Experience

MyFitnessPal

• United States
• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Principal Engineer

  • Aug 2021 - Present

  Principal Engineer for MyFitnessPal's product engineering team, working across the broader engineering team to help architect, develop, and debug/maintain the services & tools powering the MFP product. In this role I help set technical strategy and standards for MFP's broader engineering team, enable engineers to move fast, experiment, and solve problems, and collaborate with stakeholders across the business to ensure we're building the best platform to support current & future MFP users.

• Senior Staff Software Engineer

  • Dec 2020 - Aug 2021

  Led the engineering effort for the MyFitnessPal divestiture from Under Armour and re-establishment as a standalone company. Was responsible for the end-to-end plan for separating all engineering systems from Under Armour, including pre-disclosure planning, roadmapping & estimation for all engineering effort required, coordination with stakeholders from MFP, UA, and our private equity partners, and execution of the plan to separate with minimal to no downtime. Full separation was completed in 6… Show more Led the engineering effort for the MyFitnessPal divestiture from Under Armour and re-establishment as a standalone company. Was responsible for the end-to-end plan for separating all engineering systems from Under Armour, including pre-disclosure planning, roadmapping & estimation for all engineering effort required, coordination with stakeholders from MFP, UA, and our private equity partners, and execution of the plan to separate with minimal to no downtime. Full separation was completed in 6 months. Post-divestiture, continued on as Senior Staff for backend engineering/services at MFP in continuation of the previous role at Under Armour.



Under Armour

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Lead Software Engineer

  • Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

  Senior Lead Software Engineer for UA's foundation engineering team, responsible for delivering core services that help teams create great experiences across the Under Armour ecosystem. Lead development on cross-cutting technical projects that impact UA's connected fitness & commerce platforms. Focused on collaborating across the business with product, PM, marketing, privacy, and more to deliver the solutions needed for success while continuously striving to deliver better availability… Show more Senior Lead Software Engineer for UA's foundation engineering team, responsible for delivering core services that help teams create great experiences across the Under Armour ecosystem. Lead development on cross-cutting technical projects that impact UA's connected fitness & commerce platforms. Focused on collaborating across the business with product, PM, marketing, privacy, and more to deliver the solutions needed for success while continuously striving to deliver better availability, consistency, and resiliency across our services. Show less Senior Lead Software Engineer for UA's foundation engineering team, responsible for delivering core services that help teams create great experiences across the Under Armour ecosystem. Lead development on cross-cutting technical projects that impact UA's connected fitness & commerce platforms. Focused on collaborating across the business with product, PM, marketing, privacy, and more to deliver the solutions needed for success while continuously striving to deliver better availability… Show more Senior Lead Software Engineer for UA's foundation engineering team, responsible for delivering core services that help teams create great experiences across the Under Armour ecosystem. Lead development on cross-cutting technical projects that impact UA's connected fitness & commerce platforms. Focused on collaborating across the business with product, PM, marketing, privacy, and more to deliver the solutions needed for success while continuously striving to deliver better availability, consistency, and resiliency across our services. Show less



IBM

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Software Engineer/Cloud Architect, IBM Watson and Cloud Platform

  • Oct 2017 - Jan 2020

  Architect and develop software/solutions for applications, software, and services running on the IBM Cloud. Work with IBMers, ISVs, and customers to design & integrate key solutions leveraging IBM cloud infrastructure. Focus areas include cloud native, machine/deep learning, and replatforming.

• Staff/Advisory Software Engineer, Power Emerging Solutions, Cognitive Systems

  • Jan 2014 - Oct 2017

  Work with design and offering teams to architect and develop customer proof of concepts for IBM Power systems using emerging and open source technologies. Help lead teams making successful proof of concepts part of the Power product portfolio and client offerings. Focus on improving the usability and integration of Power in upstream projects. Key projects employed include Linux, OpenStack, Ansible, Kubernetes, Spark, Tensorflow, OpenWhisk, and more.

• Software Engineer, Power Hypervisor Development, POWER Systems

  • Jun 2012 - Jan 2014

  Designed and developed base firmware and higher level software in C, C++, and Python for IBM's PowerVM Power Hypervisor product. Involved regular collaboration with both internal and external international teams to provide support for business operations and audits for global customers.



Pedigree Technologies

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineering Intern

  • Oct 2011 - May 2012

  Designed and developed enterprise Java, PHP, and Javascript code for Pedigree Technologies' real-time, cloud-based OneView operations management system. Worked cross-organization with Quality Assurance, Support, and Hardware Installation teams on various tasks. Designed and developed enterprise Java, PHP, and Javascript code for Pedigree Technologies' real-time, cloud-based OneView operations management system. Worked cross-organization with Quality Assurance, Support, and Hardware Installation teams on various tasks.



North Dakota State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Classroom Technician

  • Oct 2009 - Oct 2011

  Analyzed and resolved hardware and software problems in real-time both individually and in a team-based environment, providing support for a campus of over 14,000 students and faculty. Also worked on design and deployment of internal projects using various programming languages, including Python, Java, and C#. Analyzed and resolved hardware and software problems in real-time both individually and in a team-based environment, providing support for a campus of over 14,000 students and faculty. Also worked on design and deployment of internal projects using various programming languages, including Python, Java, and C#.