Executive Summary
Technologist and operator with over twenty years building and leading technology at the intersection of product, infrastructure, and strategy. I'm equally at home in the code and the boardroom, and I can own the full technology function at a lean company where trust, ownership, and craft matter more than headcount and hierarchy.
Core Competencies
Leadership & Strategy
- Technology Strategy
- IT Planning & Technical Due Diligence
- Vendor & Budget Management
- Team Leadership
- Stakeholder Communication
- Agile / Scrum / Kanban
- Jira & Confluence
Development
- Python
- JavaScript & Node.js
- TypeScript
- React, Next.js & Svelte
- PHP
- Go & Rust
- HTML / CSS
- SQL (PostgreSQL & MySQL), Prisma ORM
AI & Tooling
- Agent Development & Deployment (Copilot SDK)
- Tool-Calling Integrations (Slack, Asana)
- Local LLM Inference (llama.cpp)
- MCP Server Development
- Multi-Provider LLM API Integration
- AI-Assisted Development Workflows
Platform & Infrastructure
- Docker & Containerization
- Containerized Microservices (GCP)
- AWS (S3, CloudFront)
- WordPress Multisite & WooCommerce
- Server / System Administration
- SaaS Architecture
- API Design & Integration
- DevOps & Performance Monitoring
- E2E Testing (Playwright)
Payments & E-commerce
- Stripe
- Authorize.net
- PayPal & Amazon Payments
- WC Subscriptions & Memberships
- Inventory Management Systems
Key Achievements
Subscription Revenue Platform
Owned and operated core revenue platform processing $2.5M+ in annual subscription revenue at peak, serving 10,000+ active subscribers globally
Global Platform Reach
Sole technology leader for an international fitness brand with 25,000+ certified instructors across 100+ countries
Profit Growth
Restructured development lifecycle, increasing average profit-per-project by 180%
Faster Project Delivery
Reduced average project duration from 120 to 78 days through process improvements
Experience Highlights
Founder
Ragnarök Technologies — Riverside, CA (Remote)
Sep 2026 — Present
- Subscription revenue recovery for subscription and membership businesses. I find what's being lost to failed renewals, put a dollar figure on it, and fix the billing stack underneath.
- $3,500 fixed-price diagnostic. One week, read-only, nothing touching production. Clients get a recoverable revenue estimate with the arithmetic shown, involuntary churn separated from voluntary, and findings ranked by dollars against effort.
- Remediation and ongoing ownership of the payments stack: retry logic, dunning sequenced by decline reason, card updater and network token enrollment, webhook and subscription-state reconciliation, measured before and after.
Director of IT & Development
POUND Rockout. Workout — Los Angeles, CA (Remote)
Jan 2023 — Sep 2026
- Sole technology leader for an international fitness brand with 25,000+ certified instructors across 100+ countries. Owned platform, infrastructure, vendor relationships, and technical strategy end to end.
- Owned and operated the core revenue platform processing $2.5M+ in annual subscription revenue at peak, serving 10,000+ active subscribers globally. Rebuilt it from a fragile offshore codebase into a production-grade system while it stayed live and kept processing payments.
- Worked inside a combined operations and development function, owning day-to-day business operations and international e-commerce alongside engineering. Kept subscription, membership, and storefront commerce running across 100+ countries.
- Architected and deployed bespoke WordPress plugins, custom Elementor components, Dockerized Node.js applets, and Python-powered BI reporting tooling, serving ~4,200 active weekly users across 40+ countries.
- Scaled the platform to 2M+ registered users and 50,000 peak concurrent during live events, with a development team that never exceeded 3 engineers. Deployed read replicas proactively for subscription and instructor lookups, and archived data to keep the active database lean.
- Built and deployed Basil, an internal Dev/Ops agent on the Copilot SDK running in Slack with scoped read/write access to an Asana ticketing project. Most of the design work went into the permission model and blast radius.
- Rationalized a complex multi-vendor cloud stack to ~$3,200/month across all services including video hosting.
- Defined web development standards, coding practices, and deployment workflows; mentored and led development team members.
- Was a key voice in corporate directional decisions, translating technology capability and risk into clear business context for executive leadership.
Senior IT & Development Manager
POUND Rockout. Workout — Los Angeles, CA (Remote)
May 2019 — Jan 2023
- Promoted from senior developer into full platform and team ownership; directed architecture, development, and QA for all consumer-facing and internal systems.
- Optimized database performance and designed scalable APIs supporting subscription and membership workflows at peak 10,000+ active subscribers.
- Built and maintained technology infrastructure that carried the company through rapid international growth, team scaling, and the subsequent leaning out, keeping systems stable across each phase.
Full-Stack Web Developer
Absolute Exhibits — Tustin, CA
Jun 2017 — Dec 2018
- Led a company-wide redesign and rebranding effort, delivering five weeks ahead of schedule and 17% under budget.
- Built a custom inventory management system designed for white-label scalability, and implemented a Digital Asset Management system with custom API integration.
- Developed and managed WooCommerce e-commerce storefronts and all company web properties.
Project Manager / Development Manager
GemFind — Irvine, CA
Jan 2016 — Jun 2017
- Restructured the development lifecycle, increasing average profit-per-project by 180% and reducing average project duration from 120 to 78 days (35%).
- Owned client communication, project scope, requirements, and delivery, bridging business needs and technical execution.
Project Manager
Victory Sports & Entertainment — Santa Monica, CA
Feb 2014 — Dec 2015
- Joined as employee #3, recruited directly by the CFO from TVplus to help build a daily fantasy sports platform from the ground up.
- Led design and development of Draftster.com, an early daily fantasy sports platform competing directly with DraftKings and FanDuel. The technology was later acquired for white-label licensing.
- Implemented Agile methodologies using Jira and Confluence to run design and development.
- Built and managed a customer service department from the ground up.
Project Manager / Technical Writer
TVplus (later itibit) — Remote / Los Angeles, CA
2011 — 2014
- Joined as Technical Writer authoring API documentation for a second screen engagement platform, then grew into Project Manager overseeing client delivery.
- Delivered second screen apps built on proprietary audio fingerprinting. The device microphone synced to a live broadcast to serve timely, offset-matched content on tablets and phones.
- Managed enterprise client engagements across Discovery Network properties (TLC, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet), CBC, FOX, and X-Factor, including live event production on-site at FOX Upfronts and the X-Factor sound stages.
Education & Certifications
University of Phoenix
BS, Computer Science — Diamond Bar, CA
Completed Sept. 2013
Fullerton College
AS, Computer Science — Fullerton, CA
Completed June 2011
Self-Directed Learning & Industry Experience
Over twenty years of continuous learning through hands-on experience, industry conferences, open-source contributions, and staying current with emerging technologies. Advocate for learning by building and teaching others.