Career highlights
Software leadership at BrightOps and doctoral structural research at Tufts—with a career pivot proven by rebuilding the company’s core internal web platform on contract, then hire and promotions to director of software engineering and operations.
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, without naming specific products or integrations here.
Software & technical skills
Tools and technologies for production software—interview-defensible, not an exhaustive catalog. Leadership and execution are in experience bullets above.
- Core proficiencies
- Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, SQL, Flask, PostgreSQL, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Liquibase, Poetry, pre-commit (format/lint/type-check)
- Comfortable with
- Java, HTML/CSS, Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, ArgoCD, SonarCloud/Snyk in CI
Language mix (representative repositories)
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BrightOps — Director of Software Development & Operations
August 2025 — present · Remote
- 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—targeting fewer truck rolls and more reliable payouts.
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BrightOps — Software Development Manager
October 2023 — August 2025 · Remote
- 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); rollout ongoing as QA completes. Championed database migration discipline vs. ad hoc production edits.
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BrightOps — Software Engineering Contractor
November 2021 — September 2022 · Remote
- 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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BrightOps — Software Engineer
September 2022 — October 2023 · Remote
- 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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Tufts University — Ph.D. Researcher
September 2013 — August 2019 · Medford, MA
Lead doctoral researcher on the $716K NSF grant CMMI-1207976 (faculty PIs/co-PIs; not a named PI on the award). Owned most structural design and on-site experimental work on low-ductility braced frames in moderate-seismic regions—full-scale quasi-static frame tests, published M.S. thesis and Ph.D. dissertation, and peer-reviewed journal articles (including two in the Journal of Structural Engineering).
I led on-site, hands-on experimental programs at Polytechnique Montréal (component and subassembly testing) and at Lehigh ATLSS for roughly nine months, including full-scale frame and fixture construction. At Lehigh I completed two quasi-static CBF frame tests; when the schedule left about one month for the second test, I extended my on-site stay, proposed a novel night-shift testing window when the lab’s single crane was booked daytime by other projects, and coordinated with ATLSS technicians and leadership to finish on time.
I validated nonlinear models against the experiments (OpenSees), designed the parametrization, and executed the parametric collapse simulation program that underpinned the dissertation and journal work—the NSF program supported two full-scale frame tests, not hundreds of physical runs.
Graduate teaching—lectures, labs, and office hours—alongside that research sharpened how I explain trade-offs and develop others. Leading the NSF test program meant coordinating experimental and structural design deliverables across university partners, steel fabrication, and external test-facility operations; that leadership and mentorship practice carries into how I lead and grow engineers at BrightOps today.
Graduate coursework and lab-oriented classes aligned with the same arc—large-scale testing methods, structural reliability, and probabilistic framing.
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LeMessurier — Engineering Intern
June 2012 — October 2012 · Boston, MA
- Developed a Revit model of a largely undocumented building system at 501 Boylston Street to support ongoing renovation planning.
- Designed and communicated floor-slab cores and openings, including required support framing, for a targeted renovation scope.