2023 — NowStockXStaff Software Engineer, Platform Engineering

2023 — Now

2020 — 2023StockXTechnical Lead

2020 — 2023

2019 — 2020ManageMyCardsCo-Founder/CTO

2019 — 2020

Remote

As CTO and the sole engineer at ManageMyCards, I designed and built a cross-platform mobile app and backend system that tracked the value of trading card collections by sourcing data from multiple auction platforms.

Our stack was built from the ground up using GraphQL, Typescript, and Firebase deployed on GCP FaaS, and using Flutter for our mobile app.

2019 — 2020AutonomicSenior Software Engineer

2019 — 2020

Greater Detroit Area

Managed the development, deployment, and support of a complex distributed system around our MQTT broker as we scaled to support millions of connected vehicles

Continuously pushed my team to find new ways to approach problems as we scale our MQTT broker and Kafka throughput

Built tooling to enable the rapid adoption of Distributed Tracing, Kotlin, and Functional Programming

Led the effort to adopt Chaos Engineering, allowing our team to test the reliability and resiliency of our services and infrastructure

2016 — 2020Reaction Control LabsCo-Founder

2016 — 2020

Southfield, MI

Developed an Android SDK to simplify communications between Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) and hardware systems

Designed and productized a PCB to allow RS485-enabled devices to communicate over Bluetooth with external hardware

Developed and integrated closed-loop, brushless DC motor and driver, controlled remotely through Bluetooth

Designed and integrated an Android HMI to control a spring-forming machine for production use in an industrial factory. Features included: recipe management, failure detection, user management, metrics collection, and cloud diagnostics

Developed a table lift control system that was integrated into a Boeing 777 aircraft

Education

2012 — 2016

Michigan State University

Bachelor’s Degree

2012 — 2016

Experience+

Education

Bachelor’s Degree