San Francisco Bay Area
With over 20 years of experience in software engineering, I currently serve as Senior Director of Software Engineering - Monetization & Growth Platforms at Yahoo, leading a global team of 125+ engineers and product managers. My primary focus is on designing and supporting platforms that drive user growth, engagement, and revenue for Yahoo’s consumer properties, which cater to 1 billion users worldwide. My work spans monetization strategies, marketing technologies, messaging platforms, and mobile solutions, with a strong emphasis on scalability and customer-centric innovation. I strive to empower teams through inclusive leadership, fostering collaboration and innovation to deliver impactful solutions in areas such as identity, privacy, and analytics. With a commitment to leadership development and technology management, my mission is to cultivate high-performing teams that contribute to strategic growth and scalable product experiences.
Empower > Sponsor > Appreciate > Encourage > Celebrate > Rinse & Repeat I lead a high performing org of 125+ Engineers and Product Managers distributed across multiple countries; responsible for building product experiences and supporting platforms to grow users, engagement and revenue for Yahoo's consumer properties with 1B users. Head of Consumer Revenue & Growth Platforms -- Monetization (Display, Native, & Video Ads; Programmatic, Direct, Private Marketplace deals) -- Marketing Tech (CRM/CDP/Omnichannel, Offers, Newsletters, Subscriptions) -- Messaging Platforms (Email, Push notifications) -- Mobile Platforms (Identity, Privacy, Content Experience, Analytics, Developer Productivity - Build & Release Engineering)
Single-threaded owner: Engineering + Product + Operations
Mobile SDKs and platforms Past: - Membership Identity platforms and mobile SDKs (iOS and Android) - Push Notifications SDKs (iOS and Android) - Yahoo Account Key (http://fortune.com/2015/10/16/yahoo-password-security/) - Yahoo Mail iOS app (Universal binary: iPad, iPhone and iPod).
Mac Outlook - Office for Mac Office for iPad
Hotmail's Mail Delivery and Anti-spam team. Worked on multiple anti-spam and mail delivery products - Windows Outbound Mail Delivery System, Distribution List Engine, Windows Live Anti-virus Library and Windows Anti-spam Client Library.
BREW SDK APIs (C/C++)
Collaborative Learning Facility - Advanced Tools for Distance Education (C++, PHP, MySQL, XML). Participated in research and development of a pedagogical agent to facilitate distance learning.