I have demonstrated success across all levels of a technical organization. I have built exceptional teams and led them to deliver excellent software products. I have designed elegant, flexible, and scalable architectures and have authored the solid, clean code to make those designs a reality. I am an executive, technical leader, architect, and developer. I strive to be a catalyst for the success of every person and project I touch.
Experience
CTO & Co-Founder @ ForceBuilders April 2023 - Present || Remote, USA
June 2015 - Present || Remote, USA, Pittsburgh
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Responsible for establishing and maintaining Truefit as a thought leader in the industry.
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Create a culture of continual experimentation and improvement.
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Research and assess the outside world, assessing changes and communicating their effect on Truefit.
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Define and implement best practices and ensure consistent application of software architecture across teams and products.
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Coordinate with operations, senior contributors, and R&D to ensure Truefit is equipped and ready to meet the challenges of current and future projects.
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Collaborate with operations and senior contributors to establish and improve support approaches, practices, and deliverables.
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Mentor developers through 1:1 relationships.
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Solidify and strengthen the team by recruiting excellent new recruits and engaging existing team members.
Director of Engineering @ Truefit August 2013 - June 2015 || Remote, USA, Pittsburgh
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Define and implement architectural best practices and ensure consistent application of software architecture across teams and products
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Research, collect, and create tools, frameworks, and reusable components.
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Lead the organization of our product development efforts and equip teams to deliver effectively and achieve their goals and thrill their customers.
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Strategically distribute talent and skills to create diverse, creative, effective teams.
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Optimize the workload across teams and ensure our ability to make and keep client commitments.
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Develop the culture by recruiting engineering talent.
Software Architect @ Truefit January 2010 - August 2013 || USA, Pittsburgh
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Design systems with solid architectural foundations.
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Choose the proper technological stack to meet the project and client needs, with a sensitivity to business drivers and ability to incorporate them into the architecture.
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Build elegant solutions by actively writing awesome code.
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Provide technical and cultural leadership.
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Developed ciriculumn for senior level mobile development course.
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Lectured twice weekly to classes of 15 - 25 students.
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Mentored and coached students on a variety technical topics.
Senior Software Engineer @ Truefit January 2008 - January 2010 || USA, Pittsburgh
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Build elegant solutions by actively writing awesome code.
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Provide technical and cultural leadership.
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Consistently complete tasks within estimates.
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Exemplify engineering best practices by example.
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Execute agile process to provide a smooth customer experience.
Software Engineer @ Truefit May 2004 - January 2008 || USA, Pittsburgh
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Deliver awesome, clear, concise, and solid code.
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Execute agile process to provide a smooth customer experience.
Intern Software Engineer @ Truefit May 2003 - January 2004 || USA, Pittsburgh
