Career History & Architectural Milestones

Led five engineering teams to deliver a cloud-native customer portal from beta in 7 months to production in 12 months, enabling 5 daily production deployments. Partnered with executive leadership and architecture governance to align roadmap, delivery, and operating standards across the enterprise.

• Created full-stack bootstrap project with 5 specialized Agentic AI personas for GitHub Copilot.
• Drove a 30% increase in engineering output through Agentic AI orchestrated development with GitHub Copilot and Claude Code in React and Java, backed by unit and automation tests.
• Launched an integrated native mobile, web, and SSO suite giving customers a single view of account relationships across the Western U.S. in under a year, saving $1.5M.
• Earned the secondary title of Sr. VP of Engineering in recognition of delivery impact.
• Managed 14+ people including software engineers, engineering managers, SDETs, and UX Design staff, owning hiring, performance, and delivery.
• Hired and contracted 13 web, mobile, and identity management team members.
• Handled vendor contracts and multi-million-dollar budgets for banking technology initiatives, improving resource allocation and keeping delivery aligned with strategic priorities.
• Presented completed applications and strategic technology direction to the board of CEOs for multiple Banks.
• Served as key architect for Java Spring Boot REST API microservices with modern React frontend.
• Created fully automated daily continuous delivery to production in Azure DevOps.
• Established Docker container practices and refined Kubernetes Helm deployments.

Directed engineering teams to architect and deliver high-scale software solutions across cloud migration, platform modernization, and delivery automation. Led the migration of AWS workloads to multi-cloud Kubernetes platforms using Terraform and Helm.

• Rated exceptional as Director for two consecutive years by showcasing outstanding leadership and management capabilities.
• Architected and rolled out continuous integration and delivery pipelines, owning over 20 services through GitHub Actions.
• Devised a CI/CD process in GitHub Actions enabling up to five production software deployments daily with zero downtime.
• Led 3 teams through the 18-month execution and migration of a high-scalability, cloud-native e-commerce platform across AWS and Google Cloud, standardizing Helm charts and infrastructure strategies.
• Modernized legacy applications to .NET 6 and Angular, implemented Datadog observability, and streamlined development with GraphQL.
• Created a framework and architecture for a GraphQL API in .NET and SQL Server, setting a standard for future development.
• Delivered leadership and training to three engineering teams with a total of 14 direct reports, building a high-performance culture through coaching, performance management, and succession planning.
• Facilitated the integration of two new engineering teams by automating onboarding scripts and producing video training.
• Managed department-wide software licensing to improve organizational efficiency.

Led the architecture and scaling of Azure-based microservices using Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform, improving delivery speed and platform reliability. Managed technology roadmap featuring Angular SPAs and .NET Core Web APIs.

• Scaled the team to 21+ direct reports and contractors in 9 months across UX, product management, development, QA, data architecture, and DevOps disciplines.
• Maximized system scalability and reliability by terraforming multiple regions of the full Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) within Azure.
• Guided the organization through SOC2 compliance by partnering with external auditors to meet stringent security and privacy standards.
• Launched a new online health application and doctor appointment portal, providing end-to-end leadership from conception to public release.
• Revitalized development processes through establishment of Agile Scrum practices and Azure DevOps deployment pipelines across dev, staging, and production environments.
• Steered the hiring process by collaborating with three recruiting firms to onboard senior engineers and UX designers.

Built automated CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps and engineered a self-provisioning Kubernetes infrastructure to accelerate deployments. Led and scaled international engineering teams, overseeing strategic budgeting and hiring for a next-generation CPQ platform.

• Built a next-generation CPQ application using React and ASP.NET Core over a span of three months, showcasing it at a major industry conference.
• Enhanced runtime compilation based on complex business rules by reengineering a resource-intensive Excel library into native Expression Trees in C#.
• Directed strategic vision and budgeting for the next-generation CPQ platform, including roadmap and talent acquisition for international teams.
• Devised Kubernetes Helm charts and jobs that dynamically created and populated client databases.
• Spearheaded the successful transition to Agile methodologies and migrated on-premises TFS source control to a cloud-based Azure DevOps Git repository.

Served as lead architect and manager of cross-functional R&D, engineering, and IT teams, driving high-scalability Azure solutions, complex hardware-software integrations, and agile organizational growth through strategic hiring, professional development, and technical oversight.

• Helped scale the startup to over 100 employees in 1 year through strategic hiring and professional development.
• Unveiled a virtual reality online ticketing solution that sold out a full month of inventory in 1 day.
• Architected scalable cloud backends and real-time network communications powering immersive spatial virtual reality experiences.
• Led cross-functional teams bridging cutting-edge hardware, tracking systems, and game-engine software integrations.
• Established core software delivery standards and scalable infrastructure during foundational company growth.

Spearheaded the architecture and implementation for enterprise-scale web platforms and multi-media delivery services, leading cross-functional teams of up to 20 employees while driving agile adoption, strategic talent acquisition, and automated quality processes.

• Architected an international family history site in 8 months that achieved over 2 million registrants across 14 countries.
• Scaled engineering teams to 20+ professionals delivering high-volume digital asset storage and streaming systems, including Ancestry.com Content Publisher.
• Championed company-wide agile transformation, significantly reducing deployment lead times and defect rates.

Shipped Product

Ancestry.com Content Publisher Beta

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Self-service digital record indexing and historical document publishing platform built for genealogical societies and archival institutions.