ABOUT ME
Welcome to my little corner of the internet. I post things here that I make, from apps to games to furniture to 3D models. Check out my stuff and shoot me a message!
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I'm an Engineering Manager living outside of Denver, CO. I've been an Android engineer for many years, and eventually got into management, which is great because I love leading, but I found myself yearning to do the actual "making" again. Leading those who do the making is fulfilling in its own way, but it lacks the visceral satisfaction of building something with your own hands.
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So I'm back out there, looking to find someplace that needs a passionate, experienced, collaborative Android engineer. Hit me up if you wanna chat!
FAVORITE PROJECTS
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SKILLS / TOOLS
Software Engineering Manager
Bleacher Report/Warner Bros. Discovery | July 2021 - Present
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Led a global engineering team to develop and support the B/R apps and website, supporting millions of MAUs.
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Fostered a robust and transparent product development cycle through close cross-functional coordination and planning, ensuring the team was able to achieve on-target delivery for over 90% of projects.
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Selected to lead the production B/R mobile app team due to a proven track record of high-quality, on-time delivery through effective use of Agile methodologies, while also fostering growth opportunities for engineers.
Team Lead/Senior Android Engineer
Bleacher Report/Warner Media | May 2020 - June 2021
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Led a multi-platform team in adding deeply-integrated betting features to the B/R apps and website, enabling the successful execution of high-value partnerships with sportsbooks, driving over 6 million unique engagements.
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Led the development of a sports pick’em game from concept to launch in just 8 months, made possible through close cross-functional coordination, attracting over one million players as a leading user engagement vehicle.
Senior Android Engineer
Bleacher Report/Turner Sports | Oct 2018 - Apr 2020
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Implemented and enhanced features across the B/R Android app. Led an overhaul of Scores features, which increased engineering flexibility, resulting in future projects delivering in half of the originally planned time.
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Led the organization’s transition from Java to Kotlin alongside introducing a new MVVM architecture. Performed tech talks and wrote documentation to onboard the team within a few months, improving developer experience while addressing existing architectural challenges, reducing development time on future features by up to 40%.
Lead Android Engineer
FordPass/Lincoln Way - Ford Motor Company | Jan 2017 - Sept 2018
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Led a team of Android engineers developing OTA Connected Vehicle features for the FordPass and Lincoln Way Android apps, supporting 20+ countries and dozens of region-specific requirements.
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Established and guided a small team in designing a new app architecture to facilitate delivery of two distinct, global apps from a unified codebase using MVVM and Clean Architecture. Led onboarding of 80+ global engineers, through paired programming, tech talks, and traveling to India to develop and run an 2-week onboarding program.
Android Engineer
FordPass - Ford Motor Company | June 2016 - Dec 2016
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Developed new features and enhanced existing functionality for FordPass NA/EU Android apps, improving overall UI/UX
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Used RxJava, Retrofit, Mockito, Espresso, and other major Android frameworks to develop an MVP architecture
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Worked with Pivotal Labs in Toronto for three months, immersed in extreme programming practices, TDD, and paired programming principles, which I successfully introduced and applied upon my return to Ford.
Java Engineer
Application Policy Services - Ford Motor Company | May 2015 - May 2016
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Developed new features for APS, Ford’s global internal application for access management and control.
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Brought new software into APS’s portfolio and created support applications to support mass database updating.
Android
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Android and Kotlin expert with Java background
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Skilled architect in Object-Oriented Design with SOLID principles
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Adept at common Android architectures and design patterns, MVI, MVVM, MVP, DI, Clean Architecture
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Coroutines, Flow, Compose, Hilt, Arrow, Kotest, Dagger, Koin, LiveData, RxJava, Retrofit, Google Maps, Coil, Android SDK, Android Jetpack
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TDD, JUnit, Mockito, MockK, Espresso, Github Actions, Jenkins, Testflight, App Tester
Other
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Agile team leader with strong project management, team management, and technical writing skills
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Kanban, Skrum, Slack, Jira, Confluence, Monday.com, Notion, Trello, Pivotal Tracker
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Git, REST & GraphQL APIs, Ktor, .NET, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Docker, Bash, AWS
EDUCATION
Michigan State University
BS in Computer Science
Specialization in Video Game Development and Design
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GPA: 3.6 | Honors College | Dean’s List