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Technical Leadership at Scale

Currently Head of Engineering & Principal Architect at Frontiers Market, leading Edge AI and fintech infrastructure for the cattle industry.

Costco
Mobile commerce architect for platform processing $200B+ in annual revenue
Hertz
6,000% throughput improvement — 50 to 3,000+ RPS globally
Wayfair
Supply chain tools delivering $5M+ in operational savings
Chick-fil-A
$20M EY digital transformation — Sr. Solution Architect

Plus 30+ additional companies across enterprise, startup, and consulting engagements. View full history

Professional Experience

Head of Engineering

Frontiers Market

January 2024 - Present

Leading the technical vision for an AI-driven platform digitizing the cattle industry. Orchestrating the convergence of Edge AI hardware, native mobile interfaces, and complex financial settlement systems. • Proprietary Edge AI Architecture: Engineered a custom, local-first NVR solution using Raspberry Pi clusters and local RTSP streams. Bypassed off-the-shelf limitations to optimize video stream processing and storage, significantly reducing cloud ingress costs while maintaining real-time livestock monitoring. • Fintech & Escrow System (clear.frontiersmarket.com): Designed and shipped a secure auction payment rail using Stripe Connect. Implemented "separate charges and transfers" logic to hold funds in escrow until delivery verification, replacing legacy check-based workflows with a compliant digital ledger. • Offline-First Native Mobile (app.frontiersmarket.com): Led the development of a native Swift application (Frontiers Market AI) capable of estimating cattle weight via on-device computer vision, ensuring functionality in low-connectivity rural environments via store-and-forward data sync. • Marketplace Engineering: Built the core registry and marketplace application, enabling disparate ranchers to manage records, track livestock lineage, and transact securely using MongoDB for flexible schema management.

Swift
TypeScript
Python
Next.js
Stripe Connect

Founder & Chief Technology Officer

Firefly Events Inc

September 2023 - Present

Bootstrapped and launched a comprehensive event ecosystem comprising three distinct SaaS and consumer products processing 8,000+ daily events. • "Shindig" (Consumer Discovery - https://shindig.ff.events): Engineered a high-performance native mobile aggregator (iOS/Android) using Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP). Aggregates data from Ticketmaster, Eventbrite, and Facebook to serve as the "Travelocity of Events," utilizing geo-spatial queries for real-time discovery. • "Reserved" (Venue SaaS - https://demo.reserved.ff.events): Architected a Next.js venue management platform featuring a complex dynamic rules engine. Solved for intricate NYC "block laws" by allowing venues to configure conditional booking logic (e.g., "Food purchase required for alcohol service"). • "Tabletop Archive" (P2P Marketplace - https://tta.games): Built a rental platform using Convex DB and Next.js. Implemented inventory state machines, Stripe financial logic, and fraud prevention using Shippo to manage asset depreciation and restrict shipping actions.

Kotlin
C#
Node.js
Python
TypeScript

Senior Software Engineer

Wayfair

May 2022 - Present

Working in supply chain tech, supporting the development of internal tools that enable operators, business users, and delivery drivers to perform their daily tasks more efficiently and effectively.

Python
C#
javascript
React
.NET

Sr. Solution Architect

Chick-fil-A

July 2021 - April 2022

Served as Sr. Solution Architect on a $20M digital transformation engagement for Chick-fil-A through EY. Provided technical architecture leadership, evaluated technology solutions, and designed scalable systems for one of America's most recognized quick-service restaurant brands.

JavaScript
TypeScript
Java
React
Node.js

Manager Technology Consulting - Solution Architect

EY

November 2020 - April 2022

Architected digital transformations, assisted with Statements of Work (SoWs), Project Change Requests (PCRs), staffing, and managed large engagements for Fortune companies. Improved performance, architecture, and provided foresight into client requirements and vision. Evaluated technologies, advised on technical architectures, and mentored team members.

JavaScript
Java
Python
TypeScript
Spring

Core Competencies

Edge AI & IoT

Raspberry Pi
Custom NVR
RTSP
Computer Vision
Nvidia Jetsons
Offline-First

Fintech & Payments

Stripe Connect
Escrow Systems
Fraud Prevention
Payment Rails
Compliance Engines

Enterprise Architecture

Microservices
Event-Driven
Redis
Kafka
Kubernetes
Docker

Technical Leadership

100+ Dev Orgs
Hiring & Mentoring
Roadmap & Strategy
Stakeholder Management

Full Stack

Next.js
React
Node.js
Python
Swift
Kotlin (KMP)
TypeScript

Cloud & DevOps

AWS
Azure
GCP
CI/CD
Infrastructure as Code

Education

Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science

University of Neumont

2007 - 2009

Certifications

IBM WebSphere Commerce V7.0 Application Development

Prometric

2011
IBM

TS: MS .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Application Development

Prometric

2009
microsoft