Experience

Materialize

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member of Technical Staff

  • Jun 2023 - Present



Skydio

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Director of Software Engineering, Cloud Platform

  • Apr 2021 - Mar 2023

  Built and led the software team responsible for launching Skydio Cloud, a SAAS platform for managing drone fleets, sharing media, streaming low-latency video, remotely-operating flights and planning missions.Served as the architect and project lead for major product features and contributed code for backend services, APIs, database schemas, event processors, async workflows, video-streaming systems, and cloud infrastructure.Hired 27+ software engineers into Fullstack, Backend, Frontend, Systems, SRE, and Mobile roles (since Feb ‘19). Built the most gender-diverse software team at Skydio. Show less

• Platform Software Team Lead

  • Feb 2019 - Apr 2021

  Led the development of Skydio’s foundational IOT System to enable video streaming, tele-operation, and real-time communication for internet-connected drones.Enabled Skydio’s pivot to enterprise by transforming our cloud backend and infra into a multi-tenant B2B-style SAAS.Created the Cloud software team and owned hiring, team roadmap, career growth, leveling, and performance.Defined team-wide standards on code-reviews, testing, logging/observability, api structure, service deployment, etc.Obtained leadership buy-in for migrations of Skydio’s monorepo to Github and cloud infrastructure to Kubernetes. Show less

• Software Engineer

  • May 2017 - Feb 2019

  Built Skydio’s core backend application for device management, flight tracking, device software updates, file uploads, and feature configuration, along with an internal admin web UI.Led engineering of on-drone systems related to data management, software updates, config, analytics, and security.Developed an on-drone event-collection daemon and upload pipeline for usage data and error analysis.Prototyped an SDK which allowed 3rd-party developers to deploy onboard flight control code. Built a developer management web app, a cloud-deployed simulator, and a sandbox to run 3rd-party code alongside flight software.Joined Skydio as employee #30, 10 months before the launch of our first product, the Skydio R1: https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/drones/skydio-r1-drone Show less



Spire

• United States
• Information Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Software Engineer, Spacecraft Operations

  • Jan 2015 - May 2017

  Architected and led development of the “Mission Operations and Management System,” a cloud-based mission orchestrator that automated real-time commanding of Spire’s satellite constellation (45 satellites in May ‘17). Built a real-time web app that became the central command and control interface for the satellite operations team. Developed features for the “Ground Station Automation Platform” that controlled antenna pointing and handled software-defined radio configuration during satellite contacts at distributed ground stations. Handled on-orbit software upgrades and analyzed telemetry for debugging anomalous events. Developed onboard software daemons for payload data collection & serialization. Named a satellite LEMUR-2-JOBANPUTRA (NORAD ID 41997) that launched in February 2017. No longer in orbit since mid-2023. Joined Spire as employee #34, a few months after the launch of our first satellite. Show less



Visibook

• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder & Software Engineer

  • Mar 2013 - Jan 2015

  Developed full-stack features for Visibook’s web app and managed deployment and orchestration on AWS. Solved system architecture challenges and scaling issues as customer usage increased. Converted the entire app to a fully responsive and Cordova-packaged application for mobile use. Developed full-stack features for Visibook’s web app and managed deployment and orchestration on AWS. Solved system architecture challenges and scaling issues as customer usage increased. Converted the entire app to a fully responsive and Cordova-packaged application for mobile use.



Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation

• Norway
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Handling Qualities and Flight Control Laws Intern

  • May 2013 - Jul 2013

  Engine modeling for the Sikorsky S-97 Raider (high-speed coaxial rotor attack & scout helicopter) Engine modeling for the Sikorsky S-97 Raider (high-speed coaxial rotor attack & scout helicopter)



GE Aviation

• Middle River, MD

• Manufacturing Engineering (Composites & Bonding) Intern

  • May 2012 - Jul 2012

  Composite manufacturing for the GEnx Thrust Reverser (flown on 747-8 aircraft) Composite manufacturing for the GEnx Thrust Reverser (flown on 747-8 aircraft)