Experience
2025 — Now
San Francisco Bay Area
• Founded the Production-Ready AI Learning Path initiative, leading 16 cross-team Developer Relations Engineers to externalize Google's internal GenAI expertise. Reached 30,000+ external developers in six weeks through 30 hands-on codelabs and 10 technical blogs driving Vertex AI and Cloud Run adoption.
• Host of The Agent Factory podcast (81k+ views in four months of episodes I hosted), conducting technical deep dives into agentic AI, Gemini CLI, and vibe coding to engage advanced developers and establish Google as a leader in agentic AI.
• Spearheaded a cross-functional content repurposing strategy for The Agent Factory podcast, implementing an AI-augmented workflow to transform technical video deep dives into high-traffic recap blogs; resulted in 11,000+ unique views and 5,500+ product trial conversions in four months.
• Founded and led GenAI Elevate, Google's internal AI upskilling program for 10,000+ employees. Managed 5 Developer Relations Engineers to create 17 modules and 23 hands-on labs, delivering a 32% increase in objective AI knowledge and 81% NPS.
• Championed and built the Responsible AI and AI Security modules within GenAI Elevate, covering ethical principles, secure application development, and incorporating ethics across the AI lifecycle.
• Directed the AI Agents Sandpaper project, identifying and resolving developer friction in building and securing code-first agents
• Led technical strategy for AI Startup School, designing curriculum that trained 15,300+ global startup developers on agentic workflows and the Google Cloud AI stack.
• Embedded with enterprise engineering teams during customer engagements to prototype AI-powered tools using Vertex AI function calling and Gemini.
• Developed and implemented scalable operational frameworks and automation tools to optimize team workflows, reducing manual overhead and significantly accelerating content velocity across multiple global developer programs.
2023 — 2024
Great Expectations provides an open-source framework for data validation, ensuring high data quality across pipelines. The platform is widely used across industries to automate and enforce data integrity standards.
• Led technical community engagement, adding 2,583 users to Slack, and drove product enhancements by integrating community feedback into development cycles.
• Led 30+ cross-functional projects, enhancing product lifecycle by aligning community-driven insights with engineering, product, and marketing strategies.
• Launched the GX Champions Program, increasing feedback response time for feature development by engaging the 10 most active community members in regular user interviews.
• Conducted over 20 user interviews to gather actionable insights, contributing to informed product development and enhancements.
• Planned, produced, and executed the GX Public Preview event, attracting 132 attendees and increasing product awareness.
• Developed and implemented feedback collection strategies via Slack and Discourse channels, improving the adaptability of product features based on user demands.
• Conducted market research on Reddit, and curated new marketing campaigns for v1.0 (going live/launch event next week) (since end of last year) (having a demo created etc.)
2023 — 2023
2022 — 2022
2022 — 2022
Elementl developed Dagster, an open-source platform for orchestrating data applications. Based in San Francisco, it has 70+ employees and an estimated $9.1 million in annual revenue.
• Built the developer relations team and strategy from the ground up, hiring 2 direct reports and managing 3+ indirect reports.
• Set product education strategy, measuring effectiveness through YouTube views, tutorial engagement, community Slack feedback, and support response metrics.
• Planned and executed high-impact events like Dagster Day, with 2,300+ attendees, driving product awareness and aligning event strategies with marketing objectives.
• Sourced and synthesized user feedback into actionable insights, guiding product strategy for v1.0 of the platform and prioritization to align with market demands and business goals.
• Led over 6+ cross-functional projects, including the Dagster Day launch event and community meetings, collaborating with engineering, product, support, and marketing teams.
• Significantly reduced response time to user questions through several initiatives; created internal dashboards, an idea retention system and automated support tracking bots.
• Facilitated 15+ ideation exercises, contributing to the roadmap and assisting in company-wide brainstorm sessions.
• Created a company-wide internal system for idea retention, retaining and utilizing hundreds of ideas.
• Strengthened relationships with integration partners, facilitating community meetings and blog content to increase functionality.
• Wrote numerous public launch updates & internal strategy documents, enhancing transparency and alignment for the team.
2021 — 2022
2021 — 2022
United States
Observable is a collaborative platform that allows users to create and share interactive data visualizations. It serves a global community of developers and data professionals from its San Francisco base.
• Grew & managed a cross-functional team of 6 to produce numerous demos, tutorials, live streams, workshops, and presentations that significantly enhanced community engagement with the platform.
• Set the strategy for the developer relations team and product education, informed by feedback from users and stakeholders, and measured success through engagement metrics such as 16,000+ YouTube views and tutorial interactions.
• Created a diverse range of educational content, including 7 demos, 3 video tutorials, 9 live streams, 1 video workshop, 4 cheat sheets, 2 conference talks, 1 conference workshop, and 1 community event, achieving significant viewership, such as 3,400 views for a community event and 2,600 views for a workshop.
• Developed an internal Idea Sandbox for team ideation, resulting in over 400 ideas logged and incorporated into the product backlog, ensuring visibility and preventing ideas from being lost.
• Improved collaboration between marketing and dev relations by establishing a demo feedback process, clarifying roles and responsibilities, and defining guiding principles for demo creation..
• Facilitated company-wide brainstorms and gave a culture talk on Open vs DM culture and Slack etiquette, fostering a comfortable environment for team feedback and ideation.
• Spearheaded and managed high-visibility ambassador programs and events, such as the D3 Parade, enhancing community engagement and fostering strong brand loyalty.
• Presented at external conferences and podcasts, showcasing Observable’s capabilities and community-building strategies, contributing to broader industry awareness and engagement.
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Education
Stanford University
Master of Science (MS)
2010 — 2013
West Virginia University
Bachelor of Science (BS)
2004 — 2009
West Virginia University
Bachelor of Science (BS)
2004 — 2009
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