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about

Hello,

For most people, it's coffee, but for me, its chocolate milk. I usually drink at least two glasses a day — It's the fuel that pushes my creativity for impactful products.

What I do:

I build and run engineering teams while staying in the code. As founding CTO at Luxxera, a healthcare marketplace, I built the engineering function from zero: hired four engineers onto a distributed team, set the delivery lifecycle and the standards, and guided the platform to $100K MRR within six months of launch.

I left Luxxera in September 2026 after handing off day-to-day delivery to the team I hired, and I'm looking to lead an engineering team inside a larger product organization. Somewhere the habits of a lean startup, small teams and high ownership, compound at bigger scale.

Before Luxxera I ran a development agency for nearly seven years, serving 20+ clients across nonprofit, education, healthcare, and government, and grew from engineer to lead at a university. 8+ years of hands-on development across TypeScript, Node, React, Python, PostgreSQL, and AWS. Each role has its own page.

Who I am:

I'm a pragmatic builder who listens first, then executes. People often tell me I bring clarity and momentum by focusing on what truly matters and cutting through noise. I set the bar for a team, then hold it alongside them: I still review code, prototype the risky decisions, and take the call when production breaks.

If you're hiring an engineering manager who can hire, mentor, and ship, or you want CTO-level guidance on an early technical decision, I'm your guy.

Let's talk.