In my current role as Director of Engineering at Blue Lava, I’ve had the opportunity to help define our roadmap, strategize on hiring, introduce tools like story mapping and feature planning, work directly with customers on feature requests, and implement automation that enabled my teammates to deliver more efficiently.

Before Blue Lava, I was Director of Engineering at Nike, leading several teams of over 40 engineers responsible for the transition to real-time data and analytics. I was asked to streamline several disparate systems into a singular data platform with real-time capabilities. We saved the company over half a million in AWS spend in one year. We implemented everything from data capture, ingestion, data pipelines, data warehousing, and machine learning. I focused on hiring and promotion, introducing roadmaps, budgeting, vendor relationships, establishing support efforts, and working cross-functionally with many internal stakeholders.

Before joining Nike, I directed the data platform efforts at Recurly with a core focus on building a high-functioning team. In the process, we introduced a DevOps culture that was soon adopted by the rest of the organization.

Throughout my 27+ years of experience, I have cultivated a comprehensive skill set spanning the entire technology stack. I have gained valuable expertise in various domains from JavaScript, Ruby and Rust, to APIs and data platforms.

• Adobe

  Led development of test applications, code samples, and language documentation for mobile features of Macromedia Flash as a contractor.

• Qualcomm

  Built demonstration app used to sell EVDO(3G) to Verizon.

• Vimeo

  Built first video player for vimeo.com.

• Rails Girls

  Mentored a team of four women wanting to learn how to build and deploy a production Rails app in a weekend.

• Purdue University

  Bachelor of Science

  1994-1998