I lead engineering teams at the intersection of people, process, and technology. My background spans engineering management, enterprise architecture, cloud-native transformation, and hands-on software development. I care about helping teams deliver high-quality software sustainably—and turning advances in AI, machine learning, and automation into practical improvements.
Leading multiple agile teams across domain engineering and enablement.
Mentor engineers, remove delivery blockers, and build healthy, inclusive teams aligned with product and business goals.
Support custom machine learning models, evolve products into platforms, and modernize legacy systems.
Guide adoption of AI tools and engineering workflows, with internal tech talks that turn emerging technology into practical guidance.
Use DORA metrics, AI adoption measures, code quality, delivery performance, and defect trends to improve delivery and reduce risk.
Oct 2021 - Nov 2024
Enterprise Solutions Architect
Independent Health
Buffalo, New York · Remote
Combined enterprise architecture, AI delivery, and agile transformation.
Founded and led the AI Experts team, taking ideas through proofs of concept and into production when business ROI evaluations supported them, using Azure, Microsoft, and OpenAI technology.
Helped implement SAFe across digital experience teams, establishing cross-functional teams, ceremonies, and delivery practices.
Guided technology choices, reusable system designs, vendor integrations, technical documentation, capacity planning, and testing.
Sep 2018 - Oct 2021
Director of Cloud Native Transformations / Principal Consultant
Stark & Wayne LLC
Buffalo–Niagara Falls Area
Led cloud-native organizational and application transformations for companies including Fortune Global 500 and Cloud 100 businesses.
Helped modernize product delivery practices and refactor monolithic applications into containerized, scalable, resilient service-oriented architectures.
Applied FinOps practices to improve cloud-cost visibility and balance delivery speed, cost, and quality.
Provided hands-on consulting across software development, infrastructure, cloud migration, automated CI/CD pipelines, testing, and proofs of concept.
Jul 2015 - Aug 2018
Engineering Manager
Liaison International
Buffalo–Niagara Falls Area
Managed agile delivery, technical standards, and the development of engineers.
Oversaw delivery schedules and budgets while guiding teams toward successful project outcomes.
Coached engineers on technical growth and career development, promoted software quality practices, and fostered a constructive team culture.
Jul 2013 - Jul 2015
Principal Software Engineer / Team Lead
Liaison International
Buffalo–Niagara Falls Area
Led development of enterprise web applications in collaboration with product, architecture, QA, and operations.
Guided user stories, estimates, design and code reviews, testing, and release deployment.
Mentored teammates, migrated legacy applications, improved integrations, and resolved technical and application problems.
Jan 2011 - Jul 2013
Software Engineer
Liaison International
Buffalo–Niagara Falls Area
Designed, developed, and tested enterprise web applications.
Helped build a large-scale, high-volume, cross-platform ETL solution using RabbitMQ.
Collaborated with engineers, business analysts, and project managers on user stories, estimates, work plans, and application support.
Jan 2007 - Jan 2013
Software Consultant
Division by Zero
Buffalo–Niagara Falls Area
Delivered web applications, mobile development, and legacy software integrations while maintaining long-term client relationships.
Aug 2004 - Aug 2007
Network Consultant
WCTS
Buffalo–Niagara Falls Area
Provided managed services and network administration for small and medium-sized businesses and nonprofit organizations, alongside software development, IT consulting, training, business analysis, and workflow optimization.
Jan 2000 - Jul 2004
Manager
OfficeMax
Buffalo, Brooklyn, and Elmont, New York
Progressed from electronics department supervisor in Buffalo to operations manager in Brooklyn and sales manager in Elmont.
Jan 1998 - Jan 2000
Computer Hardware Technician
CompUSA
Buffalo–Niagara Falls Area
Worked as an A+ certified computer repair technician, providing on-site computer and network installation and training.
Aug 1996 - Jan 1998
Technical Support Specialist
ClientLogic
Buffalo–Niagara Falls Area
Provided Level I and Level II telephone technical support for Microsoft Office, Microsoft Back Office, and Corel Office Suite.