Work Experience
Mar 2025 - Present
Lead Engineer
Rockstar Games (Contract)
- Implementing heads-up display with React and TailwindCSS
- Developing backend game logic with Typescript
Mar 2022 - Mar 2025
COO & Head of Engineering
Fixr & SolarReviews
- Drove company growth to $60M annual revenue through technical innovation and operational excellence
- Architected automation achieving 200% ROAS on $20M+ annual paid advertising spend across Google and Meta platforms
- Reduced GCP infrastructure costs by 50% from $1.2M to under $600k annually through strategic optimization
- Scaled engineering organization to 20 engineers while contributing hands-on to codebase
- Led cross-functional initiatives between engineering, sales, and product teams
- Oversaw technical consolidation and integration of Fixr.com assets following business acquisition
Jan 2019 - Feb 2022
Engineering Manager & Director of Operations
SolarReviews
- Grew organic traffic 4x from 150k to 600k+ unique visitors monthly through strategic content and SEO initiatives
- Built and managed US development team from 0 to 6 engineers, establishing hiring practices and culture
- Recruited and led content/SEO team of 10 professionals to execute organic growth strategy
- Implemented A/B testing with Optimizely to continuously improve conversion rates
- Delivered client dashboard and internal admin tools for B2B customers
Nov 2017 - Dec 2018
Full Stack Web Developer
SolarReviews
- Developed core features for consumer-facing lead generation platform during period of rapid growth
- Built internal CRM and admin applications using Laravel and Vue.js
- Contributed to frontend optimization initiatives and conversion improvements
Mar 2015 - Oct 2017
Web Developer
OnGrid
- Maintained and enhanced Energy Periscope, a solar sales proposal SaaS serving 200+ clients
- Built Ruby on Rails applications for user data management
- Provided technical support and fielded feature requests from clients
Technical Skills
Languages & Frameworks
- Backend: Laravel (PHP), Python, Ruby on Rails, Node.js / Express, Go
- Frontend: React, Vue.js, Next.js, Astro, TypeScript/JavaScript, Inertia.js, Tailwind CSS
- Mobile: Flutter
Infrastructure & DevOps
- Cloud: Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Vercel, Digital Ocean
- Orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker
- CDN: Fastly, CloudFlare
Databases & Analytics
- Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, BigQuery
- Analytics: PostHog, Google Analytics (GA4 & UA)
- Marketing: Google Ads, Meta Ads
- Experimentation: Optimizely
AI
- OpenAI, Claude, ElevenLabs
- Custom built AI Voice and SMS systems for lead qualification and appointment setting
Education
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering
Virginia Tech • May 2024