Experience

Pubgenius Inc.

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Jun 2020 - Present

  pubGENIUS works with publishers of all sizes to maximize the advertising they earn from their audience and taps them into top-tier ad exchanges. Internally created technologies allow us to easily manage hundreds of publishers with a small team of dedicated domain experts. We are imagining what the future can hold and executing towards it. Along the way, we also started to open our development expertise to the world, especially in the realms of fintech and decentralized finance (web3… Show more pubGENIUS works with publishers of all sizes to maximize the advertising they earn from their audience and taps them into top-tier ad exchanges. Internally created technologies allow us to easily manage hundreds of publishers with a small team of dedicated domain experts. We are imagining what the future can hold and executing towards it. Along the way, we also started to open our development expertise to the world, especially in the realms of fintech and decentralized finance (web3, blockchain, nfts, smart contract development).

• CTO

  • Jan 2017 - Jun 2020

  As CTO and cofounder, my responsibilities include setting technical direction for the company, making business & macrostrategy decisions with my partners, working with clients, coming up with new ideas to push the cutting edge of ad tech forward, managing all engineering efforts & processes, and finding technical talent. Since we're still a small company, I am still able to find time to help with developing on most days.



Maru (Seattle)

• CTO

  • Sep 2016 - Apr 2017

  We developed a system that would automatically verify any set of contractor licenses across all states and cities. Home services companies such as Amazon Home Services, Thumbtack, and Angie's List have thousands of contractors each carrying their own licenses issued in different states - with no unified interface to query for licenses. At the time we were developing this system, these companies were manually checking licenses of contractors applying to be listed at best, or not checking them at… Show more We developed a system that would automatically verify any set of contractor licenses across all states and cities. Home services companies such as Amazon Home Services, Thumbtack, and Angie's List have thousands of contractors each carrying their own licenses issued in different states - with no unified interface to query for licenses. At the time we were developing this system, these companies were manually checking licenses of contractors applying to be listed at best, or not checking them at all at worst. Additionally, since licenses can be suspended or expire, our system would periodically check that each license was still valid. Show less We developed a system that would automatically verify any set of contractor licenses across all states and cities. Home services companies such as Amazon Home Services, Thumbtack, and Angie's List have thousands of contractors each carrying their own licenses issued in different states - with no unified interface to query for licenses. At the time we were developing this system, these companies were manually checking licenses of contractors applying to be listed at best, or not checking them at… Show more We developed a system that would automatically verify any set of contractor licenses across all states and cities. Home services companies such as Amazon Home Services, Thumbtack, and Angie's List have thousands of contractors each carrying their own licenses issued in different states - with no unified interface to query for licenses. At the time we were developing this system, these companies were manually checking licenses of contractors applying to be listed at best, or not checking them at all at worst. Additionally, since licenses can be suspended or expire, our system would periodically check that each license was still valid. Show less



Microsoft

• United States
• Software Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• SDE for Bing Security (IPG Shared Security)

  • Nov 2013 - Aug 2016

  Developing internal security and accessibility services to protect Microsoft's online products. - Wrote a distributed accessibility auditing service to test websites and modern Windows apps for compliance with the Microsoft Accessibility Standards by running a rules engine against the DOM. - Worked with team to iterate on security vulnerability detection service that runs against daily Bing and MSN traffic pipelines and infrastructure. I implemented new security vulnerability… Show more Developing internal security and accessibility services to protect Microsoft's online products. - Wrote a distributed accessibility auditing service to test websites and modern Windows apps for compliance with the Microsoft Accessibility Standards by running a rules engine against the DOM. - Worked with team to iterate on security vulnerability detection service that runs against daily Bing and MSN traffic pipelines and infrastructure. I implemented new security vulnerability detectors, made quality of service improvements to the service infrastructure, and created a website for customers to schedule their own security scans. Using what I learned writing these services, I put together an Internet of Things demo that I presented at Tech Ready 20 for the Azure track. Show less Developing internal security and accessibility services to protect Microsoft's online products. - Wrote a distributed accessibility auditing service to test websites and modern Windows apps for compliance with the Microsoft Accessibility Standards by running a rules engine against the DOM. - Worked with team to iterate on security vulnerability detection service that runs against daily Bing and MSN traffic pipelines and infrastructure. I implemented new security vulnerability… Show more Developing internal security and accessibility services to protect Microsoft's online products. - Wrote a distributed accessibility auditing service to test websites and modern Windows apps for compliance with the Microsoft Accessibility Standards by running a rules engine against the DOM. - Worked with team to iterate on security vulnerability detection service that runs against daily Bing and MSN traffic pipelines and infrastructure. I implemented new security vulnerability detectors, made quality of service improvements to the service infrastructure, and created a website for customers to schedule their own security scans. Using what I learned writing these services, I put together an Internet of Things demo that I presented at Tech Ready 20 for the Azure track. Show less



RedCley LLC

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media

• Senior Consultant - C/C++ Software Developer

  • Jun 2010 - Nov 2013

  Worked on the next generation of Microsoft Sync as a software developer on the team that owns the music experience in the car. Developed prototypes of future products and created internal test suites for my first two years. Worked on the next generation of Microsoft Sync as a software developer on the team that owns the music experience in the car. Developed prototypes of future products and created internal test suites for my first two years.



Working as an indie game developer

• Flash developer and project manager

  • 2007 - 2009

  Independent Flash game developer. I recruited artistic talent from around the world to create Flash games that we then sold to game portals. Independent Flash game developer. I recruited artistic talent from around the world to create Flash games that we then sold to game portals.