Career Profile
Chief Technology Officer with over 20 years of experience building, scaling, and leading high-impact software platforms. I lead at the intersection of technology, product, and business, owning technical strategy, architecture, execution, and operational reliability in complex, regulated environments. My focus is turning ambiguity into scalable systems, strong engineering organizations, and products that solve real customer problems under real-world constraints.
Key Impact
- Scaled platforms that processed 150,000+ BOIR filings and 13,000+ FinCEN RER filings in the first month (~75% of nationwide volume).
- Onboarded ~5,000 firms in two months ahead of regulatory deadlines, driving rapid market adoption.
- Operated high-availability systems with 99.99%+ uptime across core services under production load.
- Designed and ran high-throughput workflows orchestrating 750,000+ email, SMS, and voice notifications in six weeks.
- Enabled median compliance time of ~13 minutes for end users, turning a complex regulatory requirement into a fast, low-friction workflow.
- Led major integrations with industry platforms including SoftPro and Qualia while scaling cloud infrastructure for compliance-critical workloads.
Executive Focus
Technical strategy and architecture ownership. Engineering leadership, team development, and operational accountability. API-first platform design and large-scale partner integrations. Cloud infrastructure, reliability, and security in regulated environments. Product delivery from early-stage build through production scale.
Experiences
Progressed from founding engineer to CTO while leading architecture, platform development, and engineering organization through rapid growth and regulatory-driven launch.
Led development and launch of a compliance platform supporting 13,000+ filings in the first month of enforcement—representing ~75% of nationwide FinCEN RER volume. Onboarded ~5,000 firms ahead of regulatory deadlines and scaled infrastructure to support rapid adoption with high availability and reliability.
Built and scaled cloud infrastructure (AWS, ECS, Fargate), CI/CD pipelines, and integration architecture. Partnered with product, compliance, and commercial teams to align technical execution with regulatory requirements and business goals.
First engineering hire, partnering closely with leadership to scale FincenFetch from MVP into a nationwide SaaS platform supporting thousands of firms.
Architected and scaled a multi-tenant platform with strong compliance controls, production delivery workflows, and operational maturity. Helped drive processing of 150,000+ BOIR filings through the platform while improving deployment speed, system reliability, and engineering execution.
Provided architecture, development, and technical strategy for early-stage SaaS companies across healthcare, compliance, and data-driven sectors. Delivered end-to-end systems from MVP through production, partnering directly with founders to translate business goals into scalable technical solutions and preparing teams for growth.
Joined as an early engineering hire, working closely with leadership to build and scale a clinical genomics platform. Contributed to system architecture, team growth, and operational maturity leading up to the company’s $500M acquisition by Agilent.
Co-founded a digital consultancy focused on product development and engineering execution. Led backend architecture and DevOps, delivering custom solutions for clients while managing timelines, technical direction, and team coordination.
Architected and developed internal CRM and web applications supporting donor management, project tracking, and operational workflows. Owned full lifecycle development and long-term system maintenance.
Delivered custom web-based applications for a variety of clients, focusing on practical solutions to real business problems across multiple domains.
Engineering Principles
The principles that shape how I build teams, make technical decisions, and scale engineering organizations.