Lynden, Washington, United States
I’m a Director of Engineering with 25+ years of experience building distributed systems and leading engineering teams. At Upwork, I lead the AI Platform team and work across the company to build the AI Gateway powering AI capabilities throughout the platform. My focus is designing scalable systems and enabling teams to deliver AI features with speed and reliability. Previously at Headroom and Red Hat, I built cloud infrastructure, backend systems, and developer platforms from early development through production scale. I care about building high-trust engineering cultures where teams operate with ownership, clarity, and strong execution. I stay hands-on with architecture and system design. Core focus: AI platforms, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and engineering leadership. Tech: Go, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, PostgreSQL, Linux, CI/CD.