About Me
Engineer and architect with 10+ years experience building scalable, cloud-native systems powering millions of users
Inventor on a patented trust and safety platform; proven leader of teams and driving secure, high-impact automation
Fluent in Go, Java, Python, C#, and Terraform with a track record of accelerating delivery and scaling infrastructure
You can access a PDF copy of my resume here
Patents
US 18/974,139
- Automated Evaluation, Scoring, and Quarantine of Third-Party Patches for Application Software
Experience
Automox
Principal Engineer
Staff Software Architect
Senior Software Engineer
07/2021 - Present
Website
Ditch clunky legacy tools. Eliminate risk and automate the configuration, patching, and compliance of your Windows, macOS, and Linux systems with one cloud-native platform.
- Inventor and architect/development lead of PatchSafe, a bespoke patented third-party trust and safety malware detection platform written in Python and Node.js, and scaled across AWS services
- Drove promotions from Senior -> Staff -> Principal; Led the Agent and Security Engineering teams delivering high-throughput, fault-tolerant services across Go, Python, Java, and Node.js
- Owned key backend microservices improving reliability, latency, and operational efficiency across core workflows
- Built Datadog, Grafana, and Mode observability pipelines reducing alert noise and fatigue, improving on-call response performance
- Built threat anomaly detection playbooks for Splunk cutting down mean time-to-detect threat activity
- Delivered automated cyber threat-intel tooling surfacing and correlating threat-actor behavior across the platform
- Modernized CI/CD pipelines; moved Jenkins to GitHub Actions, simplifying pipelines and reducing deployment time
- Led Apple Silicon desktop agent integration; originally written in Objective-C and Swift, rewritten in Rust
- Defined Infrastructure as Code standards using Terraform and Terragrunt, reducing dev time and duplication
- Shifted local dev/test to AWS emulation using LocalStack to reduce costs by $40k+ annually and accelerating testing
- Built customer-facing AI features enabling rapid visibility into vulnerability posture for enterprise customers
Certifications:
DocuSign ensures the security & mobility to digitally transform businesses
- Engineered distributed AI document processing enhancements for Insight AI using Java, Python, C#, and Node.js on AWS, improving accuracy of legal document parsing by over 20%
- Built test automation suites validating complex document workflows in CLM; reduced manual QA hours by 40%
- Developed and deployed scalable backend services and APIs to support core product functionality
- Delivered custom implementations and feature development for high-value enterprise customers
- Authored developer training curriculums on Seal AI and CLM API integrations
Certifications:
- Led a 4-person dev team to build new furniture production management systems in Laravel/PHP and TypeScript
- Spearheaded a platform overhaul that more than doubled production throughput and supported over 2x sales growth, directly impacting multi-million-dollar order fulfillment
- Introduced Docker-based dev environment cutting developer onboarding time from 2 weeks to 2 days
- Mentored junior developers and defined internal development standards
- Maintained Azure-hosted catalog systems in C# as part of a rapid delivery team
- Built full-stack mobile app (Java, Obj-C) for sales event operations; app adopted by 5000+ store reps
- Helped slash support ticket backlog by over 92% in 6 months
- Helped lead OWASP training for developers and project management staff
Sweetwater is the world's leading music technology and instrument retailer
- Automated image processing pipeline with Python/OpenCV, doubling photographer throughput
- Modernized internal CRM application in Objective-C, improving sales engineer productivity
- Built internal tools supporting shipping, building operations, and executive teams
- Built custom building automations in Python and C++ for smart projector control, lighting, and audio systems
- Built large-scale insurance data platform (C#/.NET/JavaScript on Azure), supporting real-time claims analytics
- Developed native mobile apps in Obj-C and Java for industrial pumps, digitizing field operations
- Contributed to embedded firmware with C and C++, and embedded testing in Python for water control systems
Projects
- LocalStack scaffold allowing you to quickly get started with Terraform on LocalStack using Terragrunt
- Lethal Company template project to make new mods!
Education
University of Illinois
BS - Computer Science
- Graduated Cum Laude
- Elective concentrations in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Graphics
- Graduate classes in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Neural Networks
University of Colorado Boulder
Candidate MS - Computer Science
- Concentrations in Computer Vision, Security, and Software Architecture
Purdue University
BS - Mathematics
- Electives in Computer graphics, real-time rendering, and mathematical physics
- Notable Masters graduate classes: Graph Theory, Mathematical Statistics, Mathematical Probability
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