I've been building software professionally for over 15 years, from early-stage startups to infrastructure at scale. I care about the open web, well-crafted tools, and making software that holds up over time. My open source code on npm has been downloaded over 4 million times in the past year.

2022 — NowOptibusSenior Software Engineer

2022 — Now

First post-acquisition engineering hire at Trillium Transit (acquired by Optibus in 2020). Originally hired to build new GTFS API. Shortly after joining, company shifted strategy toward integration and I became most senior Trillium developer, leading infrastructure management and ongoing migration of Trillium systems and clients into Optibus platform. Joined Platform team as senior engineer in 2025 while maintaining responsibility for all Trillium infrastructure, software, and on-call duties.

Led infrastructure operations: migrated 20+ legacy Linode servers to AWS/Kubernetes, maintained 20+ additional servers in production until decommissioning

Planned and implemented technical aspects of migrating 400+ transit agency clients from Trillium to Optibus platform, building data processing pipelines and API integrations

Developed Python data processing systems to enable spec-compliant GTFS import and export capabilities in Optibus platform

Work across full stack on Platform team: Node.js/TypeScript backend services, React and legacy Ember frontend, MongoDB and MySQL databases, authentication systems, calendar services, and project configuration

Currently implementing GTFS Flex support to enable demand-responsive transit services while managing EOL planning for legacy Trillium systems (PostgreSQL)

Maintain dual on-call responsibilities: first responder for critical Trillium issues and shared rotation for Platform team

2021 — 2021ScriptoDirector of Engineering

2021 — 2021

Led engineering team for real-time collaborative screenwriting platform used by major television productions. Shipped product from beta to daily production use by The Daily Show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and The Problem with Jon Stewart.

Scaled collaborative editing infrastructure to handle 80+ simultaneous users editing 300+ page documents

Led engineering team through critical performance optimizations and production stabilization

Managed engineering operations during rapid adoption by major television shows

2019 — 2021ScriptoLead Developer

2019 — 2021

Led architecture and development from private alpha to public beta. Built production collaborative editing system and grew engineering team.

Designed and implemented custom operational transformation algorithm for real-time collaborative screenplay editing

Solved screenplay-specific technical challenges including real-time pagination, format validation, and entertainment industry compliance requirements

Built Node.js architecture handling complex high throughput multi-user editing with WebSocket infrastructure

Hired and mentored engineering team through alpha and beta phases

2018 — 2019ScriptoDeveloper

2018 — 2019

Joined early-stage startup building collaborative writing software for television and film production. Contributed to initial prototype development and technical direction.

2016 — 2017ZHealth DocumentationSenior Software Engineer

2016 — 2017

Portland, Oregon

Worked on EtchCV, a medical documentation desktop application for Heart Surgeons and Hospitals. Mentored and supported the professional development of junior engineers.

Education

University of California, Santa Cruz

B.A.

Art Institute of Portland

Experience+

Education

B.A.

B.S.