How I Lead
People I've had the privilege to lead—and what lights me up.
People I've Had the Privilege to Lead
- Freightwise: Grew individual contributors into engineering managers through structured career ladders
- Thriveworks: Mentored 20 distributed engineers building HIPAA-compliant SaaS
- Kroll: Led cross-continent team delivering GDPR-compliant AI research platform
- Nashville Software School: Mock interviews, capstone reviews, intern mentorship
Watching someone go from "I don't know where to start" → "I own this system."
Creating environments where people can take smart risks, learn from failures, and grow into roles they didn't think possible.
What shapes my thinking
Slow down just enough to see second-order effects. I push explicit assumptions, pre-mortems, and simple decision rules so we avoid thrashing.
Inversion, first principles, systems thinking for technical and organizational problems. Guides architecture decisions, migration planning, and team investments.
Small, consistent improvements beat heroics. Lightweight rituals (PR hygiene, observability, prompt libraries) over big process overhauls.
Dependability, Structure & Clarity, Meaning, Impact—Google's five characteristics of effective teams are non-negotiable. I build environments where people can admit mistakes, ask questions, and connect work to mission-critical outcomes like healthcare compliance.
Safety plus high standards. People challenge ideas fearlessly while owning outcomes with accountability.