Technical Leadership at Scale
Currently Head of Engineering & Principal Architect at Frontiers Market, leading Edge AI and fintech infrastructure for the cattle industry.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Core Competencies
Edge AI & IoT
Fintech & Payments
Enterprise Architecture
Technical Leadership
Full Stack
Cloud & DevOps
Education
Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science
University of Neumont
2007 - 2009
Certifications
IBM WebSphere Commerce V7.0 Application Development
Prometric
TS: MS .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Application Development
Prometric