012 to 2012 | Employer: Jingle Punks | Title: Software Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities: |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2011 to 2012 | Employer: Self Employed | Title: Cofounder & CTO | Department: |
Responsibilities:Cofounder of a hyperlocal internet startup. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2011 to 2011 | Employer: Self Employed | Title: Founder & CEO | Department: |
Responsibilities:Building a massive consumer web company from scratch. Recruiting co-founders, developing the product, coding in Ruby/Rails, etc. |
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Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Assisted with landmark technology intellectual property case as expert. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Advanced |
| English | Native |