Work Experience
Staff Engineer driving NPI for Cloud AI Infrastructure
- Key PoC for strategic product solutions design and post-sales development
- Cross-functional subject matter expert from layers 1 through 8; IR to IB to IP to IC
- Developed agentic tooling, reducing troubleshooting time and complexity
Staff Engineer leading a team of Production Engineers working on Meta's AI/ML training data systems
- Achieved 22% OpEx savings across Meta's substantial global ML data infra
- Developed novel solution to hot cache petabyte-scale data with reduced footprint, unblocking critical revenue impact
- Led reliability efforts protecting Meta's most critical AI/ML workflows
Senior Engineer leading a team of Cross-Functional Experts to solve Google Cloud's longest running, most complex issues.
- Built and led a team of Cross-Functional Experts, our top engineers who focus on our most complex issues
- Key PoC for strategic customer issues; direct interaction with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian
- Subject Matter Expert for AI on Kubernetes, GPU/TPU and RDMA networking
Senior Engineer leading a team of SREs focused on Production Security
- Led a team delivering regulatory compliance objectives for GKE's customers
- Designed & led cross-functional projects spanning multiple quarters to implement new compliant administrative access tools
Senior Technical Solutions Engineer on Google Cloud Platform Kubernetes & Networking
- Led & developed a team of intermediate engineers, growing from new hire to senior members of engineering staff
- Designed & led global initiatives to improve customer satisfaction & reduce engineering time
- Led the work of an international team of engineers spanning four timezones
Technical Solutions Engineer on Google Cloud Platform Kubernetes & Networking
- Built solutions for customer issues with a mix of Software Development & Networking
- Architected applications and services at "Google-scale"
Software Engineer on the IPFS project
- Contributed to the development of our open-source distributed filesystem
- Collaborated with a diverse, distributed team from all across the world
- Implementation of global-scale Kubernetes clusters
Entrepreneurship
Founder & President of Lambda58, a microelectronics & RF consulting firm
- Provided RF consulting services to a variety of clients in the UAS industry, focusing on LTE/5G connectivity
- Developed a variety of custom solutions to problems in the UAS space, including Detect-and-Avoid and long range telemetry systems
Skills
Languages
- C / C++
- Golang
- C#
- Python
- Javascript
- SQL
- x86/ARM ASM
Systems
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Linux / Windows
- Google Cloud
- Cisco
- Juniper
- Ceph
Concepts
- Embedded
- AI/ML
- Distributed
- Networking
- Security
Miscellaneous
- GPU/TPU
- ESP32
- STM32
- FreeRTOS
- 3GPP (LTE/5G)
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Eastern Washington University
Certifications
- CBRS CPI - Google, 2021
- Radio License - Extra (P97) - FCC, 2018
- Pilot Certificate (P107) - FAA, 2022
Interests
- Long-Range Radio Communications
- 3D Design & Printing
- Aerospace Engineering
- Embedded Software & Hardware Design
Open Source
an open source LoRa-based high-performance long-range radio link focused on speed & range
an open source toolkit for video out from DJI FPV goggles