Software engineering leader with 20+ years building customer-facing web applications across enterprise, SaaS, consulting, and startup environments. Hands-on experience delivering responsive web platforms, leading UI architecture, and modernizing high-traffic digital experiences used by millions of users. Background includes React, AngularJS, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, with experience spanning UI redesign, front-end modernization, and cross-functional delivery across product, design, and engineering teams. Proven record improving usability, performance, and delivery outcomes while helping teams plan and execute complex work in agile environments.
Technical Background
Languages
JavaScript, SQL, Ruby, .NET, PHP, HTML, CSS
Frameworks
React, AngularJS, Node.js, Ruby on Rails, Bootstrap
Cloud & Infrastructure
AWS, Azure, Heroku, DigitalOcean, Cloudflare, Linux
CI/CD
Jenkins, CircleCI, Azure DevOps
Practices
Agile delivery, architecture stewardship, platform modernization, DevOps, DORA metrics
Professional Experience
Senior Manager, Software Engineering
Riskonnect | Remote
12/2021 - 12/2025
Led five cross-functional engineering teams (5–8 people each) supporting a core B2B SaaS platform, improving on-time delivery from 30% to 95% while meeting reliability targets.
Led a major UI modernization effort using agentic AI to migrate a legacy Bootstrap interface to the latest version, including inventorying, planning, and updating thousands of UI files.
Drove front-end modernization within a large existing product environment, balancing large-scale change with continuity for an established user experience.
Served as senior architecture reviewer for high-impact initiatives, helping teams identify weak design approaches before implementation and reducing long-term platform risk.
Partnered with product and engineering leadership to sequence multi-quarter initiatives, improving roadmap predictability and strengthening delivery confidence.
Scaled AI-assisted development practices across five teams, increasing pull request throughput by 40%.
Implemented engineering metrics and review cadences that improved lead time for changes by 4x and increased visibility for planning and execution.
Lead Software Engineer (Contract)
Comcast (via TEKsystems) | Philadelphia, PA
10/2018 - 07/2021
Led engineering for four high-visibility initiatives across Comcast's digital sales and account management platforms, delivering releases within 95% of planned timeline targets.
Served as a senior developer on Buy Online, Pick Up In-Store implementation across five applications and services, improving customer workflows and reducing reliance on slower fulfillment paths.
Contributed to the re-architecture of high-traffic customer-facing systems serving millions of users, reducing critical page latency by 60% and production defects by 75%.
Owned billing, consent, and call-center integration workflows tied to revenue and compliance, reducing compliance-related defects by 97% in audited workflows.
Delivered in a large-scale consumer web environment requiring close coordination across teams, systems, and business stakeholders.
Founder, Managing Partner, and Technology Principal
5 Foot Gorilla, LLC | Philadelphia, PA / Remote
10/2017 - 10/2018
Built and led a technology consulting firm delivering custom SaaS, web, and mobile solutions from discovery through production launch.
Owned technical execution, solution architecture, sales scoping, and delivery governance across client engagements, aligning outcomes to business goals, budgets, and timelines.
Advised clients on modernization and scalable architecture strategy, improving maintainability and reducing delivery friction.
Delivered solutions across varied business contexts, requiring adaptability and close collaboration with stakeholders across product and engineering.
Principal Software Engineer / Development Manager (Contract)
Comcast (via FIS Global / Yoh) | Philadelphia, PA
02/2016 - 09/2017
Led redesign and re-architecture of Xfinity My Account, a customer-facing platform serving approximately 11 million monthly users.
Owned billing and payment journeys representing 80% of self-service traffic within the application.
Received the Creativity International Gold Award for Web Redesign as part of the Xfinity My Account redesign program.
Partnered with product, design, and service architecture leaders to deliver 26 major releases in 19 months while controlling scope churn through disciplined backlog and release management.
Delivered the program eight weeks ahead of schedule and 20% under budget, reducing average session duration by 40% and increasing successful bill payment rates by 80%.
Chief Product Officer
Cnverg | Philadelphia, PA
05/2015 - 02/2016
Took a prototype-stage product to market in under six months by stabilizing the codebase and formalizing delivery practices.
Led a mixed team of engineers, contractors, and interns while remaining hands-on in priority delivery areas.
Drove feature delivery, performance tuning, and platform hardening that supported 560% user growth while adding new product capabilities.
User Interface Architect / Tech Lead
EY Design Studio (formerly Intuitive Company) | Philadelphia, PA
11/2013 - 05/2015
Served as technical lead on multidisciplinary teams delivering custom enterprise solutions across three concurrent client engagements.
Led UI architecture and technical planning efforts in partnership with principals and engagement leads.
Improved delivery predictability and reduced rework through stronger architecture, planning, and client strategy alignment.
Worked closely with cross-functional teams in design-heavy consulting engagements where front-end quality and collaboration were central to success.
Delivered 25+ web and systems engineering projects as an independent contractor across multiple industries, with 90% repeat-client business and 95% on-time delivery.
As a UI Developer at cPanel, contributed to a major interface overhaul used by millions of end users, improving usability metrics such as task completion and time-to-complete by 80%.
As Director of IT at Exam Master Corporation, led infrastructure modernization and platform redevelopment as greenfield initiatives that established scalable foundations for future reliability and support operations.