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About me

I am a passionate software engineer with over 10 years of experience building web applications and distributed systems. My expertise spans full-stack development, cloud architecture, and leading engineering teams to deliver impactful solutions. I thrive on solving complex technical challenges while mentoring others and fostering a collaborative engineering culture.

Throughout my career, I’ve focused on creating scalable, maintainable software using modern technologies and best practices. I’m particularly interested in distributed systems, performance optimization, and building resilient architectures. When I’m not coding, I enjoy contributing to open source projects and sharing knowledge through technical writing and speaking at conferences.

Experience

2014-2025
Co-founder / CTO
TenThousandCoffees. Toronto Ontario

10KC

Co-founder / CTO

Leadership & Team Scaling

  • Scaled engineering and product teams from 2 to 30+.
  • Built an agile engineering culture focused on ownership, velocity, and quality.
  • Established career ladders and recruiting pipelines to attract and retain top talent.

Technical & Product Strategy

  • Architected a multi-tenant SaaS platform serving hundreds of enterprise clients.
  • Drove technical roadmap and a PLG model, resulting in 100%+ YoY growth.
  • Led product architecture evolution to support hundreds of thousands of users and improve uptime to 99.999% while cutting hosting costs.

Business & Financial Acumen

  • Co-led funding rounds and technical due diligence, culminating in a $100M acquisition.
  • Managed a $10M technology P&L, delivering projects on time and within budget.
  • Implemented scalable systems to improve company-wide operational efficiency with a Rule of 40 number of 60%.

2011-2014
Lead Software Engineer
Xtreme Labs / Pivotal / VMware. Toronto Ontario

Xtreme Labs / Pivotal / VMware

Lead Software Engineer

  • Strategic Client Leadership: Led development on high-stakes mobile applications (iOS and Android) for the world’s premier brands, including Facebook, Twitter, the NFL, and Microsoft, translating their business goals into successful, mass-scale products.

  • Full-Cycle Product Ownership: Directed all phases of the Lean product development lifecycle, from initial problem discovery and C-level stakeholder interviews to final-sprint execution and market launch.

  • Large-Scale Talent Management: Performance-managed a high-performing organization of 50+ software engineers, overseeing their successful execution across a diverse portfolio of dozens of concurrent software projects.


2009-2010
Software Engineer
Apple Inc. Cupertino California

Apple

iPhone Operations Engineer

Leveraged data analytics to enhance iPhone hardware reliability, optimize manufacturing operations, and guide strategic spending.

  • Predictive Analytics: Developed statistical models to predict hardware failure rates in prototype iPhones, allowing for pre-production design improvements and risk mitigation.

  • Supply Chain Optimization: Led data analysis initiatives to track supplier performance, identify root causes of warranty returns, and expose critical assembly issues.

  • Strategic Investment: Performed statistical cost-benefit analysis on main logic board (MLB) components to direct quality control spending to the areas of highest financial and quality impact.


2008-2009
Software Engineer
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada. Cambridge Ontario

Toyota

New Product Development Engineer

My career began at the origin of Lean methodology, where I translated Toyota’s production principles into software.

  • Automation: Engineered automated tools and data systems to support new Toyota and Lexus model launches, translating Lean principles into software.
  • Change Management: Architected and managed the plant-wide rollout of an engineering component change database for Toyota and Lexus assembly lines.
  • Observability: Delivered high-level KPI dashboards for senior leadership to track plant performance.

Education

2006-2011
University of Waterloo
Computer Engineering