Howdy! Thanks for stopping by my LinkedIn profile. I'm a Staff Software Engineer passionate about building cutting-edge, distributed, and scalable web and cloud solutions. From concept to delivery, I've had the privilege of shepherding projects through every stage of development.

Experience

2022 — NowReddit, Inc.Staff Software Engineer

2022 — Now

New York City Metropolitan Area

Designed and implemented the Data API Firehose product for Reddit resulting hundreds of millions in increased revenue.

Designed and implemented features for Reddit Developer Platform using Go and TypeScript.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to remove bottlenecks and align on requirements.

Launched the Building Reddit engineering podcast.

2021 — 2022YOMIHead of Engineering

2021 — 2022

New York City Metropolitan Area

Led the design and implementation of a custom HealthCare SaaS application.

Established secure CI/CD pipelines with AWS CodePipeline and reduced deployment times.

Built secure AWS environments, ensuring 99.9% system uptime.

2017 — 2019Kuali, Inc.Engineering Manager & Lead Engineer

2017 — 2019

Lehi, UT

Headed the development of a Curriculum Management Application using Docker and React.

Redesigned reporting suite for fast and responsive reporting with ElasticSearch backend.

Achieved a 50% increase in user engagement.

2014 — 2017Expedia, Inc.Senior Software Engineer

2014 — 2017

Bellevue, WA

Led a global engineering team to develop customer-facing web applications.

Engineered a Progressive Web Application, leading to a 15% reduction in support call volume.

Designed and deployed a platform for enhanced self-service functionality with 99.99% uptime.

2012 — 2014T-MobileSenior Software Developer (Team Lead)

2012 — 2014

Bellevue, WA

Designed and developed internal analytics web applications for sales operations.

Implemented a sales analytics tool using ASP.NET MVC and SQL Server.

Utilized technologies including ASP.NET MVC, SQL Server, IIS, and Grunt for optimized software solutions.

Education

2000 — 2006

Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)

BFA

2000 — 2006

2009 — 2010

Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU)

MS

2009 — 2010

2002 — 2002

Kansai Gaidai University

Study Abroad Program

2002 — 2002

2012 — 2012

University of Washington

Certificate

2012 — 2012

2011 — 2012

University of Washington

Certificate

2011 — 2012

2012 — 2012

University of Washington

Certificate

2012 — 2012