Selected engineering work · 2 case studies + current role

Built for the moment the internet shows up.

Two case studies in engineering leadership, followed by my current role at FareHarbor. Each case study shows what was at stake, what I owned, and what changed.

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SYS.TRACE / SELECTED SIGNAL

A career shaped by consequential moments

Selected outcomes
Selected career signal traceA rising signal moves from mobile strategy through a high-traffic launch spike and into platform systems.
Mobile

Mobile strategy

Forcefield
Scale

Viral launch pressure

Creator Machine
Current

Platform systems

FareHarbor
Mobile → product leadership → scale → platform systemsScroll to inspect the work

Selected systems

The work behind the signal.

Each case study follows the same path: the challenge, the part I owned, and the practical result. Start with the story that matters most to you.

01

Creator Machine

My role · Co-founder & CTO · Crypto infrastructure

Challenge · viral demand

The launch was also the load test.

When a project caught fire on Twitter, the system had to be ready before the crowd arrived.

Creator Machine powered high-demand NFT launches where traffic did not climb politely—it arrived in sudden, public waves. I led the system architecture, turned complex launch requirements into shippable work, and coordinated a 10-person product and engineering organization around one standard: our platform could not become the bottleneck.

LAUNCH_LOADTwitter-driven traffic
Demand: irregularResponse: composed
Minted through the systems
1M+NFTs
Gross merchandise value
$50M+GMV
Team coordinated
10Engineering, product & support
02

Forcefield

My role · Contractor → Director of Mobile Engineering · Parental controls

Challenge · establish mobile direction

Trust is earned in the doing.

I arrived as a contractor. I left having set the mobile direction and led the team.

Forcefield needed an Android strategy for a parental-control product with uncommon platform demands: device administration, dependable location tracking, and a user experience families could trust. I built that strategy and the first Android app, helped guide the move from iOS-only to cross-platform React Native, and became Director of Mobile Engineering.

  1. 01 / Joined

    Contractor

    Entered with a focused mobile engineering brief.

  2. 02 / Defined

    Android strategy

    Set the direction and built the first Android application.

  3. 03 / Scaled

    Cross-platform delivery

    Helped move the product from iOS-only to React Native.

  4. 04 / Led

    Director of Mobile Engineering

    Earned the mandate to lead a five-person mobile team.
Product reach
iOS-only cross-platform
Delivery rhythm
Daily deployments
Leadership scope
5-person mobile team

Current chapter

FareHarbor · Part of Booking Holdings

Forward Deployed Engineer at FareHarbor, working on platform systems, internal workflows, and customer outcomes.

Operating range

The throughline is ownership.

The roles have changed across mobile, marketplaces, crypto infrastructure, and platform systems. The value I bring has not: find the real constraint, take responsibility for the outcome, and leave teams with a system they can keep building on.

Mobile systemsProduct leadershipHigh-traffic platformsPlatform systems

Full career timeline

Every chapter. One continuous arc.

From enterprise systems at Boeing to platform systems at FareHarbor, each role added a new layer: teaching, product judgment, mobile strategy, leadership, and scale.

  1. 2012—14

    Boeing

    Software Engineer

    Built a web application that made Lean tools easier to find and use across Boeing Space, Defense & Security.

  2. 2014—15

    General Assembly

    Web Development Immersive Instructor

    Taught immersive full-stack development, helped standardize curriculum across the organization, and earned an average NPS of 68.

  3. 2015—16

    Fuisz Video

    Senior Software Engineer

    Led full-stack JavaScript engineering, designed the embedded video experience, and moved the product from AngularJS to React and from a monolith to microservices.

  4. 2017

    Wildebeest

    Principal Engineer

    Led mobile strategy for an on-demand ride-sharing platform spanning real-time web, iOS, Android, an admin dashboard, and an iPad driver application.

  5. 2017—18

    Forcefield

    Director of Mobile Engineering

    Featured case study

    Joined on a focused contract, defined the Android strategy, helped move the product to React Native, and grew into leading the five-person mobile team.

  6. 2018—21

    Topsheet

    Chief Engineer

    Led web and mobile strategy for entertainment payroll, scaling a trusted financial product to thousands of film crew members with a five-person team.

  7. 2021—22

    ProducePay

    Software Engineering Manager

    Led a cross-functional marketplace team and helped increase trades initiated digitally from 2% to 64% of GMV in six months.

  8. 2022—23

    Creator Machine

    Co-founder & CTO

    Featured case study

    Directed architecture and a 10-person organization through Twitter-scale crypto launches that minted more than one million NFTs and generated $50M+ in GMV.

  9. 2023—Now

    FareHarbor · Part of Booking Holdings

    Forward Deployed Engineer

    Current chapter

    Forward Deployed Engineer at FareHarbor, working on platform systems, internal workflows, and customer outcomes.

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