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Engineering leadership you can plug in.
Not just advice, but execution.
20+ years turning complex technical challenges into scalable, compliant, revenue-generating platforms. From healthcare giants to e-commerce to AI/ML applications. I've led the work, not just directed it.
What I Do
Fractional VP / Head of Engineering
You need senior engineering leadership without the full-time overhead. I step in as an embedded executive, owning the roadmap, team, delivery, and stakeholder relationships for as long as you need. I’ve done this at both the VP and interim head of engineering levels across 200+ person orgs.
Engineering Team Assessment & Transformation
Is your team underdelivering? I diagnose what's actually broken, process, culture, tooling, or structure, and build a path forward. I've taken organizations from SOC 2 failures and missed commitments to audit-clean, high-trust organizations. I tell you what's real, not what's comfortable.
Platform Scaling & Modernization
Cloud-native migrations. Microservices. Monolith decomposition. Legacy system rehab. Whether you're on AWS, Azure, or GCP, I've migrated platforms across all three and developed solutions on each. I specialize in making the transition without breaking what's working.
AI/ML Strategy & Implementation
From federated learning architecture to AI-assisted Medicare plan selection tools to deploying AI coding assistants across dev teams. I've shipped AI products in production, not just POCs. I help engineering orgs figure out where AI can actually accelerate their business and how to build it responsibly.
M&A Technical Due Diligence
Evaluating a target's tech stack, security posture, engineering team, and cost structure before you sign? I've done this work as the engineering lead on multiple acquisitions. I provide you with a clear-eyed risk profile, not a rubber stamp.
Compliance & Regulated Environments
HIPAA. SOC 2 Type 2. State privacy law patchwork. I've built and operated compliant engineering organizations in healthcare at scale. If your domain is regulated and your engineering team isn't sure how to operate in that context, I can close that gap quickly.
Agile & SDLC Transformation
I've rolled out Agile across teams ranging from 10 to 60+ developers. Not the theoretical version, the version that actually changes delivery outcomes. Scrum, Kanban, DevOps metrics, and developer experience. I build the system, train the leads, and make it stick.
How I Work
I've led engineering at places like Optum, RVO Health, and Best Buy. Organizations where scale, compliance, and business pressure all compete for priority at once. I've learned that the best engineering leaders aren't the ones with the most opinions. They're the ones who find the thread connecting business goals to technical decisions and pull it until something useful comes out.
I work best with companies that have a real problem and want a real partner, not a report.