Résumé

Introduction

I am a software engineer with 15+ years of experience. I have experience in all parts of the technical stack: back end, front end, full stack, DevOps, project/team lead, and in executive leadership (as CTO and as technical advisor to CEOs & boards). I have experience in multiple programming languages, including (but not limited to): Python, Javascript, Clojure, C, Janet. I am comfortable with modern infrastructure & DevOps tooling such as: docker, K8s, SaltStack, Ansible, Kamal, as well as cloud native architecture. I have worked for start ups, fortune 500's, and public sector / government clients. I have worked as a solo consulting and run my own companies. I am looking for a role where I can make an impact. My preference would be for a deeply technical role, improving DevOps, team workflows flows, infrastructure, performance, or developer experience.

Experience

Company

Independent Consulting2025 - present

Role

Principal Consultant

About

I have returned to consulting work, focusing on DevOps and scaling/high performance solutions.

Skills

Docker, AWS, Cloud, Qemu, C, Python, NodeJS, Janet, SQL, Postgres, Linux, Wireguard, crun, various OCI container runtimes, firecracker, LVM, Kamal, Ansible

Company

eNoble2019 - 2025

Role

CTO

About

Recruit and lead eNoble's technical team to deliver software solutions for non-profits and public sector (state and local government) clients. Including products such as Child Welfare Information Management systems, Referral and Benefit management systems, Juvenile Justice information systems, and a suite of associated applications.

Skills

Salesforce, NodeJS, Janet, htmx, MithrilJS, SQLite, Tailwind, Docker

Company

Noion Labs LLC2019 - 2025

Role

Founder

About

I reformed my software engineering company, rebuilt the team, etc. Our speciality was providing complete teams to startups — they could 'white label' one of our teams, which would develop their product, interact with their customers, handle support, etc.

Skills

Team Building, Postgres, NodeJS, Javascript, AWS, Cloud, Docker, MithrilJS, htmx, Tailwind, Linux, SQLite, C, Janet, Qemu, Wireguard, Chrome Extensions, Flutter, Salesforce, ETL

Company

Gun.io Platform2019 - 2020

Role

Lead Developer

About

Gun.io (see next entry) changed their business model to be a more typical platform for hiring contractors. I lead the team that developed the platform, handling developer profiles, testing, talent matching etc.

Skills

Python, Django, Postgres, Vue.js

Company

Gun.io2016 - 2018

Role

Chief Problem Solver

About

Gun.io had a unique business model. They would assemble expert teams out of independent contractors/domain experts to build software for enterprise and startup clients. I would act as a problem solver & advisor to teams when they ran into technical, or client issues.

Skills

Mentoring, PHP, Python, Django, Postgres, NodeJS, Javascript, AWS, Cloud, AWS Lambda/Serverless, Docker, NodeJS, Vue.js, ReactJS, K8s, Linux

Company

Noion λabs LLC2015 - 2017

Role

Founder

About

Custom software development company. With Noion λabs I built a small, elite team that developed solutions for fortune 500s, and startups. We built CRM, and ERP systems, an application framework, a data watermarking system, worked on performance & scaling issues, etc.

Skills

Team Building, NodeJS, Javascript, Clojure, ClojureScript, PHP, SQL, Python, ReactJS, Om, Datascience, Linux, SmartOS, illumos, Triton, ZFS, GraphQL, Postgres, MithrilJS, AWS, Azure, GCP, Cloud

Company

DevOps / K8s Consultancy2015 - 2015

Role

Founder

About

I left Azure to start a Kubernetes / DevOps focused consultancy. I offered K8s & docker setup, management, and training services. I shuttered the consultancy after finding that K8s was unable to deliver good ROI for my customers.

Skills

K8s, Helm, Docker

Company

Azure Standard2012 - 2015

Role

CTO

About

I joined Azure Standard in at a time of crises — their $50M/year business was struggling to fulfill customer orders as their home grown ERP system was failing under load. I lead the effort to stabilized their systems, moved all software development in-house, to a team I recruited and trained, and dramatically increased their IT velocity.

Skills

Team Building, Executive leadership, Python, Django, Postgres, Elastic, SaltStack, Docker, Redis, Memcached, NGINX, ZeroMQ, WebSockets, AngularJS, Algolia, PLC, Robotics, Virtualization

Company

Independent Consulting2010 - 2012

Role

Principal Consultant

About

I consulted and did contract development work for many clients. Focusing on scaling software solutions, and software teams.

Skills

Team Building, PHP, MySQL, CakePHP, Lithium, REST APIs, Linux, Javascript, Backbone.js, Underscore.js, Racket Lang, Scheme, Lisp, Riak, MongoDB, NoSQL, NodeJS, LESS, Networking/Raw Sockets, AWS, Cloud

Company

Vurj2009 - 2010

Role

Lead Developer

About

I developed tools to optimize the company's $45k/mo social media ad spend, to manage and score incoming leads, and to detect affiliate fraud. I also handled the integration with a myriad of external affiliate platforms.

Skills

PHP, MySQL, CRM, REST APIs, Linux, Javascript

Company

Select Hearing2008 - 2009

Role

Lead Developer

About

I led the development of all software projects including: eCommerce website, remote hearing test, customer support system, custom CRM, call center management, asterisk VOIP system, and practitioner (audiologist) tools.

Skills

Project management, team building, PHP, MySQL, CRM, Asterisk, Linux, Javascript, Drupal