Director of Engineering | Scaling AI & SaaS Platforms | Building High-Performance Teams
I am an engineering leader with 15+ years of experience building, scaling, and leading engineering organizations across SaaS, AI, and data-driven products. My career has spanned startups through acquisitions, where I’ve driven both technical execution and organizational growth.
Currently, I serve as Director of Engineering at Blackbird AI, where I lead teams developing advanced AI platforms for risk and narrative intelligence. I focus on aligning technical strategy with business outcomes, cultivating engineering culture, and scaling systems that deliver measurable impact.
Previously, I have founded and sold multiple products, including a machine learning data-cleaning product (BitRook) and a real-time collaboration platform (Voteboards). These experiences sharpened my skills in product strategy, technical architecture, and execution under rapid growth conditions.
I’m passionate about mentoring engineers, shaping high-performance teams, and creating environments where innovation thrives. My technical background in full-stack development, ML infrastructure, and cloud systems allows me to bridge hands-on architecture with executive-level leadership.
-
Leadership & Strategy
- Scaling engineering teams (10 → 60+)
- Mentorship, coaching, and talent development
- Cross-functional leadership (Product, Design, GTM)
- Technical roadmap planning aligned with business goals
-
Architecture & Systems
- AI/ML infrastructure, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Distributed systems & microservices
- Cloud platforms: AWS, GCP, Vercel
- CI/CD, DevOps culture, technical debt management
-
Execution & Delivery
- Driving SaaS product launches from concept → scale
- Implementing agile and lean development processes
- Balancing velocity with quality and reliability
- Building strong engineering cultures at growth-stage startups
-
🚀 Founder Flow
An open-source AI startup builder powered by collaborative AI agents.
FounderFlow enables entrepreneurs to input a product idea or customer problem and instantly generate documents, business models, landing pages, and more through a team of specialized AI agents (CEO, PM, Designer, Engineer, Content Creator). -
🛠️ SaaS Starter
A modern boilerplate for SaaS applications.
SaaS Starter provides a production-ready Next.js + TypeScript foundation with authentication, payments, and deployment pipelines. Designed to help founders and teams ship faster with clean, scalable architecture. -
📊 BitRook (Acquired)
A machine learning data-cleaning platform that wrote Python code for analysts.
Delivered automation that accelerated data prep workflows and was acquired after commercial adoption. -
💬 Voteboards (Acquired)
A real-time voting and collaboration tool for teams.
Built and scaled to acquisition in 2022, demonstrating product-market fit and technical execution in distributed systems.
- ⚡ Built & scaled multiple engineering orgs, from early teams to 60+ engineers
- 📝 2 successful exits (BitRook, Voteboards)
- 🏆 Finalist – SXSW Accelerator Competition (2012)
- 🥉 2× Webby Award Winner (2011)