Bountiful, Utah, United States
Technology executive and hands-on engineering leader with 20+ years of experience building and scaling distributed SaaS platforms, data-intensive systems, and high-performing engineering teams. While I have experience in large enterprise environments, I’ve spent most of my career in early- and growth-stage software companies, helping grow three startups from seed stage through scale to sustained revenue and successful acquisitions. I’ve worked closely with founders, boards, and investors to translate product vision into scalable platforms, strong engineering organizations, and predictable delivery. Most recently, I serve as CTO at MarketDial, leading engineering, data, platform, and cloud architecture for a web-based retail analytics platform on Google Cloud. I scaled the engineering organization from seed stage to 30+ engineers, enabled daily production releases, and helped grow the business to ~$5–10M ARR while maintaining reliability, security, and customer trust. My background includes deep experience in web application development, cloud architecture, large-scale data ingestion and analytics platforms, Agile and DevOps practices, and operating in regulated or high-trust environments. I enjoy building durable software systems, growing strong engineering cultures, and guiding teams through the technical and organizational transitions that come with scale.
Promoted from Chief Architect following the departure of the founding CTO. Led engineering, data, platform, and cloud architecture for a SaaS retail analytics company, scaling technology and teams from early stage through growth and ~$5–10M ARR. • Built and led a 30+ person engineering organization spanning product engineering, data engineering, and platform infrastructure • Designed and evolved a cloud-native, event-driven architecture on Google Cloud supporting high-volume data ingestion, large-scale analytics, and customer-facing insights • Scaled analytical data platform to 100+ TB, enabling advanced experimentation, causal inference, and faster decision-making for large retail clients • Established engineering operating rhythms, delivery metrics, and processes enabling daily production releases and predictable reliability • Partnered closely with founders, product, and GTM to align technical strategy with business priorities and customer outcomes • Led hiring, mentoring, and leadership development across multiple teams and functions • Introduced AI-assisted development workflows to improve developer productivity and accelerate iteration • Guided the organization through funding rounds, growth, and operational transitions while maintaining platform stability, security, and customer trust
Early technical leader responsible for foundational platform architecture and engineering practices. • Designed the initial cloud-native and event-driven platform that became the foundation of the company’s SaaS analytics system • Established early DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure practices to support scalability and rapid product iteration • Partnered with founders to define long-term technical strategy, data architecture, and platform roadmap
Early engineering hire helping scale a national home-services marketplace to 1M+ jobs and 10K+ contractors. Grew into head of engineering role as the company scaled. • Led hiring, mentoring, and scaling of the engineering organization during rapid company growth • Built core data ingestion pipelines, pricing systems, and customer-facing web platforms • Led migration from monolithic architecture to modern React and service-based platform • Partnered with leadership to support growth to ~$20M ARR and eventual 9-figure acquisition
Led globally distributed engineering teams supporting core data systems for private wealth management • Owned mission-critical platforms managing account data for ~$800B in assets under management • Delivered secure client onboarding and regulatory workflows in highly regulated environments • Managed teams across the US, Europe, and India and drove operational and delivery improvements • Led rollout of a global onboarding platform including on-site implementation in Zurich
Early member of the engineering team as the company grew from startup to a ~$200M acquisition by Raytheon. • Built clustered Linux server appliances, distributed database replication and query system, and web analytics platform for high-scale data environments, focusing on insider threat protection, data leakage prevention, and enterprise monitoring in classified environments. • Selected for a 6-month international assignment supporting the Raytheon UK eBorders program; implemented ingestion and routing systems processing 200M passenger records per year
Developed a J2EE-based enterprise web application for environmental compliance and reporting for the U.S. Air Force, working closely with product stakeholders in a small, high-performing team to define scope, design technical solutions, and deliver rapid iterations.