I lead technical teams to a scalable product starting from a blank sheet of paper. After synthesizing insights from all stakeholders (customers, users, engineers, vendors, and beyond) I'll reach for just enough technology with a creative but considered touch. My approach to design starts from the business strategy and percolates down to the byte level. A breadth of experience across and outside of tech has given me the vocabulary to communicate between business and technical functions.
2021-10-15 —
Started and ran software development division within a high-growth PE-funded company.
Highlights
- Owned technical diligence and integration process while acquiring another company.
- Established development process in which teams on 3 continents collaborate on a hardware/software launch.
- Ultimately responsible for cloud and IoT operations as part of a strategic shift toward software.
- Mentor other engineers and managers through technical and career issues.
2019-10-01 — 2021-10-01
Technical co-founder of IoT HVAC monitoring solution.
Highlights
- Owned the launch: zero to scalable hardware + software IoT platform in 12 weeks.
- Created and installed IoT solution preventing $6MM/day in customer downtime.
- Grew from inception to 8-figure term sheet in 12 months.
- Evangelized and consulted to all stakeholders (customers, suppliers, partners, and beyond) about technology integration and product roadmap.
2012-05-01 — 2019-10-01
Founded and led IoT-based energy storage controls company.
Highlights
- Designed, built and operated IoT system with over one million device-connection hours across 2 continents.
- Designed, installed and operated largest battery storage system in Washington DC.
Virginia Solar and Energy Storage Development Authority 2018-10-01 — 2022-09-01
Appointed to Development Authority by Gov. McAuliffe and Gov. Northam.
Highlights
- Led a state-wide impact study as energy storage subject matter expert.
- Advocated for solar and energy storage policy to Governor, General Assembly, and Industry Groups
The New Clermont Project 2009-01-15 — 2009-12-01
Non-profit student team that designed, built, and sailed a hydrogen-powered boat a world-record 180 miles up the Hudson River.
Highlights
- Started project from conception, recruiting, building, and sailing
- Raised funds and supplies: boat, $10,000, hydrogen fuel cell, gas delivery, and snacks.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2007-09-01 — 2012-06-01
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2007-09-01 — 2011-06-01
Northwestern University 2001-09-01 — 2005-06-01
National Science Foundation IGERT Fellowship
Founder's Award
Defi Knoweldge Graph with Neo4j 2021-07-22
First place winner: Data Science API category of Sovryn Hackathon
Observability for Air Conditioners: An IoT Story with Talos 2021-05-03
Customer Scale Energy Storage 2021-03-18
Energy storage education for lawyers. CLEs awarded.
Fly-In Discussions with Congressional Members 2019-11-20
In-person meetings with Congress members to advocate for energy storage tax credit.
Python
- Fast API
- Flask
- Pydantic
- OpenAPI
- Pandas
- PyTorch
- Fast.ai
- Numpy
- Streamlit
- Plotly
- Jupyter
IoT
- Embedded C
- MQTT
- AWS IoT Core
- LoRaWAN
CI/CD
- docker
- docker-compose
- pip
- make
- git
- github
Infrastructure
- ansible
- terraform
- Cloud Formation
Observability
- Prometheus
- Cortex
- Grafana
- Cloud Watch
Cloud Computing
- EC2
- S3
- ECR
- Kinesis
- IAM
- Secrets Manager
Blockchain/Web3
- Brownie
- Ganache
- web3.py
- solidity
- covalent
- moralis
Data Engineering
- DVC
- Neo4J
- redis
- AWS Glue
- AWS Athena