Experience
2016 — 2020
San Francisco, CA
• Started frontend platform team to solve for duplicate work between teams; acted as engineering manager, tech lead, and product owner
• Responsible for frontend architecture across 10 teams and 40 engineers; advisor in key company initiatives and engineering decisions
• Introduced GraphQL into technology stack, built supporting infrastructure, and onboarded teams
• Founded NerdWallet’s design system, partnered with product and design teams to develop into cohesive system used by all product teams across 60 apps
• Tech lead for mobile app launch, successfully built and shipped NerdWallet iOS app in eight weeks
• Built structured content format to enable native mobile experiences for NerdWallet’s vast library of consumer finance content
• Led performance initiative resulting in 50% reduction to page load times across entire NerdWallet.com site
• Partnered with engineering leadership and HR to redefine engineering job architecture
2014 — 2016
2014 — 2016
San Francisco, CA
• Second engineering hire, responsible for frontend; led development of product through many iterations that culminated in a successful acquisition by NerdWallet
• Partnered with CEO and product team on business decisions and product direction
• Created application framework using React and Node; designed and implemented in-place data migration from MongoDB to PostgreSQL; built A/B testing system
• Enabled growth in engineering team by creating documentation, mentoring new hires, and setting standards for code quality, reuse, and best practices
2012 — 2013
Orange County, CA
• Founding team of productivity app startup; worked closely with team and advisors on product
• Created application framework for rapid prototyping; designed and built web experience in parallel with mobile experience; introduced devops practices and implemented CI/CD
2006 — 2012
2006 — 2012
Orange County, CA and Remote
• Worked with clients to implement web application solutions for a diverse portfolio of projects ranging in e-commerce, social, and content platforms
• Created trading platform to handle company’s $1B yearly trade volume; built real-time bidding virtual auction site; created management system for university grants
• Managed additional developers on larger projects
Education
UC Irvine
B.S.
2009