Experience

VMware Tanzu Labs

• United States
• Software Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• • Dec 2019 - Present

  VMware acquired Pivotal and my title changed.

• • May 2017 - Dec 2019

  As an engineer on our Pivotal Labs Product Development teams https://pivotal.io/product-development I coach and build successful and self-sustaining teams over the course of an engagement (3-6 months.) My day to day work includes teaching/coaching the engineering teams in TDD and XP practices using the latest technologies (Typescript/React/Java(Kotlin)/Spring typically with node, go, ruby thrown in occasionally.) My weeks are spent pair programming or teaching clients facilitation skills and how to teach and advocate XP practices inside their organizations.Over the past several years I have also mentored client engineers from Fortune 500 companies growing "Product Development" practices inside their own company in weekly 1:1 mentoring session to help them grow from individual contributors to practice leads and beyond. Show less



Nordstrom

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Oct 2015 - Aug 2016

  Responsible for (10+) core selling applications and APIs used by the POS systems at full line and Rack stores.* Managed the Enterprise switch from FAST to SOLR for Service and Experience (selling) APIs and applications impacting all POS systems for Rack and Nordstrom full line stores. Guided engineering and business in applying CI/CD techniques to multiple store systems to enable zero downtime switch over between search technologies.* Successfully and independently lead effort to make Nordstrom FLS return labeling meet USPS compliance for Intelligent Mail package barcodes.* Joined a "late" project and got it on track to deliver. I Used Story Mapping to identify major risks, missing features and provide a realistic forecast for delivery.* Dedicated TPM focused on Security and Privacy for POS modernization effort. Show less

• • Feb 2014 - Oct 2015

  Product Owner for NESSIE (Aug 2014 - Oct 2015)Infrastructure Engineer (Feb 2014 - Oct 2015)Lead the Self Service Infrastructure team as a Senior Engineer and Product Owner. Defined and delivered self self service infrastructure products for delivery teams across the enterprise. We built everything API first with full CI/CD pipelines for our services.Our main product was a REST API for managing DNS. This API allowed the full automation of CI/CD pipelines and enabled blue/green deployment strategies.Our second most popular product allowed anyone inside Nordstrom to create a server and access it in 15 minutes or less. Previously, requesting and accessing a server would take 7-21 days.Our final product launched versioned Cloud Formation Templates allowing CI/CD pipelines to treat CFTs as infrastructure as code.Internship Mentor for summer of 2014Trailblazer program participant fall of 2015: Trailblazer program is a cultural catalyst and change agent program that offers a 4 month immersion into tools and mindsets to build creative confidence and become an adaptive change leader. Show less



INRIX

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Consumer Website Lead

  • Aug 2013 - Dec 2013

  Inside a B2B company, I prototyped and developed B2C web products (widgets, FB, Twitter Cards, etc.) to drive installs of the flagship mobile applications and enhance and compliment SEO/SEM and other marketing and PR initiatives. * Designed and managed the integration of INRIX with an Alexa Top 10 site (150M+ monthly uniques). The integration created web widgets on their home page as well as providing customized travel and route/planning information for signed in users. Inside a B2B company, I prototyped and developed B2C web products (widgets, FB, Twitter Cards, etc.) to drive installs of the flagship mobile applications and enhance and compliment SEO/SEM and other marketing and PR initiatives. * Designed and managed the integration of INRIX with an Alexa Top 10 site (150M+ monthly uniques). The integration created web widgets on their home page as well as providing customized travel and route/planning information for signed in users.



Hark

• Marketing and Advertising

• • Feb 2012 - Feb 2013

  Lead engineering and the bulk of product (Q1-Q3 2012) for http://www.hark.com as traffic grew to 45 million monthly unique visitors. Also handled the day to day growing pains Hark experienced as the company grew from 5 to 21 full time employees.• Managed the recruiting and hiring process for engineering and non-excutive roles from resume/phone screening to salary negotiation.• Hired 10 engineers in 2012.• Recruited 2 interns for Harks engineering team for the summer of 2012. A CS major from Brown and a Computer Engineering major from the University of Washington.• Directed and managed product design through to implementation Q1 through Q3 balancing feature work against partner needs, SEO concerns and ongoing PR and Marketing efforts while maintaining/growing ad revenue.• Managed partner relationships from content aquisition, onsite presentation and promotion to ensuring we handled licensing and contractual obligations correctly. Represented Hark techonology to partner executive and engineering teams. Partners ranged from movie studios (Warner Brothers, Lionsgate, Universal, etc.) to news outlets such as the Associated Press.• Oversaw technical and licensing requirements during the outsourced development of 4 (unreleased) iPhone applications.• Managed and scaled the Content Pipeline Team processes responsible for sound bite creation as it grew from 5 to 25 hourly workers. Show less

• • Dec 2010 - Apr 2012

  • Standardized, automated and defined the core systems (programming) and human production processes (training/process) that enable Hark to produce soundbites.• Managed and executed the transition of Entertonment.com to Hark.com• I laid off the existing a staff of 3 in December of 2010 and ran all aspects of engineering for Hark in Q1-Q2 of 2011.• Migrated infrastructure (from programming to phycially unplugging hardware in the data center) from a dedicated data center to a managed hosting provider reducing operating expenses by over $100,000 per year.• Audited existing service providers saving an between $5,000 and $10,000 monthly by minimizing overage charges through engineering effors or eleminating unnecessary services.• Responsible for all aspects of Hark.com performance as traffic doubled in in 2011 to roughly 10 million monthly visits.• Hired 2 engineers and a manager for content pipeline team on a shoestring budget. Show less



Startup Weekend

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations

• Consultant/Volunteer

  • Oct 2010 - Jan 2011

  Co-taught a Ruby/Rails bootcamp the weekend prior to a startup weekends. Attended the first Startup Weekend Summit where I ran user story mapping sessions with startup weekend organizers to identify and prioritize core technology needs of the Startup Weekend Platform. Co-taught a Ruby/Rails bootcamp the weekend prior to a startup weekends. Attended the first Startup Weekend Summit where I ran user story mapping sessions with startup weekend organizers to identify and prioritize core technology needs of the Startup Weekend Platform.



WhitePages

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

• • Mar 2010 - Sep 2010

  Lead the Monetization Products Team responsible for delivering technical solutions to power all advertising products to internal and external customers on all WhitePages properties.Transitioned the team from a 4 week release cycle to shipping weekly during my first 2 months in this position. Responsible for phone screening 2-4 "front end"/middle tier developer candidates per week and deciding if they qualified for an onsite interview.Introduced and educated project/product managers on Pivotal Tracker leading to its adoption across the entire engineering organization.Engaged the Seattle tech community to raise the awareness of WhitePages engineering by making WhitePages the to host the Seattle Ruby on Rails Meetup. Managed arranging/planning facilities for 30-50 Seattle Rubyists attend the monthly meetup. Show less

• • Nov 2009 - Feb 2010

  Worked on the Partner Team to add new demographics data providers for their advertising solution, launched a re-branded version of http://www.411.com and helped design/launch sponsored map advertising as an advertising sales product.



Pathable

• United States
• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Engineer

  • Sep 2008 - Feb 2010

  Took over the existing code base as the employee #1. Wrote the core system that powered the first iteration of Pathable.com as it scaled from handling a few conferences per month to many conferences everyday. Took over the existing code base as the employee #1. Wrote the core system that powered the first iteration of Pathable.com as it scaled from handling a few conferences per month to many conferences everyday.



Pivotal Labs

• Agile Engineer

  • May 2007 - Sep 2008

  Worked on all aspects of the Pivotal Process (http://pivotal.io/labs/process) with clients across multiple industries delivering solutions for things like OSHA Compliance automation and Quality Management in large scale construction projects (such as the Bay Bridge realignment) to the aggregation of social data and REST API development for various SaaS solutions. Maintained and used Pivotal Tracker as well as other internal Pivotal Labs projects and frameworks. Pair programmed using TDD in the following languages: Ruby / Rails, Javascript, Java, PHP and others I've long forgotten. Show less



thePlatform

• United Kingdom
• Market Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Development Engineer in Test

  • Mar 2006 - Apr 2007

  Developed test suites using JUnit/NUnit in Java and C# to automate functional/acceptance tests against web applications and web services. Developed test suites using JUnit/NUnit in Java and C# to automate functional/acceptance tests against web applications and web services.



Onvia

• United States
• Information Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Developer

  • Jun 2004 - Jan 2006

  Wrote targeted web crawlers using WebQL from QL2.com. Wrote ASP/C# applications to manage data aggregation against 70K data sources. Wrote targeted web crawlers using WebQL from QL2.com. Wrote ASP/C# applications to manage data aggregation against 70K data sources.



Azebu/BrokenBuild

• LAMP Consultant

  • Jan 2002 - Jun 2004

  Developed and optimized Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl/Python/PHP applications for various companies in the United States. Specialized in optimizing MySQL performance in web application scenarios. Developed and optimized Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl/Python/PHP applications for various companies in the United States. Specialized in optimizing MySQL performance in web application scenarios.



Qwest

• India
• Human Resources Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Systems Security Intern

  • Jun 2000 - Jun 2001

  Developed MySQL and Perl based Squid Proxy Log Search engine for security audits. Performed venerability/security scans using open source tools against corporate computing assets. Developed MySQL and Perl based Squid Proxy Log Search engine for security audits. Performed venerability/security scans using open source tools against corporate computing assets.



Washington State Transportation Research Center (TRAC)

• Programmer/System Administrator (University of Washington Programmer II)

  • Jun 1999 - Jun 2000

  Provided IT and development support for the research team. Responsible for workstation backups, security, etc. Developed Perl/Tk GUI application for HOV data analysis. Parsed, sorted and organized traffic data from HOV data to log data from the City of Seattles traffic lights. Co-authored research report titled "A Web-Based Transportation Database Query System: Technical Description" - http://www.refworks.com/refshare/?site=01002978325200000/974707/174101117050416000&rn=149 Provided IT and development support for the research team. Responsible for workstation backups, security, etc. Developed Perl/Tk GUI application for HOV data analysis. Parsed, sorted and organized traffic data from HOV data to log data from the City of Seattles traffic lights. Co-authored research report titled "A Web-Based Transportation Database Query System: Technical Description" - http://www.refworks.com/refshare/?site=01002978325200000/974707/174101117050416000&rn=149



Lockstream

• Canada
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing

• Software Developer Intern

  • Jun 1999 - Jan 2000

  Developed prototype DRM application using SQL Server and ASP for DRM SDK. Developed fully compliant XMLRPC client using pure VbScript. Automated build processes to enable single click developer sandbox creation. Developed prototype DRM application using SQL Server and ASP for DRM SDK. Developed fully compliant XMLRPC client using pure VbScript. Automated build processes to enable single click developer sandbox creation.



IBM, Austin, TX

• PowerPC Development Intern

  • Jun 1998 - Sep 1998

  Assisted project manager in developing risk management and analysis reports. Assisted project manager in developing risk management and analysis reports.