Experienced Tech Leader, built Engineering teams at early stage startups. which lead to exits.
Accomplished VP of Engineering with over 18 years of engineering expertise and a proven leadership track record, specializing in building and directing top-tier, diverse engineering teams. Skilled in spearheading the adoption of cutting-edge technical architectures, including microservices, to significantly enhance system scalability and operational efficiency.
Demonstrates a strategic approach to product development from concept to launch, considerably improving user engagement and adoption rates. Committed to fostering a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and mentorship, consistently driving teams toward peak performance and technological excellence.
In recent years, I have deepened my expertise in AI and machine learning through advanced courses from MIT xPRO and Great Learning, focusing on AI-driven product development and data science. I am eager to leverage this specialized knowledge in my next role.
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Lead the product engineering team which consisted of PMs, Designers, and Engineers.
Built a CI/CD pipeline from scratch that enabled frequent painless releases with DORA metrics that placed the team in the high-performing category.
Successfully led the company to SOC2 attestation.
Recruited, hired, built and managed a cross-functional in-house team of 21 members from scratch in three months.
Developed, up-leveled, and managed engineers, ensuring we have the key roles needed to execute our roadmap. For example, promoted and mentored three new Tech Leads.
Architected and implemented a microservice that encapsulated the integration of Mathison’s product with various HRIS systems to facilitate the ingestion of HR data into the Mathison data pipeline.
May 2017 — Nov 2020
Edmodo
Director/Sr Director of Engineering
Learning Better Together. Edmodo was a global education network that empowers educators to engage lifelong learners.
Directed the Growth, Retention, Platform, and Communications teams, orchestrating a scalable team growth strategy that expanded the engineering team from 3 to 30 members.
Led the technical migration from a PHP/Vanilla-Javascript/Backbone monolith to a modern architecture using React for the front end and Ruby on Rails for the back end, significantly enhancing application performance and maintainability.
Implemented rigorous cross-functional collaboration, working closely with product, design, and data teams to build cohesive, high-performing units that accelerated product development and innovation.
Championed architecture simplification and continuous process improvement, introducing regular technical debt and bug fix days to ensure codebase health and system efficiency.
Developed and executed strategic product roadmaps, aligning project initiatives with broader business objectives and significantly contributing to sustained user growth and platform stability.
Managed diverse and geographically dispersed teams, overseeing remote engineers in India and China, fostering a culture of inclusivity and high performance across global teams.
Spearheaded the development of key platform features, such as enhanced registration and onboarding processes and SEO-optimized teacher profiles, to improve user engagement and acquisition.
Provided hands-on full-stack development and leadership, directly contributing to code reviews, feature development, and mentoring junior engineers and tech leads to promote career advancement and skill enhancement.
Jul 2015 — Apr 2017
Edmodo Inc
Snr Software Engineer/Tech Lead
Learning Better Together. Edmodo was a global education network that empowers educators to engage lifelong learners.
Collaborated closely with Product Managers to elicit requirements and refine system architecture, enhancing existing solutions and ensuring alignment with user needs and goals.
Served as a key member of the Platform team, handling full-stack development, continuous bug fixes, and backend support for mobile applications, significantly contributing to the maintenance and improvement of user feed functionality and system stability.
Led a diverse group of highly skilled Engineers to build features focused on driving growth at the world leading educational platform provider.
Built and managed a team that focused on students and then growth.
Worked on registration and onboarding features, teacher profiles for SEO and to engage students
* Provided technical as well as managerial leadership, and mentored the junior engineer
Jun 2005 — Feb 2014
Accuray
Robotics Engineer
We work passionately to create innovative radiotherapy cancer treatments.
Robot workspace analysis, path planning and optimization, including design and implementation of software tools. Collision avoidance. C++ APIs for the robotics domain. Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Design Patterns.
Design and implementation of RoboSim, a graphical simulation program for the CyberKnife System using C++ and OpenGL.
Software development for the CyberKnife manipulator systems.
Robot path planning and optimization (software tools design and implementation)
Robot workspace analysis, monitoring and collision detection
Integration of the robot system with CyberKnife
Development of robotic applications in support of production and customers .
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