Experience

The AI Era (2022–Present)

I stopped writing code the traditional way and started building systems where AI writes the code. At CloneForce, I built an end-to-end pipeline where Claude SDK generates production-ready application features, Playwright-based agents autonomously test them, and self-healing workflows analyze failures and fix issues without human intervention. The entire loop — generate, test, fix, ship — runs with minimal manual engineering.

Through my consultancy, I've shipped AI products across healthcare, government, fintech, and education. I built clinical documentation systems that generate structured SOAP notes from real-time audio, reducing documentation time by ~40%. I've contributed to LLM-based clinical workflows at major healthcare organizations. And I've built features for platforms serving 100k+ users.

The pattern across all of it: find a manual workflow, replace it with an AI-driven one, then teach the team to operate that way. That's the job now — not writing code, but designing systems and guiding teams to ship faster with AI as the engine.

Enterprise Scale (2019–2024)

At ArcXP (a Washington Post company), I was on the Subscriptions team building the admin platform companies used to handle paywalls, authentication, and payment integrations. It was heavily integration-focused — international requirements across different countries, multiple companies owning different brands, all using our platform. I modernized the codebase from Node 10/React 16 to Node 20/React 18, introduced trunk-based development, and migrated from Jenkins to GitHub Actions.

At Ruggable, I started on the operations team building apps for manufacturing and fulfillment, then was promoted to Lead to build a team of 5 for a new furniture brand. I built a custom Shopify setup with React and Liquid templating, introduced Tailwind CSS for designer-developer collaboration, and trained the team on agile processes.

The Foundation (2014–2019)

Where I cut my teeth. Frontend development on VA.gov, serving veterans through accessible, data-driven interfaces. Full-stack consulting across startups. Ruby on Rails at Zurb, building collaborative design tools. Every role taught me something different — government contracting taught me rigor, startups taught me speed, and agency work taught me how to ship for clients with wildly different needs.

Before Software

Before I wrote my first line of code, I spent a decade building physical prototypes for major auto manufacturers — Honda, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz. Model making, CNC machining, 5-axis setups, R&D for future vehicle designs. That background in precision engineering and product development carries through everything I build today. I think in systems, I prototype fast, and I ship.