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Engineering operations and platform leader with a track record of driving organizational transformation through AI-first practices, DevOps culture, and scalable cloud infrastructure.

§ Experience
2024 →

Engineering Manager, Enterprise Billing & Financial Systems · Omada Health

Led engineering team through critical public-company readiness initiatives—hardening financial systems, billing infrastructure, and compliance operations. Pioneered AI-first engineering practices adopted across multiple teams. Reduced billing run time by 83%, cut month-end close by 33%.

Present
2023 → 2024

Co-Founder & CTO · Kickplan, Inc.

Built AI-native SaaS billing infrastructure platform from zero. Secured $900K Pre-Seed from Mucker Capital, Cascade Seed Fund, and First Row Partners. Architected cloud-native billing engine with Stripe and Shopify integration.

1 yr
2020 → 2023

Chief Product & Technology Officer · Stellar Live, Inc.

Spearheaded complete company pivot during COVID-19, building enterprise-grade livestreaming platform scaling to 40K+ concurrent users. Raised $5M Seed round. Zero code to paid live streaming in under 60 days.

3 yr
2016 → 2020

Head of Product & Engineering · Goldstar Events

Scaled Product, Design & Engineering from 10 to 55. Drove company growth beyond $150M revenue and successful acquisition by TodayTix Group. Built ML team delivering 20% conversion uplift. Increased deployment frequency from bi-weekly to 10× daily.

4 yr
2009 → 2016

Director of Product & R&D Consultant · Goldstar Events

Established Portland office, led mobile transformation, developed patented "Sit with Friends" feature (US20120265564A1).

7 yr
2009

Founding Engineer · Maxxio (formerly Chargify)

Second employee of pioneering SaaS billing platform. Launched at TechCrunch 50, investment from Mark Cuban. Later acquired by SaaS Capital.

§ Core Competencies
AI & DevEx

AI-Augmented Developer Workflows, Agentic Coding & Context Engineering, Multi-Agent Orchestration, Shift-Left Quality, DORA Metrics, Developer Experience Platforms

Platform

AWS (MediaLive, MediaConvert, ECS, Lambda), Kubernetes, Microservices, Event Streaming, CI/CD Pipeline Architecture, Distributed Systems, Observability (Datadog)

Leadership

Transformational Leadership, Lean & Dual-Track Agile, DevOps & Continuous Delivery, OKR Frameworks, P&L Management, Strategic Roadmapping

§ Education
Colorado Mesa

Bachelor of Fine Arts — Studio Art

Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO