Resume
Summary
Seasoned Senior Engineering Manager with 6+ years leading high-performing global teams, transforming underperforming organizations, and driving measurable business impact through strategic security initiatives and operational excellence
Work Experience
Chainguard
- Senior Engineering Manager (2025–Present)
- Engineering Manager (2024-2025)
I am building and leading a world-class global organization of 12+ engineers handling complex security challenges. From orchestrating supply chain security operations, CVE remediation, and secure container management. Built and maintain performance measurement systems with data-driven KPIs, while driving AI adoption to accelerate issue resolution and team scaling.
InfluxData
- Engineering Manager (2024)
- Senior Software Engineer (2021-2024)
Developed strategic direction for Telegraf, an open-source telemetry agent and established community triage processes that reduced open issues by 75% while increasing contributor participation. Managed a remote engineering team, drove automation initiatives, and created comprehensive developer education content that accelerated enterprise adoption. Implemented security-first engineering practices with automated testing frameworks that improved project stability and reduced vulnerability response times.
Canonical
- Engineering Manager (2018-2021)
- Senior Software Engineer (2016-2018)
Built and scaled a worldwide remote team delivering Ubuntu Server. Designed comprehensive quality assurance frameworks with automated CI systems that reduced release cycle times while establishing product roadmaps and data-driven decision making culture. Directed cloud infrastructure automation initiatives, engineering Ubuntu cloud image delivery pipelines across Google Cloud Platform with security compliance.
Hewlett Packard
- Senior Software Engineer (2014-2016)
- Software Engineer (2009-2014)
- Intern (2007-2009)
Led a cross-functional security enhancement initiative, rapidly developing and deploying a Debian-derivative operating system across HP product lines that reduced security vulnerabilities and eliminated duplicate engineering efforts. Designed comprehensive performance validation systems for next-generation I/O technologies across enterprise server platforms, establishing testing methodologies that became standard practice for product quality assurance.
Education
Masters
- Masters of Science in Computer Science
- Georgia Institute of Technology (2014–2016)
Bachelors
- Bachelors of Arts and Science in Economics & Applied Computing Technology
- Colorado State University (2005–2009)