Experience

Substack

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Staff Software Engineer

  • Aug 2021 - Sep 2023

  United States * Core architecture and execution of consumer surfaces: Writer editor, dashboard, podcasting, audio, and video. * Tech lead, interim mgmt duties, and frequently client-facing * Shaping product roadmaps through strong cross-functional collaboration with leadership, product, design, and partnerships * Creator and co-maintainer of design system and component library * Leadership on frontend practices and tooling for a 35+ person engineering org. * Several growth and enterprise… Show more * Core architecture and execution of consumer surfaces: Writer editor, dashboard, podcasting, audio, and video. * Tech lead, interim mgmt duties, and frequently client-facing * Shaping product roadmaps through strong cross-functional collaboration with leadership, product, design, and partnerships * Creator and co-maintainer of design system and component library * Leadership on frontend practices and tooling for a 35+ person engineering org. * Several growth and enterprise projects, like referrals, tags, social links, and group subscriptions * Direct client-facing work for large publication retention and reactivation * Industry-vertical development (e.g. finance and consulting features), including a new line of business from a hackathon project * Typescript, React/Preact, Node, AWS, Postgres/Knex/Objection, CI/CD, Testing, Analytics Show less



Sotheby's

• United States
• Artists and Writers
• 700 & Above Employee

• VP, Senior Product Engineer

  • Jul 2019 - Aug 2021

  Greater New York City Area * Lead engineer on CRM system for high net-worth clients * Product engineer on consumer item submission, seller's portal, ML pricing frontend, back-office consignment task manager, and fine-art object database * Users include the public, art specialists, researchers, and business-getters. * Typescript, React, Next.js, Node, Docker, AWS, CI/CD, Testing, Analytics, Serverless, Lambda, Postgres, GraphQL



Spotify

• Sweden
• Musicians
• 700 & Above Employee

• Web Engineer

  • Mar 2017 - Jul 2019

  Greater New York City Area * Architected and built data and analytics platforms used across all Spotify business functions * Platform products included audience analytics, company knowledge graph, and telemetry visualization * Aligned with central design to overhaul UX and standardize visual language * Led DevOps work by designing and implementing cloud-based systems involving several microservices and application servers * Generated insights programmatically and visualized data from (very) large… Show more * Architected and built data and analytics platforms used across all Spotify business functions * Platform products included audience analytics, company knowledge graph, and telemetry visualization * Aligned with central design to overhaul UX and standardize visual language * Led DevOps work by designing and implementing cloud-based systems involving several microservices and application servers * Generated insights programmatically and visualized data from (very) large datasets * Contributed to Reactochart data visualization library * Javascript, ES6, React, Node, Docker, Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery, Datastore, Storage), CI/CD, Testing, Instrumentation Show less



Plexus Entertainment, LLC - GoWatchIt

• United States
• Advertising Services

• Senior Front-End Engineer and Product Designer

  • Dec 2013 - Mar 2017

  Greater New York City Area * From scratch, created 'Superwidget'​: An API-backed Javascript SDK and theming engine for showing comprehensive movie, tv, and theatrical availabilities along with alerting, live TV, merchandise, recommendations, and trailer capabilities. * Led projects with stakeholders including major Hollywood studios (Warner Brothers, Universal, Disney) and content outlets (Entertainment Weekly, NY Times, Buzzfeed, Hollywood Reporter, FOX, Roger Ebert, etc). * Engineered products that are widely… Show more * From scratch, created 'Superwidget'​: An API-backed Javascript SDK and theming engine for showing comprehensive movie, tv, and theatrical availabilities along with alerting, live TV, merchandise, recommendations, and trailer capabilities. * Led projects with stakeholders including major Hollywood studios (Warner Brothers, Universal, Disney) and content outlets (Entertainment Weekly, NY Times, Buzzfeed, Hollywood Reporter, FOX, Roger Ebert, etc). * Engineered products that are widely distributed at scale with thousands of impressions per minute and hundreds of millions of impressions yearly, while also being mobile-friendly and user-centered. * Designed and developed multiple UI's backed by a sophisticated film and TV analytics platform. These include the consumer GoWatchIt.com redesign (http://gowatchit.com), the GWI360 analytics dashboard for studios, the Superwidget Javascript SDK deployment, and on-demand microsites for film/tv releases. * Javascript, React, Ember, Rails, SCSS, UX, design, patience. Show less



Universum

• Sweden
• Market Research
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Front-End Developer and Product Designer

  • Feb 2013 - Nov 2013

  New York City * Lead, architected, designed, programmed, and deployed consumer and B2B front-ends for multiple Rails applications reaching a worldwide university student audience. I had my hands in the whole stack from wireframes right the way through to deployment with Capistrano. * ERB/HAML/SASS/LESS/JavaScript * Functioned in various roles (designer, developer, asst. product manager) depending on the project. * Built internal and external metric dashboards * Created the company-wide branding… Show more * Lead, architected, designed, programmed, and deployed consumer and B2B front-ends for multiple Rails applications reaching a worldwide university student audience. I had my hands in the whole stack from wireframes right the way through to deployment with Capistrano. * ERB/HAML/SASS/LESS/JavaScript * Functioned in various roles (designer, developer, asst. product manager) depending on the project. * Built internal and external metric dashboards * Created the company-wide branding concept approved by the executive team located in Stockholm, Sweden Show less



Flatiron School

• United States
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Campus Director

  • Oct 2012 - Feb 2013

  Greater New York City Area Founding employee at successful programming bootcamp school aimed at college graduates. Three big roles: * Head of Admissions: interviewed and managed a pipeline with hundreds of applicants. * Head of Employer Outreach: Established employer hiring program, planned job fairs, and recruited dozens of tech companies to employ our students upon graduation. * Head of Marketing and Culture: Created the school’s design brand (still in use), organized semester events, produced media assets,… Show more Founding employee at successful programming bootcamp school aimed at college graduates. Three big roles: * Head of Admissions: interviewed and managed a pipeline with hundreds of applicants. * Head of Employer Outreach: Established employer hiring program, planned job fairs, and recruited dozens of tech companies to employ our students upon graduation. * Head of Marketing and Culture: Created the school’s design brand (still in use), organized semester events, produced media assets, and created pitch decks and promotions. In addition, mentored students in front-end web development and design. Show less



Freelance

• UX/UI Designer/Front-End Developer

  • Jul 2011 - Oct 2012

  Atlanta, GA (remote available) Consulted with software companies and ad agencies providing design and UX for client business. Deliverables included wireframes, prototypes, Photoshop files, presentations, and live production code. Clients included Anomaly Partners, DueProps, Pigeon, Classmates, E-Myth, DiMassimo Goldstein.



Anomaly

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Digital Creative Intern

  • Apr 2011 - Jul 2011

  Greater New York City Area Worked in teams to develop interactive and video experiences for Budweiser, Converse, Captain Morgan, and agency-side initiatives.



Solutionary

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Information Security Analyst

  • Jun 2009 - Dec 2009

  Greater Omaha Area Solved complex online security problems in a fast-paced environment. Created visual training materials and thwarted some would-be hackers.