Lead Software Engineer — solving complex problems with simple, robust solutions. EdTech & Defense experience. C#, .NET, AWS, systems design, secure-by-default builds.
Work Experience
Senior Systems Engineer / Lead Developer
@ Cadet Portfolio — EdTech / Defense (Remote)
Aug 2022 — Present
Led 7 engineers building a platform serving .
- Co-authored security documentation for 400+ NIST 800-53 controls; aligned with CMMC, IL4 & FedRAMP.
- Maintained 99.9% uptime while scaling past 100k users; hard multi-tenant boundaries and cost controls.
- Delivered hundreds of features; hands-on contributor across API, data, and front-end.
- Rebuilt ticketing, testing, and delivery pipelines; cut help-desk response times and boosted throughput.
Led 7 engineers; platform now supports 250k users, 99.9% uptime, 100k+ DAU; SOC2-style runbooks; cost per-user down 38%.
CTO / Senior Developer / .NET Developer
@ Foxfire Software — WMS (Hybrid)
Feb 2019 — Sep 2022
Moved legacy on‑prem to cloud architecture; modern CI/CD; managed 30+ enterprise accounts; shipped $3M+ features.
Show concrete wins
- Lifted SLAs to 99.5%; eliminated single points of failure.
- Led team of 10+; established coaching ladders and hiring loops.
- Closed Fortune 500 renewals by co‑designing roadmap with operations.
Skills
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Some things I believe
- Reading is just as important as exercise.
- Every problem has a solution — the work is clarifying the requirements.