Distinguished Engineer‑level leader with a career spent at the intersection of architecture, operations,
automation, and mentoring. I help organizations align technical decisions with business priorities, reduce
unnecessary complexity, and build systems — and teams — that can sustain change without burning out.
I’m not a heads‑down feature factory; I’m the person who steps back, sees how everything fits together, and helps
teams choose the simplest thing that will actually work. I’m comfortable challenging assumptions, naming risks,
and guiding conversations toward what matters most.
Leadership strengths
Architecture leadership: Setting direction, patterns, and guardrails without micromanaging teams.
Cross‑team alignment: Helping product, engineering, ops, and security have shared models and language.
Mentoring & coaching: Growing architects, tech leads, and engineers in practical, grounded ways.
Risk management: Identifying technical and operational risks early and shaping realistic mitigation plans.
Pragmatic decision‑making: Balancing ideal architecture with what teams can actually build and support.
Communication: Translating between executives and engineers without losing nuance in either direction.
Selected experience
Architecture & Reliability Leadership – Financial and Tax Platforms
Influenced application, monitoring, and automation strategy across a complex portfolio serving millions of customers.
Partnered with leaders to prioritize reliability and observability as first‑class architectural outcomes.
Helped teams simplify fragile integrations and reduce operational noise through better design and tooling.
Transformation Mentor – Consulting & Large Programs
Guided teams through modernization efforts, helping them adopt new patterns without losing sight of delivery realities.
Acted as a sounding board for tech leads and architects on design tradeoffs, sequencing, and scope.
Encouraged a culture of learning, experimentation, and honest retrospectives instead of blame.
Hands‑On Technical Advisor – Monitoring, Automation, and Integration
Stayed close enough to the tools and systems to keep architectural decisions grounded in reality.
Used scripting and automation to prototype ideas and validate assumptions quickly.
Helped teams connect the dots between application design, telemetry, and operational behavior.
People: Coaching, pairing, and supporting engineers as they grow into broader responsibility.
Strategy: Aligning roadmaps with capacity, risk tolerance, and organizational realities.
How I add value as a Distinguished Engineer
I help organizations see the whole system: technology, people, and process. I bring a calm, candid perspective to
complex situations, and I work to ensure that architecture isn’t just a document — it’s a living agreement about
how we build, run, and evolve what matters most. My bias is toward clarity, sustainability, and genuine
partnership.