resume
transforming vision into market-ready software products
strategic planning – agile development - fintech
dynamic and results-driven software engineering leader with a proven track record of successfully delivering complex software projects to market. passionate about cultivating leadership, mentoring talent, and fostering high-performing engineering teams while continuously enhancing efficiency and teamwork.
- led avant’s software product engineering team to modernize the aging origination platform, improving operational efficiency, user experience, and revenue.
- recognized $1m in finops cost savings at avant by leveraging efficiencies, and technology, decreasing redundancies, and elevating high-potential staff.
- as vp of engineering at lendup, led the engineering team and set the technical direction for the company, resulting in the successful launch of the ahead money venture in just nine months.
competencies
leadership • product engineering • agile development • change management • compliance process development • process improvement • project management • software development it project management • scrum • extreme programming (xp) • test driven development
technology skills
java • maven • aws • postgres • ruby • clojure • puppet • linux
professional experience
avant: vice president, technology
2021 - 2023
led product engineering, platform infrastructure engineering, and it organizations. oversaw the complete product engineering lifecycle, from concept to delivery, ensuring adherence to project timelines and budget constraints. successfully grew and managed a team of 5 into 70+ engineers responsible for developing and enhancing cutting-edge financial technology solutions.
- modernized the customer-facing digital lending platform from an aging monolith to a distributed architecture that enabled to teams to work independently by reducing cross-team dependencies.
- redefined software delivery process to deliver actionable business insights, which improved project delivery timeframes from over a year to less than three months.
- rebuilt avant’s recruiting from the ground up to improve time to offer from over three months to less than one month by standardizing hiring plans, streamlining job descriptions, and implementing key metrics to measure effectiveness.
- improved employee retention by over 50% by establishing individual contributor and management tracks within the engineering team, promoting mentorship, and stabilizing team structures.
lendup: vice president, engineering & chief architect
2018 - 2021
from principal engineer to the vp of engineering, led and developed software engineering projects, delivered solutions to market, and set the technical direction for the company. consistently focused on compliance and regulatory frameworks, stabilizing operations, and implementing solutions.
- led the engineering team to implement a full-service banking product in 9 months, supporting a 180-degree go-to-market pivot for the organization, successfully launching ahead money in 2021.
- instrumental in working with the executive team to pivot towards using a sponsor bank license versus maintaining lendup’s legacy state-by-state structure, saving 3+ months of engineering effort annually.
lendup: senior engineering manager
2018 - 2018
- transitioned to a leadership role, assuming responsibility for a team of 30 comprised of three local and one remote team of engineers tasked with swiftly correcting cfpb regulatory violations.
- coordinated change programs across the organization and prepped for ahead money launch.
lendup: senior principal engineer
2017 - 2018
- partnered with the chief compliance officer and led the loan engineering team to create and build frameworks addressing remediations to correct over 100 deficiencies identified in a cfpb inspection; project completed in three months and delivered business continuity.
- identified critical gaps in the payments infrastructure and single-handedly implemented an upgrade from tls 1.1 to tls 1.2, allowing lendup to fund customer loans.
- engineered and built a soft real-time preventative control system using kafka as part of the payments software development team.
collective health: senior engineer ii
2016 - 2017
collaborated with cross-functional teams, including product management, design, and quality assurance, to align engineering efforts with business objectives, creating a proof concept for claims. architected and led the successful launch of systems to remedy existing problems and enable accelerated growth while developing new integrations to health insurance networks.
braintree payments: senior engineer & technical lead
2014 - 2016
as a member of the core payments team, delivered multiple high-profile projects that enhanced the core functionality of the payment gateway, including enabling apple pay and sepa functionality. recruited and onboarded new engineers, overseeing training, success, and engagement.
education
griffith university, queensland, australia: bachelor of internet computing