Software & Stuff

• Nov 2022 - Present

Software Engineer

• Jun 2022 - Nov 2022

Lyft’s Telematics team uses the TB of driver telemetry data collected daily to improve driver safety and decrease insurance payouts. I was responsible for the telematics pipeline: a complex, large-scale process that continuously refines vast amounts of data. Technologies: Python, S3, DynamoDB, Spark, Airflow Lyft’s Telematics team uses the TB of driver telemetry data collected daily to improve driver safety and decrease insurance payouts. I was responsible for the telematics pipeline: a complex, large-scale process that continuously refines vast amounts of data. Technologies: Python, S3, DynamoDB, Spark, Airflow

Founder / Staff Software Engineer

• Apr 2021 - Jun 2022

injury.com makes it easy to file a claim, build your case, and get paid all from your phone. As the founding engineer I was responsible for the entire technology landscape. Some achievements include: * Brought MVP public facing frontend, client dashboard, and REST API live in 3 markets in just a few months * Scaled API to handle 10x the traffic at 1/10 the cost * Developed 2-way low-latency sync between backend datastore and external systems * Interviewed, hired, and managed a team of 10 across front and backends * Worked closely with product team on features/delivery and legal on compliance Technologies: AWS, Lambda, Typescript, Node, DynamoDB, React Show less

Founder / Staff Software Engineer

• Oct 2016 - Apr 2021

As a member of the founding team I was responsible for the initial design & development of our product lines. As we grew, I solved problems across the organization. Some accomplishments include: * Architected and built the POC for our initial product lines, enabling us to close $2MM in sales in our first year * Brought product/engineering in house, hiring 30 people across product & engineering * As we grew I created processes for testing, bug triage, team structure, and releases * Worked closely with clients and product team on solutioning, features, and roadmap along with legal to ensure compliance * Took over from a consultancy the data migration of a high-profile client after 10 months with little progress. I built tooling and led the successful migration of the client’s terabytes of data across multiple proprietary systems in only 3 months * I then hired and led a migrations team that continued to use and expand on that initial tooling bringing dozens of other customers live Technologies: Salesforce, Apex, Lightning, LWC, Ruby, Docker, AWS, Lambda, Rails, Bash, Heroku, React, Angular, DynamoDB, Postgres Show less

Staff Software Engineer

• Feb 2015 - Oct 2016

Morgan & Morgan is the country's largest personal injury law firm. As the first first engineering hire, I worked closely with the COO to solve problems across the company and streamline operations through software and automation. The software I wrote became the basis of the startup we founded, Litify. Some of my accomplishments include: * Designed and developed the operating system powering the firm and used by its 3000 employees * Built outbound dialer queue that enabled the call center to call the right people at the right time; this small tool dropped latency from hours to seconds, saved $60k/yr in software fees, and captured millions of dollars in revenue * Reverse engineered antiquated software holding years of firm data; performed data migration into new system saving hundreds of thousands of man-hours and millions in licensing costs * Interviewed, hired, and managed a team of 5 engineers responsible for the dozens of web properties owned by the firm and optimizing the tens of millions of dollars in ad spend * Built referral management tool that saved $60k/yr in fixed costs and recovered millions of dollars in lost referral fees Technologies: Salesforce, LWC, APEX, PHP, Ruby, Rails, Bash, Heroku, Angular, Wordpress Show less

Founder

• Feb 2014 - Feb 2015

Barge was a software testing startup I founded. Accomplishments include: * Built software capable of running load tests, simulating millions of users using existing Selenium tests * Raised seed round from investors * Failed fast when it became clear the sales cycle made the business non-viable Technologies included: AWS, EC2, Ruby, Node, Docker, Bash Barge was a software testing startup I founded. Accomplishments include: * Built software capable of running load tests, simulating millions of users using existing Selenium tests * Raised seed round from investors * Failed fast when it became clear the sales cycle made the business non-viable Technologies included: AWS, EC2, Ruby, Node, Docker, Bash

Director Of Engineering

• 2013 - 2014

Business was behind launch schedule. I took over technology, prioritized bugs and features, and brought software to launch in a matter of weeks. Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Heroku Business was behind launch schedule. I took over technology, prioritized bugs and features, and brought software to launch in a matter of weeks. Technologies: Ruby on Rails, Heroku

Lead Software Engineer

• 2010 - 2013

Joined startup as employee #4. As the first engineering employee after CTO I was responsible for a very large portion of the design and code that launched our first clients including DailyCandy, Thrillist, and New York Times. I developed integral parts of our white label, multi-tenant ecommerce system servicing roughly 4M reqs/day, performed code reviews, and mentor junior developers. Technologies: AWS, C#, Haskell Joined startup as employee #4. As the first engineering employee after CTO I was responsible for a very large portion of the design and code that launched our first clients including DailyCandy, Thrillist, and New York Times. I developed integral parts of our white label, multi-tenant ecommerce system servicing roughly 4M reqs/day, performed code reviews, and mentor junior developers. Technologies: AWS, C#, Haskell

Lead Software Engineer

• 2009 - 2010

Led a complete re-engineering of PCMag.com from legacy, Vignette CMS to modern stack. Application layer written in C#, LINQ-to-SQL, SQL Server, ASP.NET MVC, NHibernate, FluentNHibernate. Built framework to parse existing templates enabling us to launch without rewriting all existing content. Led a complete re-engineering of PCMag.com from legacy, Vignette CMS to modern stack. Application layer written in C#, LINQ-to-SQL, SQL Server, ASP.NET MVC, NHibernate, FluentNHibernate. Built framework to parse existing templates enabling us to launch without rewriting all existing content.

Web Developer

• Feb 1998 - Feb 2002

First job was working for a consultancy as a web developer at age 12. Funny story actually; they realized a bit late that they weren't legally allowed to hire me until age 14... the dot-com boom was a crazy time! I developed custom web applications in ASP and PHP 3&4 with SQL Server and mySQL databases. First job was working for a consultancy as a web developer at age 12. Funny story actually; they realized a bit late that they weren't legally allowed to hire me until age 14... the dot-com boom was a crazy time! I developed custom web applications in ASP and PHP 3&4 with SQL Server and mySQL databases.