Technology executive with 15+ years of experience scaling engineering organizations (100+ engineers), leading global delivery, and driving product innovation for high-growth SaaS, FinTech, Automotive and Direct Sale companies. Proven track record of improving platform reliability, accelerating delivery, and aligning technology strategy to business outcomes for scalable platforms serving hundreds of thousands of users.
Experience
Emburse
2022 - Present
Vice President, Engineering
Accelerated developer productivity by integrating AI-assisted coding tools and optimizing engineering workflows across multiple teams.
Improved on-time feature delivery by 33% institutionalizing rigorous readiness criteria and governance standards across the SDLC.
Owned the vision, strategy, and execution of the technology roadmap and platform architecture, aligning engineering efforts with key business OKRs.
Drove platform resilience to achieve 99.99% uptime for a mission-critical SaaS platform serving 150K+ daily active users, reducing P1 incidents by 50% year-over-year.
Scaled and structured teams to deliver resilient, scalable software, while continuously improving observability and incident response capabilities.
Directed multi-million dollar annual technology budget, realizing 10% in infrastructure cost savings via strategic vendor consolidation and cloud optimization initiatives.
Built and led a high-performing, globally distributed team of 90+ engineers, managers, and technical leaders across multiple disciplines.
Provided clear engineering insights to executive stakeholders, influenced company-wide strategy, and shaped the engineering culture and policy.
Led global engineering operations across Ukraine, India, Spain, Netherlands, Canada, Latin America, and the United States.
Spearheaded the modernization of a high-volume enterprise SaaS platform (serving 80,000+ concurrent users) to a scalable, cloud-native architecture (AWS, Docker, microservices), improving resilience critical for transaction processing.
Directed the architectural transition from monolithic systems to event-driven microservices, establishing a framework that significantly reduced latency and increased throughput for critical business workflows and POS operations.
Facilitated hiring and team growth of over 300% to accommodate project work and business growth.
Enabled business visibility on throughput by scaling agile methodology to the enterprise by introducing SAFe practices and training teams on Scrum.
Led the design, implementation, and governance of a centralized Integration Platform that replaced all critical OEM connections, which was subsequently adopted company-wide by Cox Automotive as the standard platform for all future enterprise integrations.
Modernized development team standard practices by revitalizing code reviews and implementing build servers and unit testing
Managed development and execution across diverse functions, including data and analytics platforms which provided real-time operational reporting vital for inventory and business performance visibility.
Enabled large scale legacy replacement and established framework for cloud and architectural direction.
Winner of “Engineering Innovation” award in corporate Hackathon
Initial member of team that designed and created an enterprise class utility billing system that
integrated with the JD Edwards ERP system. Significant accomplishments include:
Software Developer of the Year award in 2002 for coding a major portion of the utility system
Demonstrated leadership in devising and implementing coding standards for the software
Idaho Falls, ID & Salt Lake City, UT
AMX International
1999 - 2001
Technical Consultant
Provided on-site installation and training for an ERP integration to clients nationwide while
handling the maintenance and upgrades to the product when not on the road. Significant
accomplishments include:
Streamlined installation process by creating processes and standardizing the statement of work
Established operational efficiency by writing and designing three manuals (user guide, technical specifications, and an installation guide)
Created training course and taught course to clients nationwide.
