Work Portfolio
Profile
Engineering leader and hands-on AI architect specializing in building data-driven platforms, cloud-native systems, and intelligent applications at scale. Proven track record leading cloud migrations (AWS to GCP), modernizing legacy systems, and driving organization-wide AI adoption.
Currently focused on designing and deploying LLM-powered solutions, including secure, document-grounded AI systems and automation frameworks that accelerate product development and decision-making.
Adept at moving from concept to MVP rapidly using Terraform, cloud infrastructure, and AI-assisted development workflows.
Skills
AI & Platform Leadership
- •Leading development of AI-driven platforms across multiple products and engineering teams
- •LLM-powered applications, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and document intelligence systems
- •Driving organization-wide AI adoption, governance, and best practices
Cloud & Infrastructure
- •Cloud architecture across AWS and GCP (migration, optimization, scalability)
- •Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) enabling rapid prototyping and MVP delivery
- •Serverless and containerized systems supporting data and AI workloads
Engineering & Data Systems
- •Scalable platform architecture, distributed systems, and API design
- •Data platforms, ETL pipelines, and analytics systems
- •Cross-functional system design spanning application, data, and infrastructure layers
Leadership & Execution
- •Cross-product technical strategy and execution across engineering teams
- •Mentoring engineering leaders and scaling high-performing teams
- •Translating business goals into technical solutions and deliverables
Foundation
- •Decades of hands-on experience across full-stack development and data systems
- •Deep technical grounding to guide architecture, evaluate trade-offs, and ensure production-ready delivery
Work Experience
National Research Group
Senior Director of EngineeringOctober 2022 – Present
Director of EngineeringApril 2021 – September 2022
Software Engineering ManagerNovember 2015 – April 2021
- •Leading enterprise-wide AWS to GCP migration, modernizing infrastructure, data pipelines, and applications to support scalable, AI-ready systems
- •Driving AI adoption initiatives across engineering, implementing LLM-powered tools and workflows that improve development velocity and decision-making
- •Architected and launched a secure AI research assistant enabling natural language interaction with PDFs, PPTX, and complex Excel datasets with citation-backed responses
- •Designed systems capable of reasoning over large multi-sheet Excel files (20+ tabs) with high accuracy through dynamic context generation and retrieval strategies
- •Leading a multi-application modernization effort, using AI-assisted development to refactor and unify legacy platforms into modular, scalable systems
- •Building and deploying cloud infrastructure using Terraform across AWS and GCP, enabling rapid prototyping and MVP delivery
- •Partnering with product, data, and executive stakeholders to identify and deliver high-impact AI and platform initiatives
- •Establishing best practices for AI governance, security, and responsible usage for sensitive research data
- •Mentoring engineering leaders and teams on AI-first development approaches
- •Represented the software engineering team in client-facing meetings and senior leadership discussions
- •Designed and architected technical solutions for complex data processing systems
- •Led and supported multiple product scrum teams, ensuring managers, developers, QA testers had tools and resources to deliver high-quality products on time
- •Served as principal lead for multiple software engineering scrum teams (4–5 engineers and testers each)
- •Led and mentored development teams in full-stack development (Java/C#/Python/React)
- •Key role transitioning products from on-prem/Rackspace infrastructure to AWS in a phased approach
Nielsen
Senior Software EngineerAugust 2011 – November 2015
- •Transitioned an older Classic ASP website into a .NET 4.0+ site with AJAX/Web Methods
- •Created single-page web projects (survey quota management, social media monitoring, box office forecasting) using AngularJS/jQuery UI/Bootstrap
- •Ingested and shared data with third-party businesses (Rotten Tomatoes, Fandango, Facebook, etc.) using ETL techniques, Web APIs, OAuth, S3
TBG West
Web DeveloperApril 2010 – April 2011
- •Modernized company website from static HTML to dynamic CMS/Drupal interface (PHP/MySQL/IIS)
University of Arizona: Department of English
Software Engineer / Network AdministratorAugust 2006 – February 2010
- •Led student I.T. team projects (web developer, DBA, tech troubleshooters)
- •Developed and managed web portals and applications; extracted and analyzed data for department meetings and reports
Education
University of Arizona Global Campus
Master of Business Administration, Information Sciences
August 2011 – December 2013
University of Arizona
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Management Information Systems / Operations Management
August 2003 – August 2009
University of Arizona
Bachelor of Science in Public Administration, Criminal Justice
August 2003 – August 2009
Hobbies
- •Jazz music (trumpet)
- •Traveling (especially music festivals)
- •Weightlifting
- •Video games (open-world / RPG)