About Me
I love operating at the intersection of Product (value scoping, discovery prototyping), Design (scalable design systems, UI/UX fidelity), and Engineering (Next.js/React full-stack architecture, cloud infrastructure).
I've spent most of my career working as a key contributor to ship features end-to-end, creating reusable architectural building blocks, and more recently leveraging AI-augmented workflows to accelerate velocity, while adapting traditional project management processes to agentic supported workflows.
Experience
Director, Product, Design & Engineering / Principal UX/UI Engineer
Jan 2024 - PresentKlearTrust
- Translate high-level product vision into AI-optimized technical specifications and rapid discovery prototypes
- Architect and implement full-stack Next.js cloud solutions on AWS (Cognito, PostgreSQL, Lambda, CloudWatch)
- Integrate agentic AI tooling (Antigravity with VS Code, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) into development workflows to cut delivery cycle times
- Deploy internal AI agents to automate administrative overhead, developer task breakdown, and release documentation
- Engineer scalable component libraries, UI architecture, and design systems across enterprise products
- Construct automated CI/CD quality pipelines (GitHub Actions, ESLint, TypeScript) and test suites (Vitest, Playwright)
Lead User Experience Engineer
Apr 2021 - Dec 2023The Office of Experience
- Led front-end architecture for React and Vue.js applications paired with Headless CMS backends (Storyblok, Contentful)
- Established automated UI component validation and visual regression testing with Storybook, Jest, and Playwright
- Managed and configured AWS and Azure cloud infrastructure for scalable web applications and microservices
Lead Front-End Developer (Founding Engineer)
Oct 2020 - Apr 2021rheli.co, Inc.
- Delivered 0-to-1 greenfield front-end architecture and component libraries using React.js for early startup venture
- Architected custom Markdown modules and dynamic rendering engine for complex content layouts
- Constructed GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines across tiered Netlify environments to accelerate build-measure-learn loops
Lead Front End Developer
Aug 2017 - Oct 2020Apervita, Inc.
- Executed architectural migration of healthcare analytics platform UI from legacy Backbone.js to component-driven React
- Engineered high-throughput data visualizations and interactive dashboards for complex healthcare analytics
- Architected modular design component system and UI foundation for high-density, data-intensive workflows
Group Technical Director
Jan 2017 - Aug 2017Critical Mass
- Led technology practice at Critical Mass Chicago office
- Managed projects, staff, and 3rd party vendors
- Solution architecture for enterprise projects and social campaigns
Associate Partner/Director of UI Development
Jan 2000 - Nov 2012VSA Partners
- Championed development processes and practices across organization
- Led architecture and production of all VSA digital work
- Staffed and mentored team of thirteen full-time developers
- Bridged creative team, clients, and IT partners
Skills & Expertise
Engineering Core
React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js, JavaScript (ES6+), PostgreSQL, REST & Socket APIs.
Leverage & Automation
Agentic AI workflows (Antigravity with VS Code, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot), CI/CD automation (GitHub Actions), Docker.
Product & Design Abstractions
Discovery track prototyping, UI architecture, Design Systems, Component-Driven Development, Storybook, Figma, Wireframing.
Experiments
Self indulgent mini projects. These are small development, design and prototyping projects I'm using to get to know tooling in concert with Figma, off the shelf design systems, extensions and MCP to compare results and refine my personal workflow.
Pace Calculator
A running pace calculator to help runners plan their training and race strategies. Calculate splits, pace, and speeds with variable split timing and distance configuration.
Concert Calendar
A dynamic concert calendar that pulls from ICS feeds to display upcoming shows. Share your plans with friends.
Git Rules
A collection of chatmode rules for maintaining consistent commit messages, pull request descriptions, and production release notes. These chatmodes work together to create a workflow where good commits lead to good pull requests, which in turn serve as context for generating release notes with historical links and summaries.