CIE LTD · 2021 - Present
Bellevue, WA
Software company building Askel, a job-search workspace, and InboxLink, an open-source Gmail connector.
Experience
Outcome-focused roles across platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, and site reliability at CIE LTD (founder), Gartner, Microsoft, and Aflac.
Timeline
2021 - Present
Founder and Owner
Bellevue, WA
- Built and run Askel (getaskel.com) end to end: product, Next.js and React Native apps, Neon Postgres, Vercel staging and production
- Built InboxLink, a standalone Gmail connector service with a typed SDK published on npm, used by Askel in production
- Keep releases safe with CI on every pull request: 3,467 automated tests, type checks, lint and production builds
TypeScriptNext.jsReact NativeNeon PostgresVercelGitHub Actions
Jul 2025 - Present
Senior Software Engineer
Remote
- Designing distributed backend services for enterprise research platforms that support global product surfaces
- Standardized CI/CD with GitHub Actions and Jenkins for faster time-to-production across multiple engineering teams
- Implemented Terraform infrastructure as code across AWS and Azure for faster, repeatable environment provisioning
AWSAzureTerraformDockerKubernetesPython
May 2022 - Jun 2025
Software Engineer II
Redmond, WA
- Operated Azure cloud infrastructure for critical enterprise services with high-availability targets across multiple service boundaries
- Built automation in Python, Bash, and Go for monitoring, deployment, and incident response, reducing manual effort in each release cycle
- Optimized CI/CD pipelines that accelerated delivery for multiple engineering teams
AzurePythonGoBashTerraformKubernetes
Aug 2016 - May 2022
Systems Engineer
Columbus, GA
- Automated Docker, Jenkins, and Akana cluster updates with Ansible for faster platform maintenance with less manual toil
- Led an AWS migration proof of concept with AWS Proton and ECS templates, validating version-controlled paths for multiple environments
- Designed self-service CI/CD so developers could build and deploy independently with faster release cadence
AWSAnsibleDockerJenkinsAWS ProtonECS
2012 - 2016
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA
All Roles
Gartner · Jul 2025 - Present
Remote
Platform and backend delivery for enterprise research and data systems.
Microsoft · May 2022 - Jun 2025
Redmond, WA
Azure platform reliability, automation, and delivery for critical enterprise services.
Aflac · Aug 2016 - May 2022
Columbus, GA
Platform automation, AWS migration proofs, and self-service delivery for enterprise systems teams.