Jul 2020 — Present Current

Netflix

Engineering Manager, Studio Foundations Engineering

Los Angeles, CA

Leading engineering teams that build the foundational infrastructure and services powering Netflix's studio operations and content creation workflows.

  • Lead engineering teams across Talent and Vendor Data domains, building mission-critical studio infrastructure
  • Own large-scale data platforms that power decision-making across the studio
  • Support cross-business initiatives spanning Ads, Games, Sports, and content partnerships
  • Drive reliability for services that power production planning and resourcing workflows
  • Develop high-performing engineers through meaningful opportunities and challenges
Deep dive into this role
May 2019 — Jul 2020

Spruce

VP of Engineering

New York City Metropolitan Area

A Zillow Group company delivering technology-enabled real estate closing services that bring speed, transparency, and simplicity to home buying by coordinating documentation and communication between all transaction parties.

  • Led engineering organization as most senior technology leader, establishing org structure and technical strategy
  • Drove infrastructure-as-code adoption, improving deployment reliability and developer velocity
  • Drove API design improvements to support integrations with strategic PropTech partners
  • Built engineering capacity to 15+ engineers, enabling the organization to handle complex financial systems and regulatory requirements
  • Built partnerships that positioned the company for acquisition by Zillow
Deep dive into this role
Sep 2018 — May 2019

Frame.io

Director of Engineering

New York City Metropolitan Area

A cloud-based creative collaboration platform used by leading media companies and brands including Google, Fox Sports, and National Geographic for video review, approval workflows, and asset management.

  • Led Web Engineering Organization, managing engineers building customer-facing products
  • Partnered with studios and agencies in advertising, film, and television to shape product direction
  • Drove content protection standards for unreleased projects from major media corporations
  • Established collaborative environment between Product, Design, and Engineering
  • Raised engineering quality through improved code review and release processes
Deep dive into this role
Feb 2016 — Sep 2018

Harry's, Inc.

Director of Engineering

New York City Metropolitan Area

A pioneering direct-to-consumer brand that disrupted the razor industry, growing to $835 million in revenue and a $1.7 billion valuation through vertical integration and expansion into a portfolio of personal care brands.

  • Progressed from Lead Front End Engineer to Director of Engineering in under a year
  • Led global launch of Harry's, including complete payment infrastructure rewrite
  • Evolved DTC platform to be brand-agnostic, enabling launches like Flamingo
  • Established apprenticeship program enabling non-engineers to transition into engineering
  • Created continuing education programs promoting technical growth across engineering
Career Progression
Director of Engineering Dec 2016 — Sep 2018
Lead Front End Engineer Feb 2016 — Dec 2016
Deep dive into this role
Apr 2014 — Feb 2016

Merus, Inc.

Chief Technology Officer

New York City Metropolitan Area

A cloud-based legal practice management platform serving law firms across criminal, family, immigration, and personal injury law, integrating document management, billing, and case organization to help firms double productivity.

  • Served as company's first CTO, separating engineering function from the founding CEO
  • Led technical strategy for legal practice management platform serving multiple areas of law
  • Partnered with immigration law firms to expand platform capabilities into new practice areas
  • Built rich text search across legal documents using Elasticsearch
  • Led small engineering team while staying hands-on with core architecture
Deep dive into this role
Earlier Career
Oct 2012 — Dec 2013

CreativeWorx

VP of Engineering

New York City Metropolitan Area
Mar 2007 — Oct 2012

Dell KACE

Solution Architect Sales Engineer
Mar 2001 — Mar 2007

iAnywhere Solutions (Sybase)

Senior Software Engineer Senior Consultant
2000 — Jan 2001

LivePerson

Developer

1999 — 2000

Prudential Securities

Web Strategist

Areas of Focus

Leadership

  • Team Building & Development
  • Technical Strategy
  • Organizational Design
  • Cross-functional Collaboration
  • Executive Communication

Technical

  • Platform Engineering
  • Distributed Systems
  • Cloud Infrastructure
  • Developer Experience
  • System Architecture

Domains

  • Media & Entertainment
  • E-commerce / DTC
  • Enterprise SaaS
  • Infrastructure Platforms
  • Developer Tools

Interested in working together?

I'm always open to discussing engineering leadership, technical strategy, or exploring new opportunities.