Experience

Spantree Technology Group, LLC

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Directing Consultant

  • Jul 2023 - Present

  Chicago, Illinois, United States



Sprout Social, Inc.

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Staff Software Engineer / Chapter Manager (Developer Experience)

  • Jan 2022 - Jun 2023

• Staff Software Engineer / Chapter Manager (Engineering Effectiveness)

  • 2019 - Dec 2021

  * Established and led new Infrastructure-based squad to provide global-level tooling and support to Engineering org * Provided career growth guidance to mix of Web, Platform and SRE engineers * Utilized Chef and Terraform to scaffold out upgraded Web and API nodes during OS migration to Ubuntu 18 * Provided tooling and guidance to help Sprout successfully proceed through first SOC 2 audit * Established new global deployment tool for Java-based services. Utilized Go-based CLI… Show more * Established and led new Infrastructure-based squad to provide global-level tooling and support to Engineering org * Provided career growth guidance to mix of Web, Platform and SRE engineers * Utilized Chef and Terraform to scaffold out upgraded Web and API nodes during OS migration to Ubuntu 18 * Provided tooling and guidance to help Sprout successfully proceed through first SOC 2 audit * Established new global deployment tool for Java-based services. Utilized Go-based CLI, Django-based API and Jenkins execution target

• Senior Software Engineer / Chapter Manager (Web Infrastructure)

  • 2016 - 2019

  * Established and led new squad dedicated to providing global-level tooling and support to Web chapter * Automated deployment mechanism to run behind git branching model * Updated and stabilized Jenkins integration tests. Migrated from in-office, multi-computer setup to AWS-based instances * Externalized web application configuration to assist with migration from Rackspace to AWS * Oversaw migration from PHP 5 to 7

• Bambu Technical Lead / Senior Software Engineer / Chapter Manager

  • 2014 - 2016

  * Worked with cross-discipline team to establish Sprout’s first non-core product offering in a leadership capacity * Established team rituals for sprints, retros and planning and assisted with Bambu hiring and hiring plans * Architected Sprout organization’s first D3, React and React Native-based applications * Helped guide and build Sprout’s first component library * Mentored and managed front-end engineers

• Software Engineer

  • Jun 2010 - 2014

  * Matured Sprout front-end stack from ready for private beta status to public availability * Established account bootstrapping, signup, billing, reporting and messaging features * Assisted with front-end migration from early JavaScript tooling to Backbone * Helped establish Sprout’s hiring patterns for front-end engineers and served as interviewer



BCI - Brokerage Consultants Inc

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software/IT Engineer

  • 2007 - 2010

  Chicago, Illinois, United States • Founded and developed two PHP-based recruiting portals • Automated firm’s daily operations with Ruby and PHP scripts • Migrated company’s in-house email setup to hosted GoogleApps • Constructed MySQL resume database to manage candidate and employee relationships