About
I’m a software engineer in Chicago, IL. I’m currently a Sr. Engineering Manager at Toast. I really like solving hard problems around high availability systems, distributed systems, scaling, and performance.
Technical Skills
Languages: Kotlin, Go, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, SQL, BASH
Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB
CI/CD: Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Ansible, Packer, Jenkins
Platforms: AWS, Kubernetes, Azure
Concepts: Application Architecture, Immutable Infrastructure, High Availability, Distributed Systems, Infrastructure Architecture, Cloud Computing
Work History
Toast
Boston, MA (Remote)
Principal Engineer / Sr. Engineering Manager (2022 - Present)
At Toast, I manage our digital ordering platform team as well as our mobile backend platform team. We develop services to support multiple restaurant-guest-facing services and applications.
Inspire11
Chicago, IL
Consultant, Enterprise Architecture (2021 - 2022)
At Inspire11, I consulted on several Enterprise cloud migrations for companies of various sizes from startup to full scale Enterprises. Industries supported included finance, technology, and healthcare.
Neighborhoods.com / 55Places.com
Chicago, IL
Vice President, Engineering (2015 - 2021)
I joined 55Places.com and Neighborhoods.com in early 2015 to build out the company’s internal engineering practice and lead in the creation of Neighborhoods.com. In my day-to-day I oversee the engineering team, help to coordinate business needs into technical needs, and manage their infrastructure. I also jumped into development when and where needed, mostly focussing on DevOps toolsets.
Gorilla Group
Chicago, IL
Practice Director (2013-2015)
Technical Architect (2011-2013)
Software Engineer (2010-2011)
Gorilla is an consultancy that provides design and technical implementations with a focus on e-commerce. I joined Gorilla in 2010 as a developer focussed on PHP and the Magento e-commerce platform in particular. After a year or so of successful implementations, I grew into the role of technical architect, where I helped translate client business needs into technical solutions for the development team to implement. My final role at Gorilla was as Practice Director of the company’s Magento practice. In that role I managed the company’s PHP team as well as oversaw technical processes used in developing Magento implementations.
CyberSunshine, Inc.
Fort Myers, FL
Developer (2004 - 2010)
CyberSunshine was an agency specializing in the development of custom designed websites for the real estate industry. In my role at the company, I led in the development of websites for the company’s clients. These projects involved custom-tailored solutions incorporating integrations with many MLS systems via RETS and/or flat-file ingestion.
Education & Certifications
Florida Gulf Coast University
B.S. in Finance, Computer Science