27 years of Tech Innovation

Modern Web, Mobile and IoT Architecture · Technology Consulting

Startup Businesses

Dozens of startups. Thousands of ideas. Battle-tested tech startup experience to turn your ideas into a success.

Enterprise Integrations

Expertise in building innovative products and business partnerships powered by critical data.

Scalable Products

Development and Engineering Leadership experience to plan, build and run stable products that scale.

About Me

Tech entrepreneur with expertise in building viable technology businesses, leading software development teams, and designing scalable web applications using modern web, cloud infrastructure and data technologies.

My superpower is solving complex technical challenges with elegant business solutions.

When not tethered to the computer, you can find me surfing, traveling, baking seriously good bread or crafting the perfect tiki cocktail.

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Specialties

Engineering Leadership

Remote Team Management
Team Building and Communication
Engineering Organization Best Practices
Rapid Growth and Training Procedures
Developer Advocacy

Modern Technology

Web Applications Frameworks
Event Driven Architecture
Microservice Architecture
Cloud Infrastructure
IoT Architecture
Application Monitoring and Ops Tools
Data Warehousing and Stream Processing
Mobile Application Integrations
Automated Testing Procedures

Business Needs

Strategic Technical Planning
Project Management
DevOps Culture and Best Practices
Agile Methodologies
Enterprise Integrations
System Automation

Experience

A brief summary of companies and projects I've been involved with.

Platform Science, Inc.

2015-present · San Diego, CA

Enterprise IoT Platform for Fleet Management.

Director of Engineering, Platform

Successfully led development and delivery of flagship product offerings, resulting in 5 enterprise customer acquisitions, 25 + strategic partnerships and VC backed Series B funding.
Successfully organized, architected and currently overseeing the development of an industry first OEM partnership with Daimler Trucks North America.
Overseeing development of core platform applications, Mobile Device Management solutions, enterprise customer and partner integrations, and internal tools.
Collaborate with leadership to organize and prioritize product and engineering initiatives.
Rapidly grew engineering organization from 5 to 50+ engineers.
Improved technical interviewing, hiring and onboarding processes to meet growth demands.
Helped build 10 cross functional product/ engineering teams with web, mobile, vehicle, QA, infrastructure and offshore resources.
Established engineering best practices, guild meetings, guiding principles, knowledge sharing initiatives, remote team collaboration practices.
Member of Architecture Review Board and Security Team.

Senior Web Developer, Lead

Led development of flagship driver compliance product - HOS / ELD regulations, FMCSA integration, API architecture, MySQL storage, android app integration, customer integrations and reporting tools.
Led development of flagship vehicle telematics product - API architecture, MySQL storage, vehicle integration, business requirements, customer integrations and reporting tools.
Successfully created and delivered patented Mobile Device Management service - controlling IoT device installations, configurations, security and data flow of all fleet devices.
Successfully created and delivered critical API and AMQP integration products, standardizing customer onboarding and fleet data sharing capabilities.
Worked closely with the infrastructure, mobile, and vehicle teams to deliver a portfolio of scalable web, mobile and IoT products and services.
Successfully hired and trained engineers for product handoffs and team development.
Worked with infrastructure leadership to develop and promote a DevOps culture.
Improved agile processes and standards while overseeing all web projects.
Increased productivity and morale by creating company wide “Deep Focus Wednesdays”.

Technologies

web:	Laravel, PHP, Javascript, Vue.js, Nuxt.js, Node.js, jQuery, Python, HTML5, SASS, Bootstrap, Git, Cron, Bash, REST, JSON, Event Driven Architecture
mobile:	Android, Okta SSO, Kotlin, MQTT
infra:	Ubuntu / Alpine Linux, Nginx, AWS EC2, Docker, Jenkins, Rancher, Grafana, Kibana, New Relic, DataDog, Prometheus, Microservices
data:	AWS RDS, MySQL, PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB, Redis, AWS Elasticache, ElasticSearch, RabbitMQ, MQTT, XMPP, AWS IoT
team:	Jira, Confluence, Agile Methodologies, Slack, Test Driven Development, 15five

Treeline Interactive, Inc.

2015-2018 · San Diego, CA

Custom Software & Hardware Development Firm.

Katana Media, Inc.

2015 · San Diego, CA

Digital Marketing Agency. Acquired by BVAccel.

Cruise Voyant, Inc.

2013-2015 · Ft Lauderdale, FL

Internet Cruise Search Company.

J.M. Field Marketing, Inc.

2011-2015 · Ft Lauderdale, FL

Fulfillment and Marketing Services Company.

Ativa Adventures

2011 · Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Adventure travel company based in Brazil and New Zealand.

Mintfolio.com, Inc.

2008-2011 · Miami, FL

Themeable portfolio website creator for artists, models and creative professionals.

Ebyte.com, Inc.

2006-2009 · Miami, FL

B2C ecommerce company for computer and tech enthusiasts with over 250k drop ship products from dozens of vendors. Sold company in 2009.

Advanced Loan Systems, Inc.

2002-2003 · Boca Raton, FL

Mortgage lead generation websites and lending services. Sold main company website (FlaLoans.com) in 2003.

MoreDirect, Inc.

2001-2006 · Boca Raton, FL

B2B ecommerce company selling computers and electronics. Acquired by PC Connection in 2005.

International Audio Visual, Inc.

1999-2009 · Ft Lauderdale, FL

Audio visual (A/V) technology products dealer and reseller.

Worldwide Internet Services, Inc.

1999-2001 · Ft Lauderdale, FL

Internet service provider and web hosting company.

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Excellent Services

Always available for special client requests and critical support needs.

Grow Your Business

Ready to take your engineering teams and products to the next level.

Launch Time

Available to prototype new ideas and build MVP business solutions.

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web:	CodeIgniter, PHP, Javascript, JQuery, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, Git, Cron, Bash, XML, WSDL, Soap, JSON, Google Page Speed
infra:	CentOS Linux, Apache, Nginx, WHM / cPanel
data:	MySQL, Memcached
integrations:	Amadeus, Twilio, Carnival Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Costa Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Norwegian Cruise Line
team:	Jira, Agile Methodologies

web:	CodeIgniter, PHP, WordPress, Javascript, JQuery, Node.js, pm2, HTML5, SASS, LESS, Bootstrap, Git, Cron, Bash, XML, WSDL, Soap, JSON, Google Page Speed
infra:	CentOS Linux, Apache, Nginx, WHM / cPanel
data:	MySQL, MariaDB, Memcached
integrations:	Twilio, Google
team:	Jira, Agile Methodologies

web:	WordPress, PHP, CSS, jQuery
data:	MySql
design:	PhotoShop, Illustrator

web:	PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, JSON, HTML, CSS, XML
infra:	CentOS Linux, Nginx
data:	MySQL, Memcached
integrations:	Ingram Micro, Tech Data, D&H, PayPal, Card Services, FedEx, UPS, MaxMind, Google

web:	PHP, ASP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
infra:	Linux, Windows Server
data:	MySQL, MS SQL Server
integrations:	Ingram Micro, Tech Data

web:	Laravel, PHP, Javascript, Vue.js, Gulp, Node.js, jQuery, Python, HTML5, SASS, Bootstrap, Git, Cron, Bash, REST, JSON
mobile:	Android
infra:	Ubuntu / Alpine Linux, Nginx, AWS EC2, Vagrant, Docker, Jenkins, Rancher, Grafana, New Relic
data:	MySQL, Redis, AWS RDS, AWS Elasticache, ElasticSearch
team:	Jira, Confluence, Agile Methodologies, Slack

web:	Laravel, PHP, JavaScript, Node.js, jQuery, HTML5, SASS, Bootstap, Magento, Git, Cron, Bash, REST, JSON
infra:	Ubuntu Linux, Nginx, AWS EC2, Vagrant, VMware, Docker, Jenkins, Grafana, New Relic
data:	MySQL, Redis, AWS RDS, AWS Elasticache, ElasticSearch
team:	Jira, Agile Methodologies

web:	HTML, JavaScript
design:	Photoshop, Corel Draw, SGI
infra:	Windows NT, Linux