Available for select work & collaborations

I engineer calm,AI-powered productsfrom idea to shipped.

Lead software engineer with 8+ years building enterprise systems for banking, healthcare, and information services — and the maker behind GlassFocus and ToolsDeck. Java & Spring on the backend, React & Angular up front, AI models wired in where they earn their place.

8+ years
Full-stack engineering
Lead SWE
Fortune 500 banking
GlassFocus
Founder & maker
AI-native
Models in production
JavaSpring BootReactAngularTypeScriptNext.jsNode.jsKafkaAWSGCPDockerKubernetesPostgreSQLMongoDBOracleGitHub ActionsHarnessLLMsRAGAgentsSwiftUIJavaSpring BootReactAngularTypeScriptNext.jsNode.jsKafkaAWSGCPDockerKubernetesPostgreSQLMongoDBOracleGitHub ActionsHarnessLLMsRAGAgentsSwiftUI
How I help

Everything it takes to take your idea live.

From the services that move the money to the interface people touch, the cloud it runs on, and the AI that powers it — I cover the whole stack so your product ships.

01

Backend & Microservices

Enterprise-grade Java services that move money and protect health data. Spring Boot microservices, event streaming with Kafka, and REST APIs designed to survive audits and scale.

  • Java 11+
  • Spring Boot
  • Hibernate / JPA
  • Kafka
  • Microservices
  • REST & SOA
02

Frontend Engineering

SPAs that feel effortless — from Angular dashboards used by thousands of internal users to React and Next.js products with motion and polish.

  • React
  • Angular 2–11
  • TypeScript
  • Next.js
  • Node.js
  • Tailwind / SASS
03

Cloud & DevOps

Pipelines and platforms that ship safely. AWS and GCP services, containers on Kubernetes, and CI/CD modernization — Jenkins and UCD to GitHub Actions and Harness.

  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • GitHub Actions
  • Harness
04

AI & Product

Deep, practical knowledge of LLMs and how to ship them — agents, RAG, tool use, and evals — proven by building GlassFocus end-to-end and landing it on the App Store.

  • LLMs
  • Agents
  • RAG
  • Evals
  • Product design
  • App Store
Track record

8+ years where downtime wasn’t an option.

Banking, healthcare, and information services — I lead teams and modernize the platforms a business can't afford to have go down.

  1. Lead Software Engineer

    Jul 2025 — Present

    Fortune 500 Financial Institution·Full-time·Charlotte, NC · Hybrid

    • Lead a React + Spring Boot product line, owning architecture and delivery from the API layer to the UI.
    • Stood up automation frameworks with automated reporting across three legacy apps, replacing manual regression passes with repeatable checks.
    • Migrated brittle SOAP services to REST, simplifying how partner teams integrate.
    • Modernized CI/CD off Jenkins and UCD onto GitHub Actions and Harness, shrinking release friction for the team.
    • React
    • Spring Boot
    • Kafka
    • GitHub Actions
    • Harness
    • SSRS
    • Tech Leadership
  2. Senior Software Engineer

    Jul 2024 — Jun 2025

    Fortune 500 Financial Institution·Contract·Charlotte, NC · Hybrid

    • Authored the modernization plan to lift legacy apps onto a current Java, Spring, and Hibernate stack.
    • Closed multi-severity Sonar and Checkmarx findings across legacy applications, hardening the security posture.
    • Migrated legacy Prototype.js front ends to jQuery to retire an unsupported dependency.
    • Java
    • Spring
    • Hibernate
    • Oracle
    • JSP
    • AppSec
    • SDLC
  3. Senior Full-Stack Java Developer

    Aug 2022 — Jul 2024

    Global Information Services Company·Contract·Houston, TX · Remote

    • Built Java 11 / Spring Boot microservices on Open Liberty for an integrated eligibility platform.
    • Architected the event backbone — a Kafka message bus feeding data pipelines into Cassandra — across AWS (EC2, S3, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB).
    • Designed the Angular 11 / Node.js / TypeScript / SASS front ends.
    • Shipped releases via custom Docker images and GitHub Actions CI/CD.
    • Java 11
    • Spring Boot
    • Angular
    • Node.js
    • Kafka
    • AWS
    • Docker
    • Cassandra
  4. Full-Stack Java Developer

    Feb 2021 — Jun 2022

    National Healthcare Organization·Contract·Long Beach, CA · Remote

    • Shipped Angular 8 SPAs and Spring Boot REST microservices serving Medicaid and Medicare programs.
    • Backed the services with PostgreSQL and MongoDB behind RESTful APIs.
    • Ran CI/CD on Jenkins and Kubernetes, deploying containers through AWS CodePipeline and ECS.
    • Angular
    • Spring Boot
    • PostgreSQL
    • MongoDB
    • Kubernetes
    • Jenkins
    • AWS Lambda
  5. Java / J2EE Developer

    Sep 2019 — Dec 2020

    Regional Banking Group·Contract·St. Louis, MO · Remote

    • Built Spring Boot microservices over a Kafka cluster (ZooKeeper), with Spring JPA REST APIs and Node.js services.
    • Automated end-to-end testing with REST Assured and Selenium, and integrated RabbitMQ and ActiveMQ messaging.
    • Spring Boot
    • Kafka
    • Hibernate
    • RabbitMQ
    • Selenium
    • Spring JPA
  6. Java Developer

    Aug 2017 — Jul 2019

    Enterprise Technology Integrator·Contract·New Jersey · On-site

    • Delivered RESTful APIs on AWS DynamoDB for member health records.
    • Secured access with Spring Security (authentication and authorization).
    • Integrated a major Electronic Health System via JAX-RS / Jersey web services.
    • Core Java
    • Spring Security
    • DynamoDB
    • REST
    • Hibernate
    • Maven

B.A.A.S. — Data Analytics

Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science, concentration in Data Analytics

A.A.S. — Programming

Associate of Applied Science, concentration in Programming

Featured product
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GlassFocus

The calm way to do deep work.

A gorgeous Pomodoro timer for deep work — with tasks, ambient soundscapes, analytics, and journaling in one calm, cinematic app. Designed, built, and shipped end-to-end.

  • Living progress rings & particle visualizations
  • Two-way Todoist sync and Notion databases
  • Mixable soundscapes + Spotify / Apple Music
  • Productivity scoring, streaks & peak-hours analytics
  • ADHD-friendly: visual pie timer & micro-celebrations
  • Reflective monthly journal for mood & energy
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Proof, not promises

Real products, live and in users’ hands.

Not concept decks or case-study theater — software that's shipped and earning its keep, with the polish that makes it feel inevitable.

Banking · LeadOngoing

Enterprise Platform Modernization

Modernizing a Fortune 500 bank's legacy estate — SOAP to REST migrations, automation frameworks with reporting for three legacy apps, and CI/CD moved to GitHub Actions and Harness.

  • Java
  • Spring Boot
  • React
  • Harness
AI · BuildOngoing

AI Product Engineering

Designing and shipping LLM-powered features — agents, retrieval, and tool use — wired into real, polished product surfaces with evals that keep them honest.

  • LLMs
  • Agents
  • RAG
  • Next.js
The way I work

Fast to ship. Safe to trust.

AI is leverage, not a shortcut — I keep taste, correctness, and your users in the loop the whole way, from your idea to live.

01

Discover

Understand the problem, the user, and the constraints before a single line of code. Sharp scope beats big scope.

02

Design

Move fast in the interface — prototype the feel, the motion, and the edges until it’s obviously right.

03

Build with AI

Use models as leverage, not magic — agents and LLMs accelerate the build while I keep quality and correctness in the loop.

04

Ship

Production-ready or it doesn’t count: performance, accessibility, and the polish that makes software feel alive.

Let’s build

Have something worth building? Let’s ship it.

Whether it’s a web app, an AI-powered product, or taking an idea all the way to the App Store — I’d love to hear about it.