I have over 20 years’ development experience with 11 years leading fully-remote teams. I bring extensive experience with .NET, SQL, C#, Node.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, and more. Beyond that, I love learning and working with new languages and technologies. Learn more about my skills below.

Principal Software Engineer

CHG Healthcare
February 2023 – Present

As a Principal Software Engineer, I lead and mentor multiple teams spanning Salesforce, application development, and enterprise integrations.

Highlights:

• Architected an enterprise sales data platform that saved the company ~$6M annually in third-party licensing fees
• Optimized PostgreSQL databases and ETL pipelines, cutting storage by ~75%, reducing processing by 7+ hours, and accelerating queries 1000x
• Directed architectural decisions impacting revenue-critical sales workflows; deployed OneTrust integration for unified opt-in / opt-out management, also ensuring regulation compliance and reducing organizational risk
• Built a modular Salesforce-texting service integration improving sales efficiency, strengthening, BI pipelines, and simplifying vendor transitions
• Engineered reusable, abstract microservice components reducing development timelines from weeks to days
• Established enterprise testing methodologies, producing resilient, refactor-friendly test suites that increased confidence in high-stakes deployments to AWS cloud infrastructure
• Engineered reusable, abstract microservice components in Node.js and TypeScript, reducing development timelines from weeks to days, improving speed and consistency
• Championed responsible adoption of AI tools (GitHub Copilot) for high-impact applications to accelerate development while safeguarding quality
• Expanded technical leadership from a single team to multiple concurrent engineering teams spanning Salesforce, application development, and enterprise integrations

For more information about my time in this role, please download my full resume.

Principal Software Engineer

Etail Solutions, LLC
October 2020 – January 2023

As Principal Software Engineer with Etail Solutions, I led and mentored a team of engineers and coordinated with the CTO on development of the company’s order management solution. My role involved planning advancements in processes and technologies and working on a new web application as well as the company’s core software (primarily in C#).

Highlights:

• Planned and led the company’s conversion to .NET Core
• Automated the build process for greater efficiency over the company’s prior manual builds
• Implemented a new code review process for the software engineering team
• Introduced metric tracking and reporting in relation to new quality control processes I implemented
• Led a team of e-commerce software developers, mentoring junior and mid-level engineers

For more information about my time in this role, please download my full resume.

Lead Software Engineer (Formerly Sr. Software Engineer)

Allied Universal Security Services
January 2013 – October 2020

As a fullstack Senior Software Engineer with Allied Universal, I designed and built backend web applications to improve efficiency for various departments and internal business users. I also served as Team Lead for 6 years, mentoring junior engineers, making design decisions, and assisting with the interviewing and onboarding processes.

Highlights:

• Architected a web application / private API, optimizing validation and reporting of internal processes
• Built a web application to automate benefits recording for over 150,000 employees
• Influenced leadership to embrace more modern and efficient technologies (such as .NET Core and Blazor)
• Initiated the company’s conversion from MVC 5 to .NET Core
• Led and mentored fellow engineers in a fully remote environment; interviewed and trained new hires

For more information about my time in this role, please download my full resume.

Owner – E-commerce / Web Application / WordPress Software Engineer

JBrain Software
January 2013 – June 2021

I took on a variety of freelance consulting and development work through JBrain Software, assisting clients of Stone Edge Order Manager with customizations and integrations, including overflow work referred by the company. I also took on PHP WordPress development and more for independent clients.

Highlights:

• Optimized a client’s database export process; decreased data export times from hours to under 10 seconds
• Developed Walmart and Jet.com inventory upload utilities consuming restful APIs for an e-commerce client
• Built an updated PayPal integration for PCI compliant tokenization in credit card communication
• Created a custom data export tool for an online publisher to use via WordPress; decrease SEO / content audit time by ~70%
• Developed multiple other e-commerce software integrations for shopping carts and payment processors

For more information about my time in this role, please download my full resume.

QA Manager (Previously Software Developer)

Monsoon Commerce / Stone Edge Technologies
July 2005 – December 2012

As a software developer for the Stone Edge Order Manager e-commerce software, I not only contributed to the development and support of the product, but also served as the company’s first QA Manager and presented at company conferences.

Highlights:

• Developed a real-time inventory synchronization solution with Yahoo stores
• Advocated for the creation of a Quality Assurance position and process; Served as first QA Manager
• Managed the QA process, including during the company’s transition to PCI compliance
• Served as liaison between the company’s local and overseas contract development teams
• Developed and delivered presentations for company conferences

For more information about my time in this role, please download my full resume.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Bachelor of Science
2000-2005

Major: Computer Science

Specialty Track: Languages and Systems

Minor: Mathematics

While I’ve covered the career basics above, all work has a human element. So I’d like to tell you a little more about myself.

I currently live in Connecticut with my wife, Jenn. Her background is in marketing, PR, and publishing, but she also has an extensive background in web publishing. Before we moved here in 2021, we lived in Southeast Pennsylvania.

Between us, we’ve worked on an entirely remote basis for over 30 years. She has me beat. I’ve only been fully remote for 11. But I helped pioneer a remote culture with a previous employer (that still exists today and wasn’t something they had to figure out during the pandemic). And I’ve led fully remote teams for those 11 years.

If that’s experience you could use in transitioning your company to more permanent remote work, please reach out as I’m open to consulting and am always open to sharing ideas with fellow software engineering leaders.

Jenn and I have 6 “fur-babies” including one dog (Aggie) and five cats (Sophie, Izzy, Ember, Jack, and Darcy), whom you can “meet” in the sidebar of this site. We go out of our way to adopt pets with issues that would otherwise make them tougher to place in new homes. And we can tell you that with a little extra care and a lot of love, these animals will become a part of your family and make your days better for years to come.

While the furrier family members are usually good about avoiding interruptions on video chats and meetings, they’re also good helpers. Occasionally one of the cats will even sit on my desk, watching me like a hawk, making sure I’m on-task. I’ve come to realize the only good micromanagers are cat micromanagers.

In my spare time, I enjoy checking out area parks and taking short hikes with my wife and dog. We also enjoy road trips throughout New England.

I love to read, especially science fiction and fantasy. I enjoy gaming when I have the time. Semi-professional interests include taking on side projects to work with new languages, finance and trading, and even though I wouldn’t class myself a “crypto bro” I am interested in cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and blockchain technology more generally.