Sacramento, California, United States
Engineering technical leader with 10+ years of experience delivering complex enterprise software initiatives across cross-functional teams. I specialize in bridging engineering execution with program delivery, helping organizations translate strategy into scalable, reliable, and secure platforms. In my current role, I serve as a technical program lead for multi-team initiatives spanning modern web platforms, CI/CD modernization, and event-driven architectures integrating advanced search and AI-driven systems. I partner closely with engineering, DevOps, product, and stakeholder teams to drive roadmap planning, delivery execution, dependency alignment, and risk mitigation across highly visible programs. My background as a full-stack engineer enables me to engage deeply with technical teams while maintaining a strong focus on program outcomes, delivery quality, and long-term platform health. I’m passionate about creating clarity in complex environments, improving delivery predictability, and building trust across matrixed organizations. Outside of work, I volunteer with my local search and rescue team and enjoy hiking and backpacking - experiences that reinforce calm decision-making, teamwork, and accountability under pressure.
As a Principal Engineer in Enterprise Engineering at Goods & Services, I lead the technical strategy and execution for our flagship enterprise clients. My mission involves being the technical linchpin during requirements gathering, guiding the development team through mentorship, and orchestrating seamless deployments into robust, AWS-powered cloud architectures. I pair strategic direction with hands-on technical execution, staying close to the code to ensure our architecture decisions translate directly into measurable performance, scalability, and customer satisfaction. My work spans technologies including Next.js, Vue, Node.js, and Mura, and leverages AWS services such as ECS and Lambda, with Docker-based deployments powering secure, high-performing applications. I’ve also implemented event-driven pipelines with Kafka to enable real-time data flow that drives faster insights and better user experiences.
At blueriver, we build enterprise solutions that drive the world's most influential companies forward. By modernizing legacy applications, creating elegant digital experiences, and engineering enterprise platforms, we deliver solutions that make a difference in the lives of employees and customers.
● Serving as tech lead for a tight-knit team, working on exciting projects for BIG clients. ● Building custom web applications to spec using modern JS frameworks and libraries including React and Vue. ● Providing technical consultation during requirements phases, working with our awesome project managers and clients ● Always striving for the best overall user experience (no corner cutting!) ● Maintaining and helping improve a complex legacy codebase written in Coldfusion and Java. ● Helping our Director of Engineering with dev ops, AWS, Docker Swarm and CI pipeline fun.
● Provided consultative services to 24 junior software engineers on their respective projects, including technical advice as well as project management and personnel management advice. ● Engaged my soft skills on a daily basis to foster an atmosphere of professional collaboration and peer support. ● Worked closely with technical instructors to identify any potential gaps in junior engineers' development. ● Presented technical concepts and demonstrations in order to shore up the technical skills of the cohort. ● Manned a slightly 'modified' help desk, on which I facilitated junior engineers in solution discovery rather than immediately solving the problem for them.
● Managed the development and maintenance of all organizational web projects and applications, attracting a cumulative audience of 44,000 unique visitors per month ● Managed the organization’s IT infrastructure, including information security, IT strategy, and help desk operations ● Introduced an IT support ticket tracking system to better serve internal stakeholders ● Provided technical advice on research projects requiring data analysis (e.g. ASPI’s analysis of the first 100 days of the air campaign against ISIL) ● Managed third-party vendors and contracts ● Project management for all web development ● Wrote and implemented ASPI’s first brand strategy
● Created a short training course based around ICN's custom national project and client database system ● Facilitated training workshops for over 50 consultants across 5 states ● Oversaw the national help desk and assisted clients and consultants with technical issues and bugs ● Performed data cleansing on more than 500 records requiring close attention to detail ● Acted as a liaison between users and the development team and helped facilitate over 100 user-requested application enhancements