More than Just Engineering Management
Purveyor of fine software development, leadership, and process improvement for the discerning corporate palate.
Business Perspectives
Focus on What Matters
Is your company floundering or flourishing? How can you even tell? (hint: your team spends more time in meetings and on emails than on being creative and collaborative.) I will examine you and your teams' processes, styles, and values so you can develop the clarity and confidence to take on bigger goals.
We Are Better Together
As your team and company grows, there can be a loss of community and communication, especially if the leadership is pulled in a thousand different directions. I help leaders focus on their strengths and teach teams how to take on delegated tasks while still being effective with their work. It's all about making the right shifts in both systems and culture.
Less Effort, Better Results
All too often companies get lost in their own systems. Many don't realize how many steps could be automated or outright ignored, freeing up valuable cognitive space and reducing cortisol levels so they can be better connected. I help you find and correct the gaps in your processes so you can be more effective and less stressed.
Notable Projects
A last minute five week engagement, I led a small, high-performing team to develop a prototype website and backend running on GCP that served a complex mathematical modeling system for managing logistics for the US military. Stepped in as TypeScript developer as needed.
Technologies included:
- TypeScript, Vue, NuxtJS
- Django, Postgres, Unity
- GitLab
- GitPod
- Google Cloud Run, Google Identity Aware Proxy
Client sought an education website for teaching Rust and CosmWasm called Area-52🔗. As well as managing the overall project, I developed the bulk of the site in collaboration with the client's design and product teams. I also wrote the first set of lessons, "Starting with CosmWasm." Three month engagement with some follow-ups afterwards for minor updates and managing the creation of a second CosmWasm course.
Technologies included:
- TypeScript, React, NextJS, Monaco
- Rust, CosmWasm
- Strapi Headless CMS
- Jira
- GitHub
- Google App Engine, Postgres
Client sought to modernize a nearly decade-old codebase from PHP to TypeScript and Python with the desire to improve both performance and usability. I managed a small consulting team in collaboration with the client's product team. Done in phases, the project included a significant code evaluation and review of user expectations, followed by an update of the backend before UI changes started to occur. The infrastructure update alone greatly improved the performance of the site with a nominal amount of effort and impact. Six month engagement.
Technologies included:
- TypeScript, Vue
- Django, PHP
- Jira
- GitHub
- GCP, Postgres
I was asked to provide insight into best practices for a small consulting company seeking to optimize internal communications sharing of various details such as engineering, legal, onboarding, and other HR policies. For their needs and current infrastructure, we went with full utilizing the GSuite and GitLab services, concentrating their efforts and costs in a short technology stack.
Client sought a full feature marketplace to promote anime-inspired artists. Features included primary and secondary sales functionality as well as profiles, comments, likes, and other social media features. Six month engagement.
Technologies included:
- TypeScript, React
- NodeJS, TypeORM
- Jira
- GitHub
- GCP, Postgres
Initial architect and project manger for Umee🔗. Client needed to ramp up quickly and sought our services for developing the initial logic and user interface for their new DeFi service. Provided a flexible, customizable platform for them to work from; transferred code base over to client once they had in-house capacity.
Technologies included:
- TypeScript, React
- NodeJS
- Jira
- GitHub
- GCP, Postgres
Long Form Papers
In any project, I take copious notes of my observations and lessons learned, especially from retrospectives. I'm in the process of sharing these lessons through various articles and of course, these papers. They are free to download, no email required. Free free to share!
Improve Your Communications and Operations!
Change your perspective on business operations through the lens of Slack and instant messaging
Truly Professional Instant Messaging 🔗
Help Developers Improve Their Code
How a non-technical person can influence how software is developed, improve code quality, and get to know their software team a little bit better