About me
As a kid, I was always the one tearing into VCR's and game systems to figure out how things worked. Now thinking about it, I can vividly remember sitting at the kitchen table trying to build cathode tubes from some of those plastic containers you win from the quarter machines at the local grocery stores. Of course it would've never worked in retrospect, but I was captivated none-the-less at the idea of placing my own mark on the world of science and technology, and driven to learn everything I possibly could about all the things that fascinated me.
Alongside so many others in this industry, I'd started programming computers because I wanted to build video games and other multimedia experiences. As my engineering journey took flight, I began cultivating an interest in generated imagery, which quickly led into other areas of development such as computer vision, motion graphics, and procedural generation. Drafting algorithms became an obsession of mine, where I'd come home each day to fill notebooks with all sorts of crazy ideas for things like particle engines, path-finding formulas, and even projects based in artificial intelligence. As the cloud revolution ensued, my digital pursuit followed in tandem, allowing me to pour my creative energy into various web-based technologies.
Not much has changed since that kitchen table — the curiosity just found bigger targets. These days I build technology that removes the distance between people and the answers they're waiting on, whether that's a family waiting on a diagnosis or a business waiting on something that should have taken seconds. I believe every problem has a solution hiding somewhere inside it, and that the ones worth chasing are the ones nobody has been stubborn enough to solve yet. That's the work I want my name on.
Experience
Lead Engineer
GeneDx • Full Time
- Leading the technical delivery of GeneDx's patient-focused initiatives, including patient portal, telemedicine, genetic counseling, result analysis / interpretation, and other initiatives aimed at improving the experience for families across the world.
- Awarded as the "GeneDx Innovation Driver (2026)" for efforts related to creative engineering, stakeholder collaboration, personal connection to customers, and unlocking multiple net-new ordering channels and biopharma partnerships across the organization.
- Delivered multiple major patient outreach campaigns / technical pipelines within the organization from the ground up, increasing the rate of successful accessions by over 30% and cutting the median turnaround time for testing by as much as 80% in many cases.
- Incorporating AI/ML throughout many major technical areas throughout the organization, including process efficiency, qualitative patient evaluation, and result extraction / explanation for less-technical audiences.
- Spearheading multiple growth expansion initiatives within the organization, particularly for General Pediatrics.
Director of Engineering
Reliant Staffing • Full Time
- Founding engineer of successfully acquired healthcare staffing startup.
- Designed and engineered a proprietary, multi-tenant SaaS platform using PHP, TypeScript, and React, automating the recruiting and scheduling experience of nearly 15,000 healthcare workers across the east coast.
- Crafted complex API integrations to address communication inefficiencies using Twilio, SendGrid, and a self-hosted LLM, replacing entire call centers and eliminating thousands of hours of in-person conversation.
- Automated scheduling, recruiting, and billing processes throughout the organization, reducing our manual operating expenses by as much as 90%.
- Launched an innovative mobile app in React Native and GraphQL to onboard and train nurses, increasing our recruiting capacity by 300% without needing to hire additional recruiters.
- Migrated our legacy monolithic application in its entirety within a single year, reverse engineering historical API's and creating intermediate data pipelines to handle our transition process with zero downtime.
- Coordinating systematic updates through a scalable, redundant infrastructure built on AWS (EC2, RDS, and ElastiCache), supporting a robust CI/CD pipeline that CrowdStrike couldn't even take down.
- Led engineering integration efforts throughout our acquisition process, ensuring seamless alignment of technical processes and systems, and providing post-merge leadership.
Principal Software Engineer
Porch Group • Full Time
- Led multinational teams throughout India, Russia, and the U.S. as engineering manager and contributor.
- Engineered highly-quality, multi-tenant SaaS components in PHP, React, and TypeScript, driving innovation across Inspection Support Network's (ISN) global audience of 5,000+ inspection companies and franchises.
- Crafted a dynamic, graph API platform based on OData to share data across countless Lambda and EC2 microservices, saving thousands of development hours across our web and mobile teams.
- Completely reinvented ISN's financial distribution and invoicing pipeline in PHP and Python with zero downtime, in order to meet the organization's SOX compliance requirements against a tight deadline.
- Independently migrated our primary codebase of nearly 20 years (ISN) from PHP 5.6 to PHP 8.2, and containerized the finished result for Docker and Kubernetes.
- Addressed performance issues, errors, and other technical challenges through CloudWatch and SQS while effectively delivering nearly 40% of the country's home inspection volume and messaging traffic.
- Coordinated updates between international stakeholders, tracking mission-critical goals while providing architectural support, mentorship, and engineering leadership.
Director of Engineering / Founder
Chroma Studios • Full Time
- Founded an engineering team to produce large-scale, multi-tenant SaaS solutions for real-estate, healthcare, and therapeutic intervention, addressing business inefficiencies through integration and intuitive full-stack development.
- Developed proprietary technology solutions in PHP, Vue.js, and Laravel to automate various aspects of the SDLC, including backend infrastructure / API's, database design, and front-end components in Vue.js to support enterprise-level applications.
- Assessed and mitigated performance-related issues through a variety of debugging tools and specialized analysis techniques, including security testing with Wireshark and ZAP.
- Performed risk-assessment of new functionality, including both cross-compatibility analysis for legacy applications as well as the identification of potential HIPAA risks.
- Drafted technical and non-technical documentation to support project management, team understanding, and reusable sources for knowledge.
Senior Software Engineer / Founder
Chroma Studios • Full Time
- Successfully delivered an industry-leading laboratory information system (LIS) for toxicology testing, directly integrated with hardware analyzers using C# and ASTM protocol via serial connection.
- Collaborated with key stakeholders to design and develop custom software solutions in PHP, Vue.js, and Laravel to solve workflow inefficiencies, managing budget and rigid timeline constraints.
- Developed robust portal solutions to unify third-party data in a variety of languages to determine best-fit, including Java, Python, and Node.js.
- Led sprint planning and task delegation based on Agile, creating detailed user stories in Jira, proof-of-concepts, and comprehensive documentation to streamline development processes and meet project goals.
- Engineered high-quality software architectural solutions and processes, including automated testing in Selenium to accommodate project specifications, timeline, and budget.
Technical Skills
Frontend Languages
React, TypeScript, JavaScript, Vue.js, Angular
Backend Languages
PHP, Python, Node.js, C#, C/C++, .NET, Java, Rust
Cloud Technology
AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, MySQL, DynamoDB, Redis, GraphQL
Compliance & Integration
HL7, NACHA, ASTM, HIPAA, PCI, SOX
Artificial Intelligence
Claude, Codex, GLM, Grok, LangGraph, Frontier, Hermes