A manager can be a force multiplier, or a force divider. My goals is that of a multiplier: to ensure that my team is running efficiently, while fostering fulfilling and meaningful career growth, and preventing "burn out". I also track projects and make product decisions based on higher-level business objectives. Often times, I contribute directly: writing code, managing databases, and testing.

I've worked alongside different business units and with various clients, and hands-on with all parts of the technology stack. My experiences have varied greatly: from building lean tech organizations and infrastructures from the ground up, to being a key player in huge, global tech organizations. Outages, DDoS attacks, fraudulent orders, client over-promise, and management "shake-ups" come and go, and working through them has made me a better engineer and manager.

• senior software engineer
• MM.LaFleur - NYC
• March 2017 - Current

• Experience Detail

  I joined MM to help bolster the engineering organization, and bring a wealth of ecommerce, engineering, and management experience to the table.

• lead engineer / head of technology
• The Arrivals, Onomie (Brainchild & Co.) - NYC
• October 2013 - March 2017

• Experience Detail

  In October 2013, I joined Brainchild to execute full stack development and technology operation across several distinct direct-to-consumer ecommerce projects. I built-out and am responsible for all technology projects, assets, and team for The Arrivals and Onomie, and support backend ecommerce processes for Hero Health.

  Beyond technology, I provide engineering-minded ideas and solutions to non-technical business problems, and continuously seek out growth opportunities for the business. In addition to this management role, I continue to design and implement technical projects.

• lead developer
• The Jay Group (formerly eFashion Solutions)
• June 2008 - October 2013

• Experience Detail

  I joined the development team at eFashion Solutions to work on a new proprietary eCommerce platform. My first assignments included designing and developing content and layout management backend tools and website features. Additionally, I implemented a database model layer to "stage" changes before pushing them live. One of my major independant tasks was to design and develop a flexible promotion management system. Through the platform, I worked with clients including Ashley Stewart, Mandee, AnnieSez, Rocawear, Carolee, Paul Jr. Designs, Ben Sherman USA, and Applebottoms.

  After some time at eFashion, I moved into a lead developer role. In this position, I led and worked with small teams of developers and was responsible for integration with Amazon Marketplace Web Services. Integration included automated product feeds to expose items as well as automated order management for products on Amazon.com and Amazon Webstores for Karen Millen US, Steinmart, and a temporary flash sale site for Aldo Shoes. We participated in a limited beta release of Amazon's Custom Templates for Webstore.

  In early 2013, I moved to The Jay Group as a senior lead developer as a part of a strategic acquisition. My responsibilities included managing remote team members, maintenance of older sites, backend warehouse and inventory management tools, customer service and support tools, and crons. The acquisition brought on several new integration projects for which I was responsible.

• developer
• IBM
• December 2007 - June 2008

• Experience Detail

  In December of 2007, I moved with the Integrated Global Offer (IGLOO) platform from AT&T to IBM in a major corporate outsourcing effort. With this move came increased work and responsibilities including recurring maintenance projects and database archival procedures. I continued design, development, and testing various IGLOO projects using Java, Oracle, and web technologies.

• IT analyst
• AT&T
• June 2006 - December 2007

• Experience Detail

  I joined AT&T as part of a college hire management-training organization. My first role involved serving as the single point of contact for all issues in enterprise customer testing of web services (eBonding). I communicated with Business Analysts and various system contacts to provide high-level debugging, support, and issue resolution. Responsibilities also included logging all issues and providing weekly reports. I proactively developed an Access database to aid coordination/resolution of issues. Other responsibilities involved providing scripts for metric gathering bots, and generation and analysis of weekly performance reports for enterprise customer facing website (award winning eOrder).

  My second assignment at AT&T involved design, development, and testing as a member of the Integrated Global Offer (IGLOO) platform team. I implemented major feature work as well as maintenance requests, requiring issue investigation and testing. My technical writing ability was useful in the authoring of design documents. Other typical activities included participating in peer review meetings, and providing assistance to others working in familiar areas of the application. Technologies employed included Java (JSP, servlets, JavaBeans, etc.), Oracle SQL, XML, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

• computer science trainee
• US Army Communications-Electronics Research and Development Center
• June 2005 - January 2006

• Experience Detail

  During the pursuit of my bachelors degree, I worked as a civilian Computer Science Trainee (intern) for the Army. I gained invaluable "real world" experience while working with a small team to design and implement reports into military GIS/planning software, as well as other smaller projects. I coordinated with remote team to share data and establish application communication via mySQL database. I developed using various technologies, including C, Visual C++, Java, HTML, XML, and mySQL.

• bachelors of science, computer science - summa cum laude
• New Jersey Institute of Technology - 2006
• Mathematics Minor
• Honors College, Resident Peer Review Board, CS Capstone Group Leader

• brunch
• lightweight php mvc framework
• feedshare
• feed aggregator
• conquest (working title)
• simul-turn based online strategy game
• text/web apps
• find a path between two wikipedia articles, aka 6 Degrees of Wikipedia
• parse twitter feeds and text documents
• simple Q&A chat bot leveraging above applications
• ecommerce site
• multi-vendor dropship ecom utilizing Zend Framework
• shoutburst
• slack-like social messaging web app started in 2008
• conquest by force
• turn-based windows strategy game utilizing SDL DirectX wrapper
• 3d design/mapping
• experimenting with mapping for various multiplayer source engine games
• project euler
• tackling problems/puzzles on project euler

people management, performance reviews, code reviews, recruiting, career advancement, company policy

AWS/infrastructure management, data analysis, prioritization, product direction and management, system and database design and architecture, technical document writing and diagramming, repository management (GIT, SVN, CVS)

PHP (Zend, CakePHP, Opencart, Magento), Python / Django, Ruby / Rails, Java/JSP, C/C++/C#, SDL

mySQL, Oracle SQL, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch

Javascript, JQuery, Prototype/Scriptaculous, LESS/CSS, HTML

OS agnostic (I use Windows, Mac, Linux command line)

ai, games and game development, learning about history, society, and work-culture, snowboarding, disc-golf/ultimate, ny giants, hiking, kayaking, cars and autocross, food and drink