Career Highlights
Doctoral structural engineering research at Tufts University, then a career pivot into software leadership at BrightOps, where rebuilding the company’s core internal web platform on contract led to hire and promotions to Director of Software Development and Operations within three years.
Technical Footprint at BrightOps
Python and JavaScript application code, PostgreSQL with disciplined schema migrations, and containerized workloads on Google Cloud Platform and Kubernetes — complemented by serverless endpoints where they fit the problem. Delivery leans on GitHub Actions for CI/CD, automated tests, and dependency and quality gates. Much of the work sits in shared internal libraries and engineering tooling reused across repositories.
Software and Technical Skills
Tools and technologies used in production software. Leadership and execution are in the experience bullets below.
- Core Proficiencies
- Python, JavaScript, SQL, Flask, PostgreSQL, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Liquibase, Poetry, pre-commit (format/lint/type-check)
- Comfortable With
- PHP, HTML/CSS, Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, ArgoCD, SonarCloud/Snyk in CI
- Language Mix
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Representative Repositories Snapshot: 2026-05-15
- PHP33.6%
- Python32.1%
- JavaScript14.4%
- Twig6.3%
- PL/pgSQL5.5%
- HTML2.8%
- Vue1.3%
- CSS1.3%
- Blade1.0%
- Other1.7%
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BrightOps — Director of Software Development and Operations
August 2025 — present
- Architected consolidation of internal platform repositories into one operations monorepo—sole architect during cutover; team continued on legacy repos until migration completed with minimal disruption.
- Lead software development and operations for internal systems (six direct reports at peak); absorbed platform/DevOps scope at promotion; hired a Team Lead to scale review and mentoring; Terraform for cloud-function build triggers; hands-on on critical paths.
- Rolling out parallelized, resilient in-app photo and file uploads so field crews can attach funding-milestone evidence in the same workflow as operational form data.
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BrightOps — Software Engineering Manager
October 2023 — August 2025
- Led the software engineering function within IT (up to six direct reports); hired engineers; set priorities for reliability and internal platform quality supporting ~1,500 field operations staff.
- Created and enforced development-team engineering standards from a greenfield state—PR review (replacing commits-to-main), formatting, linting, type checks, reusable GitHub Actions, Docker dev environments, Snyk/SonarCloud gates; led Python 3.12 migration.
- Built configurable internal reporting for the operations web app (filters, saved views, export); QA and rollout in progress. Championed database migration discipline vs. ad hoc production edits.
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BrightOps — Software Engineer
September 2022 — October 2023
- Extended the internal operations web application—field forms (survey, permit, install, service) with complex business logic; phased legacy cutovers with redirects; cross-department process alignment.
- Introduced modular shared Python libraries across BrightOps' internal platform services, replacing tightly coupled legacy modules and improving integrations with PostgreSQL, Google Cloud, and CRM systems; led ongoing team migration.
- Introduced versioned database migrations (Alembic) and hardened production form reliability; began engineering-standards tooling later scaled team-wide as manager.
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BrightOps — Software Engineering Contractor
November 2021 — September 2022
- Rebuilt BrightOps' core internal web application end to end—preserved required behavior from the legacy in-house build while redesigning front-end, back-end, and UX for performance, reliability, and maintainability.
- Applied doctoral-era ownership and rapid self-directed learning on a new stack (no formal software degree); contract delivery led to full-time hire (September 2022) and subsequent promotions to engineering manager and director.
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Tufts University — Ph.D. Researcher
September 2012 — August 2019 · Medford, MA
- Lead doctoral researcher on the $716K NSF grant CMMI-1207976 (faculty PIs; not a named PI)—owned structural design and on-site experimental work on low-ductility braced frames in moderate-seismic regions.
- Led full-scale and component testing at Polytechnique Montréal and Lehigh ATLSS (~9 months), including two quasi-static CBF frame tests and night-shift coordination when the lab crane was booked daytime.
- Validated OpenSees models against the experiments and ran the parametric collapse simulation program that underpinned the dissertation and journal conclusions; six peer-reviewed articles plus M.S. thesis and Ph.D. dissertation.
- Graduate teaching (lectures, labs, office hours) alongside research; coordinated experimental and structural design deliverables across university partners, fabrication, and test-facility operations.
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LeMessurier — Structural Engineering Intern
June 2012 — October 2012 · Boston, MA
- Developed a Revit model of a largely undocumented building system for a major Boston renovation to support ongoing planning.
- Designed and communicated floor-slab cores and openings, including required support framing, for a targeted renovation scope.