- Engineering
Learn what a forward deployed engineer does, how the role differs from traditional software engineering, and why hire one to support enterprise customers.
Round Rock, TX, USA
Helping teams improve culture, execution, and technical direction when progress stalls or targets start slipping.
A lot of engineering problems get framed as tooling, process, or architecture issues. Often, they are really a mix of culture, execution, and technical direction.
They show up as missed targets, slow delivery, unclear ownership, uneven quality, or teams that are working hard without enough forward motion.
Through Nate-Land Studios, I help teams untangle those issues and make practica…
I built this project from the ground up to help teams surface the best ideas. This involved the planning, coding, deployment, monitoring, and user experience.
I help teams ship reliably, at the pace the market demands, at the quality the product requires. I build the culture that sustains it and I write the code that proves it. Architecture, coaching, delivery. I translate between business goals and technical execution, from org design and team coaching
Built a cross-platform gym timer for serious athletes using Kotlin Multiplatform and AI-assisted development workflows. I created it in part to stay close to how modern product engineering is changing in practice, not just in theory.
Fractional CTO
Apr 2026 - Present
Expressway Tech is the backoffice toolkit that restaurants need. Inventory planning, scheduling, and analytics are all the tools needed for a restaurant after they close a ticket, to be ready for the next one.
Fractional CTO
Apr 2026 - Present
Smart Tag helps students safely get to and from school. This involves a custom driver app, a parent app, routing software as well as the infrastructure to help with bus and fleet management
Head Of Engineering
Apr 2022 - Nov 2025
FranklinCovey is a leadership development company undergoing a strategic shift toward becoming more technology-driven.
Senior Director / Director / Engineering Manager
Nov 2015 - May 2022
Schoology is a mission-critical Learning Management System used daily by millions of teachers and students.
Ranged from IC to Team Lead
Jan 1999 - Jan 2015
Built the technical foundation for my current work through software architecture, platform engineering, performance and reliability improvements, integrations, data systems, and early team leadership across consumer, healthcare, finance, and enterprise software environments.
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Jan 1998 - May 1999
The University of Pittsburgh is a prestigious research university dedicated to academic excellence and innovation.