Denver, CO
Senior Full Stack Engineer with over 10 years experience. Spent 5+ years at Meta working on primarily Video products including Facebook and Instagram Live, including time as a Team Lead. Prior service Army Intel Analyst, with an active Secret Security Clearance (as of 2022). Previous CTO and cofounder of multiple profitable startups. Bachelors in Computer Science from University of Missouri — Columbia.
I started programming when I was 14, making text based games in GW-BASIC. It was love at first sight. I spent my free time learning everything I could about programming and computers in general. I attended University of Missouri-Columbia where I would later receive my bachelors degree in Computer Science. During college, I interned twice at Anheuser-Busch in their Server Operations team, then twice at CARFAX on various product teams.
Following college, my internship at CARFAX turned into a full time job, and my new love for iOS development was born. After one year full time at CARFAX, I left the office life to begin freelancing and the startup life. I cofounded a startup, Nightlife, and grew it from a hobby project to a profitable business, scaling from 1 to 25 U.S. cities. During this time, I continued to work on other client and personal iOS projects.
In 2015, I stepped away from Nightlife, reduced my workload, and enlisted in the U.S. Army as an Intelligence Analyst. During my time in the Army, I continued my passion for iOS development, releasing three new apps on the App Store while continuing work on a client project for Missouri's (then) Attorney General, Chris Koster.
After my time in the Army, I joined Facebook's Video team where I focused mostly on Live video products. Some of my work included Facebook Live for iOS and Web, Live With (our co-broadcasting feature using WebRTC), and video playback for Workplace (our enterprise offering). After 4 years on the Video team, I transferred internally to the Oculus team to get a taste of our VR products and help build the Metaverse. I continued working on Media related projects such as Casting and the Meta Quest TV app, as well as prototyped an early [not yet released] feature.
A glimpse at some of my lastest work. See my portfolio for more projects and details.
I'm a Senior Full Stack SWE with a lot of Video and iOS app experience. Ex-Meta, multiple startups, and has released 13 iOS apps (on App Store or B2B).
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