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• Director of Engineering, Intellistack (formerly Formstack)

  Jun, 2024 - May, 20261 year 11 months

  • Directed engineering for Intellistack Streamline, a no-code business process automation platform built from the ground up in 18 months

  • Led the Data Fabric team, integrating 12 data source types such as RDS, API-driven, and FHIR-based EHR systems into a common format for the platform

  • Led the Integrations team, connecting 15+ systems via an iPaaS for file, email, and event workflows

  • Managed 5 to 12 people, including other engineering managers, across a distributed mix of full-time employees and contractors

• Senior Software Engineer / Technical Director, Open Raven (acquired by Intellistack)

  Jul, 2020 - Jun, 20243 years 11 months

  • Wrote Open Raven's first data scanner and grew it into a dedicated scanning team, helping establish the DSPM (Data Security Posture Management) product category

  • Built the only scanning solution for file and data stores across AWS, GCP, and Azure that ran entirely within the customer's own environment

  • Delivered a scanning engine capable of identifying sensitive data at cloud scale, forming the core of Open Raven's DSPM product

  • Owned technical architecture, project management, and scrum master responsibilities for a team spanning the EU and US, in addition to writing code

  • Grew from individual contributor to Technical Director, taking on team leadership, hiring, and architectural ownership as the company scaled

• Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead, Tenable

  Nov, 2018 - Jul, 20201 year 8 months

  As an engineer on the Platform Engineering team, worked on the core frameworks and services powering Tenable's cloud offering.

  • Evaluating 3rd-party identity platforms, and migrating from homegrown authentication system to Okta

  • Designing and implementing a new RBAC system

  • Improving and maintaining microservices and frameworks written in Groovy, Java, Kotlin, and Node

• Lead Java Engineer, Skyward, a Verizon company

  Nov, 2017 - Nov, 20181 year

  Skyward builds software to manage commercial UAV (drone) operations. Hired to lead the development team in adopting Agile practices, refactor the legacy codebase to enable faster deployment, and to mentor junior developers.

  • Refactored airspace generation software for modularity, increased testability, enabling zero-downtime deployments

  • Built the industry's first certified LAANC integration with the FAA, collaborating directly with agency counterparts to develop and validate their API endpoints

  • Created CI pipelines, containerized services and started using Kubernetes for deployment

• Technical Lead, Jama Software

  Oct, 2011 - Feb, 20175 years 4 months

  • Led the team migrating Jama from a monolithic Java webapp to a SOA – including evaluating and designing service frameworks, building services, and developing a Docker-based deployment model for SaaS and on-premises installations

  • Developed Jama's first analytics product – data collection endpoints, ETL into ElasticSearch, and visualization with Kibana

  • Designed a new technical hiring flow for Jama, resulting in a more efficient and consistent interview process, and better quality hires

  • Built multiple integrations between Jama and other products, using REST/SOAP APIs and custom libraries

• Architect (contract), Agilivant

  Sep, 2010 - Aug, 201111 months

  First technical hire in this financial products start-up. Advising the founders on technology & platform strategy. Establishing development practices for technical hires. Creating hybrid cloud infrastructure with AWS for development and deployment.

  • Selected and configured source control, continuous integration and collaboration environments for development team

  • Implemented portions of debit card platform including card ordering and account management system, CSR functionality, services layer, IVR & SMS integration, batch processing of ISO 8583 transactions

• Core Developer, Collaborative Software Initiative

  Jan, 2010 - Aug, 20107 months

  CSI builds and deploys enterprise software products using a unique collaborative approach and open source technologies.

  • Inno360: building an open innovation platform for organizations to manage their innovation ecosystem

  • TriSano: a Ruby on Rails open source surveillance and outbreak management application for public health

• Technologist, Liberty Mutual Insurance Group

  Apr, 2007 - Jan, 20102 years 9 months

• Technical Architect, ACS Government Solutions Group

  Oct, 2002 - Apr, 20074 years 6 months

• Systems Developer – Enterprise Apps, Association of American Medical Colleges

  May, 2001 - Oct, 20021 year 5 months

• Project Lead, WebMD Corporation

  Jan, 1999 - Jan, 20012 years

• Senior Software Engineer, Sapient Health Network (acquired by WebMD)

  Nov, 1996 - Jan, 19992 years 2 months

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