Director of Engineering
Red Ventures, 2023 - Now
Led engineering strategy for the Customer Data Platform (CDP) and technical lead for business development initiatives.
Resume
12+ years bridging engineering leadership, high-scale systems, and product development.
Engineering leader with a BFA background. Specializing in scaling distributed event-driven architectures, end-to-end product delivery, and leading AI-first engineering teams.
Snapshot
Location: Charlotte, NC
Role: Director of Engineering
Specialties: Engineering Leadership, Distributed Systems, Product Development, AI Integration
Experience
Software Engineering Manager
Red Ventures, 2021 - 2023
Managed Digital Operations and the CDP, leading cross-functional teams to deliver internal tools and integrations.
Senior Software Engineer
Red Ventures, 2018 - 2021
Product technical lead on the Digital Operations team, focused on testing platforms and developer experience (DX) tooling.
Senior Front End Developer
Red Ventures, 2014 - 2018
Developed perfomant front ends, improved developer experience, and modernized legacy codebases.
Capabilities
Engineering Leadership: Team scaling, technical strategy, architectural governance, financial operations, and cross-functional alignment.
Distributed Systems: Enterprise infrastructure, high-throughput event-driven architectures, API design, and cloud performance.
Product and Design: End-to-end interface design, component libraries, design-to-code pipelines, and user experience strategy.
AI and Automation: Agentic workflows, developer experience (DX), LLM tool integration, and AI-assisted developer tools.
Tools
- Golang
- Node.js
- Python
- React
- Vue
- Claude
- OpenAI
- Databricks
- Kafka
- Docker
- IaC
- CI/CD
- MySQL
- NoSQL