Resume
This provides a concise summary of my professional experience.
Principal Platform & Software Engineer
A "strategic, supportive, and technical" leader with over 20 years of experience architecting and delivering complex, scalable cloud and data platforms. My expertise is at the intersection of product, engineering, and data, translating complex business goals into full-stack solutions (Go, React/TypeScript). I have a proven track record of mentorship, cross-functional partnership, and driving business impact, including $31M+ in cloud cost avoidance.
Core Skills
- Technical Leadership & Strategy: System Architecture, Technical Roadmaps, Cloud FinOps, Mentorship & Coaching.
- Platform & Cloud Engineering: Platform Engineering (IDPs), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes (K8s), Terraform, CI/CD, DevOps.
- Full-Stack & Data: Go (GoLang), Python, React/TypeScript, SQL, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, gRPC.
- Emerging Technology: AI/LLMs, Agentic AI, Recommendation Frameworks.
Experience Summary
Lead Engineer, Efficiency & Data Platforms
Target Corporation | 2018 - 2025
Promoted to architect platforms providing data-driven insights into infrastructure cost, technical debt, and lifecycle management. Led development of FinOps recommendation engines that drove $31M+ in cost avoidance. Architected the "Infra Showback Hub" (Go, BigQuery, React) and mentored/coached engineering teams.
Lead Software Engineer, Infrastructure Data
Target Corporation | 2015 - 2018
Pivoted to software leadership, building foundational data aggregation platforms. Spearheaded the "Iceberg/Compass" initiative (Go, React, Mongo) and designed the "avalanche-framework," an inner-sourced Go SDK to accelerate developer velocity.
Senior Systems Engineer, Infrastructure & Security
Target Corporation | 2004 - 2015
Led infrastructure architecture and enterprise security for mission-critical systems. Managed PCI/compliance and engineered the OS for 45,000+ POS registers across 1,800+ stores.
Education
- Associate of Arts - North Hennepin Community College
- Completed 126 credits towards a Bachelor of Science in Business/E-Business