PROFESSIONAL_TIMELINE

Work & Experience

Physics-grounded Strategic Leader with a 20-year career spanning the full technical stack—from design and UI innovation to architecting high-availability backend systems and performance-critical infrastructure.

AUG 2022–PRESENT

Ring (Amazon)

Software Development Manager

Leading 3 cross-functional teams (15+ reports) architecting and maintaining tier-1 AWS services for millions of Ring and Blink customers.

  • Spearheaded AI-driven workflows targeting 5x productivity gains
  • Directed 12-week delivery of first-ever Blink subscriptions website (blink.com)
  • Architected secure web sign-in and subscription management systems
  • AWS (ECS, Lambda, Fargate)
  • NodeJS / TypeScript
  • Team Leadership
  • AI Strategy
JULY 2019–AUG 2022

Amazon / Ring

Senior Software Engineer

Delivered 4-nines availability for Ring.com by successfully deprecating a monolithic Ruby on Rails service in favor of 4 NodeJS microservices.

  • Eliminated high-overhead instance rotation by migrating to AWS ECS Fargate
  • Designed modern front-end architectures for high-performance web systems
  • Led 18-month monolith-to-microservices migration
  • NodeJS Microservices
  • AWS ECS Fargate
  • React
  • Infrastructure Optimization
APRIL 2014–JULY 2019

Amazon Alexa

Software Development Engineer (New Initiatives)

Developed interactive focus layers for Alexa services to maintain state across physical hardware inputs, voice, and touch for long-lived gaming sessions.

  • Built unified dialog frameworks for Fire tablets
  • Led global technical evangelism at Alexa Gaming Workshop in London
  • Designed scalable UI systems for hardware-cloud integration
  • Hardware-Cloud Integration
  • State Management
  • IoT
  • Voice UI
OCT 2012–APRIL 2014

Amazon Appstore

Web Development Engineer

Modernized asset delivery strategies to scale the Appstore across a 5x increase in supported screen sizes and device form-factors.

  • Contributed to aggressive "cold-start" and 60fps interaction initiatives
  • Optimized performance across early Kindle and Fire TV hardware
  • Performance Tuning
  • Cross-Platform
  • Asset Optimization
2009–2022

Entrepreneurial Ventures

Founder & Owner

Built and scaled independent software businesses: Motion Pixel Interactive (2015–2022) and Theoretical Media (2009–2013).

  • iOS and web application development
  • Digital services and consulting
  • iOS Development
  • Web Apps
  • Business Development
SEPT 2010–OCT 2012

Green Vision Media

Front-End Architect

Worked as a consultant on international team developing mobile web applications that feel like native apps.

  • Built custom JavaScript framework for unique mobile web experiences
  • Created web experiences optimized for desktop and mobile
  • Mobile Web
  • JavaScript Framework
  • Consulting
APRIL 2010–JAN 2011

Pen-Link, Ltd

UI Prototyper & Pixel Painter

Transformed UI mockups into interactive prototypes using the latest HTML5 and iOS technologies.

  • Rapid prototyping for user testing
  • Early adoption of HTML5 and iOS technologies
  • HTML5
  • iOS
  • UI Prototyping
JUN 2004–AUG 2009

Nanonation, Inc

Lead Engineer in R&D

Evolved from design intern to senior role driving rich interactive experiences in hospitality and mobile markets.

  • Work presented to Apple, Royal Caribbean, and Disney
  • Led development of cutting-edge interactive technologies
  • Interactive Media
  • R&D
  • Hospitality Tech
CORE_CAPABILITIES

Expertise

Infrastructure Modernization

High-availability systems, monolith-to-microservices migration, cloud-native architecture (AWS), observability, and disaster recovery.

Hardware-Software Convergence

Physical device integration, sensor fusion, edge computing, and state management across hardware/voice inputs.

AI & Data Strategy

LLM workflow integration, AI-driven productivity tooling, predictive analytics, and high-traffic data pipelines.

Leadership & Culture

Building high-performing teams, Amazon "Bar Raiser" alum with 200+ technical interviews, strategic roadmapping.

Interaction Design

Apple Human Interface Guidelines, voice UI design, touch interactions, and creating intuitive user experiences across platforms.

Video Production

Live event production, post-production editing, videography, and digital media creation. If FFMPEG can play it, I've used it.

EDUCATION

Background

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

B.S. Physics & Mathematics (2004–2009)

Leveraged analytical background to solve complex computational and system-level problems throughout a 20-year tech career.

Certifications

FAA Part 107 Certified Remote Pilot

Amazon "Bar Raiser" Alum (200+ technical and leadership interviews)

CONNECT

Let's Work Together

Interested in collaboration or have a project in mind?

LinkedIn GitHub More Links