Resume
What I'm doing
Mark OS
Mark OS is an AI-powered content review platform that helps marketing teams evaluate their creative work — digital ads, videos, product pages, and campaigns — for brand consistency, compliance, and performance, before and after launch.
I work across the stack as we build the platform from the ground up.
What I've done
Shopify
Making Commerce Better for Everyone. Shopify is supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs, the world's biggest brands, and everyone in between.
I worked in Retail developing software that powered the Point of Sale offerings.
Previously I worked in Solutions RnD, part of Professional Services. My work was focused on planning and implementing technical solutions for strategic projects brought on by partners and merchants that touched various parts of the ecosystem.
ShareGrid
ShareGrid is an online marketplace for sharing film and photography equipment.
I joined as the second full-time engineer. Early on, I worked alongside the contractors who had built the initial application — shipping features while reviewing and deploying their updates.
As the team grew, I took on interviewing and mentoring new engineers, and partnered closely with product and operations to plan, build, and release changes across the application and infrastructure.
IZEA
IZEA connects brands with influential content creators and publishers.
I worked on a steady stream of APIs that powered the Rails backend of the IZEA Exchange and the mobile applications, occasionally working on the frontend Ember application using those APIs.
Code School
Code School, eventually acquired by Pluralsight, was an interactive code learning platform.
I worked on the courses team, writing unit tests that ran against user-submitted code using AST parsing and sandboxed execution to give learners feedback on each challenge. I built challenges for Surviving APIs with Rails and Staying Sharp with Angular.js, wrote the Python executor that powered Try Python and Flying Through Python, and contributed to the backend and Angular.js for JavaScript.com's Try JavaScript.
Chargify
Chargify is a recurring billing platform.
As the first hire of Tier 2 support, I was responsible for helping customers and developers with platform and API issues. I handled support through Zendesk and phone calls, addressing issues with implementation and usage of the application.
I also helped develop features for payment gateway integrations, as well as the platforms initial ActiveMerchant gateway support for the eWay payment processor.
CYber SYtes
I was responsible for handling customer support calls and tickets related to website hosting, migrations and troubleshooting, email management and client setup, WordPress installation and updates, and programming tasks related to custom client CMS' and internal tooling.
Other Projects
WhatPulse
WhatPulse is a desktop application that collects keyboard, mouse, application, and network usage. The data can be sent to the web application (pulsed) for personal analysis and competition.
As a fan of data-driven software, I've contributed to the web application for several years in the form of backend work and consulting, partnering up to build a more B2B offering.
GitLab
I was a member of the core team of volunteers for GitLab, having contributed and been recognized for supporting users in the #gitlab IRC channel for several years.