My Approach
Engineering Leadership
I came up as an engineer before I became a leader, and that background is something I actively lean on. I’m the kind of leader who still gets into architecture discussions, who can read a system design and ask the uncomfortable question, and who earns credibility with engineers by engaging with the work rather than managing around it.
At the same time, I’ve come to believe that technical excellence without strong relationships is a ceiling. The teams I’ve seen do their best work are the ones where trust is high, context flows freely, and people feel genuinely invested in one another’s success. Building that environment is where I put most of my energy - because without it, the technical work is always harder than it needs to be.
Technical Depth
I stay close to the architecture. Not to make decisions for the team, but to ask better questions, spot risk earlier, and earn the credibility that lets me advocate for engineering when it matters.
People First
Great products are built by great teams. My highest-leverage work is developing people - not just their technical skills, but their judgment, confidence, and career trajectories.
Transparency
Teams do their best work when they understand the “why.” I share context freely - strategy, constraints, trade-offs - and expect the same candor in return.
Execution & Impact
Ambition without delivery is just talk. I build rhythms and systems that make teams predictable, and I translate technical work into outcomes - margin, velocity, risk - that the business actually cares about.
Writing
I write about engineering leadership - the hard parts, the overlooked parts, and the things I wish someone had told me earlier.
- Speed Is Cheap. Knowing What to Build Isn't.
When engineering velocity goes up, the first instinct is to staff up around it. More product managers to write PRDs. More designers to create wireframes. More discovery capacity to feed the machine. T
- Who's Accountable for the Code Nobody Wrote?
The productivity numbers are real. Teams using AI agents are shipping faster. Pull request volume is up. Cycle times are down. Features that used to take weeks are taking days. If your organization isn't taking this seriously, it's probably already falling behind.But there's
- Playing the Infinite Game
Ask most executives what their company's goals are, and you'll hear some version of one of two answers: something about becoming the market leader, or something about maximizing value for shareholders. Both are variations on the same theme: win. Get to the top. Hit the number.
- The 1:1 That's Worth Having
Most 1:1s are status updates with better eye contact.The manager asks what their direct report is working on. Their direct report summarizes the week. Maybe there's a blocker or two that gets flagged. Then both parties walk away feeling like they've done the thing.
Beyond Work
Life in Bolton
My wife and I have lived in Bolton, Massachusetts for 21 years - long enough to have watched our two kids (now 9 and 14) spend their formative years in the same neighborhood we moved into when we were just figuring things out. Our two boxers round out the household - Chuck, nine and a half, and equal parts stubborn and sweet, and Jasmine, four months old and already convinced she runs the place.
Outside of work you’ll find me in the kitchen working through something ambitious, in the garage on a woodworking project, at a live music show, on a trail, out on the water in a kayak, or sketching out apparel designs. The creative and physical outlets keep me sharp - and the time with family keeps everything else in perspective.
Bolton, Massachusetts · 21 years
Always Building
Building
I’ve always been someone who builds things outside of work - woodworking, cooking, apparel design. AI has added a new dimension to that: it’s the first toolset I’ve encountered that meaningfully collapses the gap between having an idea and being able to execute it. I’m leaning into that heavily.
Live2Cook
A recipe-sharing web app that a group of friends and I conceived years ago and never quite found the time to build. With AI as a force multiplier, I’m finally bringing it to life through Claude Code - playing the role of product owner, designer, and (occasionally) engineer. It’s a good reminder of what it feels like to be on the other side of the table from the engineering team.
Visit live2cook.com →PawLog
A family-synced app for tracking dog activities in real time - feeding, bathroom breaks, walks, medications, and weight. Built to answer the question everyone in our house was always asking: “did someone already feed the dog?” Now the whole family stays on the same page, and Jazz and Chuck get exactly what they need, when they need it. I built this first as a progressive web app, and then turned it into native iOS and Android apps using Flutter - all with AI-assisted development.
Master Bathroom Redesign
A full bathroom renovation planned almost entirely with AI - from layout exploration, product ideas, and materials sourcing to contractor coordination. What used to require hiring a designer or spending weeks researching took days, and the outcome is genuinely better for the iteration speed AI enabled.
Career
Experience
Director of Engineering, Data & Platform
- Led 4 teams (13 engineers) across platform and data domains
- Clarified ownership and team boundaries, reducing ambiguity and accelerating delivery
- Reduced key-person risk across critical systems, improving resiliency and supportability
- Introduced structured intake and prioritization processes, improving alignment with executive stakeholders
- Strengthened release discipline and production readiness, increasing confidence in engineering execution
Director of Engineering
- Scaled engineering capacity 3× (12 → 36 engineers) in 18 months, accelerating feature time-to-market by 40% through targeted hiring and onboarding redesign
- Delivered 25% increase in addressable market via direct integrations with Azure, GCP, Datadog, Databricks, MongoDB, and New Relic
- Architected a Prometheus-based Kubernetes cost allocation agent, reducing total cost of ownership by 60%
- Improved gross margin by 8 points and reduced COGS by 15% through platform and operational optimizations
- Increased engineering throughput by 35% by establishing accountability-driven execution rhythms and SDLC improvements
- Introduced AI-assisted development workflows across the SDLC, improving engineering productivity and accelerating delivery without increasing team size
Vice President of Engineering
- Directed engineering functions at a Series A SaaS startup, uniting development, DevOps, production support, and GRC
- Expanded engineering capacity by 50% with zero regrettable attrition through structured hiring, mentorship, and career growth programs
- Launched self-service platform creating a new GTM channel projected to generate 50% of new ARR
- Achieved first SOC 2 Type II certification, unlocking enterprise sales and securing $2M+ in potential ACV
- Improved delivery velocity by 35% while consistently delivering within 10% of committed timelines
Vice President of Product & Engineering
- Increased delivery velocity by 30% by introducing agile SDLC, fostering collective ownership, and strategically composing Scrum teams
- Formed and led strategic partnership with Intuit, integrating QuickBooks Online with Planning Maestro
- Led sell-side technical due diligence and investment discussions with PE and strategic buyers
Vice President of Digital Commerce Solutions
- Led distributed team of 65 engineers across eCommerce, CMS, and pricing platforms
- Drove platform simplification and roadmap modernization to improve delivery and scalability
Head of eCommerce Engineering
- Scaled engineering team over 125% (40 to 95 engineers with 12 leaders) to deliver exceptional product features
- Drove 60% year-over-year revenue growth through robust technical solutions and services
- Maintained 99.999% uptime for a high-volume, low-latency SaaS OLTP platform
Additional Hands-On Experience
Principal Software Engineer / Technical Lead at Fidelity Investments · Senior Software Engineer at Litle & Co., Geode Capital Management, and NerveWire, Inc. · Software Engineer at Tallan
Education
B.S. Computer Science - Brown University, Providence, RI