Greater Seattle Area
Technology Executive with 20+ years of experience building and scaling cloud and AI platforms from 0→1 to hyperscale. Currently VP of Engineering at GitLab. Previously at Viridium.AI, led development of an agentic AI platform using domain-specific reasoning models to analyze scientific, regulatory, and supply chain data—enabling safer, more sustainable manufacturing. Formerly built and scaled large-scale cloud platforms at AWS and Microsoft, including founding AWS Systems Manager (managing hundreds of millions of nodes globally) and leading Office 365 spam filtering and eDiscovery systems (processing billions of daily signals at petabyte scale). Deep expertise in distributed systems, agent-based architectures, and applied AI (automated reasoning, intelligent workflows). Focus areas: AI-native platforms • agentic systems • cloud infrastructure • product & platform strategy • P&L leadership.
Innovating for safer, more sustainable products. At Viridium.AI, we believe manufacturing can and should be safe for both people and the planet. Contact us to learn more: [email protected] Building Agentic AI platform powered by proprietary domain and reasoning models that serve as a high-integrity decision layer for global manufacturing. By synthesizing scientific, regulatory, and supply chain data, our platform enables enterprises to identify risks and sustainability opportunities at a scale previously impossible with traditional methods.
Founded and Led AWS Systems Manager – cloud control plane for enterprise infra. • Built 10+ services (2 re:Invent keynotes); 300M+ nodes, trillions TPS • Owned P&L/strategy; scaled 200+ global org + automated reasoning R&D • Pioneered cross-platform agent + multi-PB OpenSearch inventory
Built and led Office 365 cloud spam filtering v1 • Built O365 spam filtering stack to process billion+ mails/day. • Emerging Spam Responder (30-min blocks); IP filtering systems • Led security research ensuring spam-free enterprise email • Built eDiscovery searching petabytes (Exchange/SharePoint/Lync)
Engineering Manager/Technical Lead Led Microsoft Windows automation and HP security product. • Built distributed platform running millions of jobs/day for Windows • Developed extensible rules engine for HP WebEnforcer • Offshore tech lead driving 7+ rapid security releases