my journey

professional experience

building products and leading teams across startups and enterprise. from technical leadership to scaling engineering organizations.

Elayne

Chief Technology Officer

Apr 2024 - Aug 2025
  • Secured $4m seed round funding at a $25m valuation following Y Combinator (S24) acceptance
  • Led 0-to-1 platform development, architecting product from concept to launch
  • Engineered core AI technology for unstructured document analysis
  • Secured SOC 2 & HIPAA certifications, unlocking regulated industry sales
  • Scaled engineering org with globally distributed team and AWS IaC pipeline

Rocket Money

Technical Lead Manager

Nov 2021 - Aug 2024
  • Led high-performing team of 6 engineers for core web and mobile products
  • Spearheaded 0-to-1 development of Rocket Money web application
  • Slashed database query latency by 90%+ through strategic indexing
  • Drove adoption of engineering support escalation system, cutting resolution times 50%

Appian

Software Engineer II

Jan 2019 - Oct 2021
  • Developed enterprise low-code platform features
  • Contributed to core application development framework

Macedon Technologies

Senior Consultant

Jan 2017 - Dec 2019
  • Delivered custom software solutions for enterprise clients
  • Led technical consulting engagements across multiple industries

Institute on the Environment

Digital Content & IT Manager

Jan 2014 - May 2016
  • Designed, developed, maintained, and updated website and digital content
  • Managed IT infrastructure and systems for the organization