About Me

The first "application" I ever wrote was a Microsoft Access macro, that selected a random game from a database. As soon as I saw the macro's output all I could think was "What else can computers do?". Through my career I've found a few answers, but what fascinates me is that every industry I've worked in finds different ways to use technology, and different ways to find the limits of their implementations.

Throughout my software engineering career I've worked with all sizes of teams to drive innovation in their industry. I've worked with a world-class branding agency, a cutting-edge virtual office platform, and a revolutionary decentralized data storage solution that currently holds over 10 million data-points. Beyond my engineering work I also advise a unique venture capital group to provide start-ups with knowledge and support to ensure their growth and success.

Outside my professional life I can usually be found either reading a book, playing video games, resting with my two cats, or playing table top RPGs.

Experience

Developer Experience Engineer @ 3Box LabsJune 2021 - April 2023

  • Architected, developed and implemented developer tooling that increased new technology adoption by 200%.
  • Led bi-weekly community feedback and coaching sessions, providing community support while collecting and distilling feedback that ensured features that enabled developer success were prioritized.
  • Developed comprehensive technical specifications that identified project objectives and implementations, enabling cross-team feedback and alignment on feature development.
  • Coordinated with product development to establish clear and referenceable documentation, resulting in 50% fewer community support requests.

Full-Stack Engineer @ tilrNovember 2020 - June 2021

  • Developed a resumé parsing service that processed user-uploaded resumes 90% faster and 50% more accurately than previous iterations.
  • Designed and implemented an API gateway that reduced external API calls by 30%.
  • Implemented an event-driven caching mechanism that reduced server load by 20% and improved API response time by 80%.
  • Collaborated with in-house designers to ensure designs were achievable and executed without compromise.

Full-Stack Engineer @ NorthOneMarch 2020 - July 2020

  • Coached and assisted engineers in developing and executing their ideas for new product features.
  • Coordinated with organization-wide, language-specific teams to establish best practices, identify potential design flaws and minimize avoidable downtime.
  • Developed unopinionated solutions that enabled error standardization, handling and logging by leveraging AWS X-Ray.
  • Designed flexible API services that enabled external service integrations.

Full-Stack Engineer @ MagnifiJuly 2019 - November 2019

  • Supported junior and intermediate developers through feature creation and implementation.
  • Coordinated transition from Embedded Ruby templates to a tailor-made React front-end.
  • Implemented an Agile framework that mitigated developer burnout and increased leadership’s visibility into available developer capacity.

Web Developer @ HIM & HERFeb 2017 - Sept 2017

  • Collaborated with designers and developers to ensure regular delivery of first-class websites enabling customers to demonstrate their unique presence online and in person.
  • Owned and managed deployments and bug testing for all customers.
  • Worked closely with clients to ensure the ‘go live’ strategy was clear, understandable and predictable.
  • Researched and ensured all products were fully AODA compliant and new products were also AODA compliant.

Developer @ Class 1 IncMay 2016 - Feb 2017

  • Led development and feature creation for Class1Sentinel, creating a first-of-its-kind decentralized remote monitoring system that enabled rapid growth and stability for Class 1 Inc.
  • Implemented continual release plans, ensuring sales were generated at each tradeshow Class1Sentinel was at.
  • Created a highly secure network using TincVPN and HAProxy to ensure critical data was never exposed to outside or malicious actors.