Engineering Leader | Platform Engineering, Distributed Systems & AI-Native Operations

I am an engineering leader with 8+ years of experience designing and operating production platforms where distributed systems, infrastructure, security, and regulatory requirements intersect. I focus on building reliable, scalable systems and helping teams deliver complex initiatives with clarity and speed.

As Co-Founder and CTO of Nash, I led engineering across architecture, backend systems, infrastructure, security, hiring, and technical strategy. I helped build a regulated fintech platform that bridged traditional banking and digital assets, with a strong emphasis on operational resilience and compliance.

I have deep experience in platform engineering, cloud-native and bare-metal Kubernetes infrastructure, PostgreSQL operations, observability, deployment automation, and production reliability. I also enjoy reducing technical uncertainty by quickly understanding unfamiliar systems and improving engineering processes.

My work includes designing secure access-control and approval workflows, contributing to regulatory readiness, and leading investigations into production incidents across infrastructure, networking, databases, and backend services. I have also introduced automation and operational practices that improved reliability and reduced risk.

I am increasingly focused on AI-native engineering, where I design workflows that combine LLMs, automation, and structured processes to accelerate infrastructure operations, investigations, and decision-making while keeping human oversight in place.

Earlier in my career, I co-founded open-source and startup initiatives, including a major developer community in the NEO blockchain ecosystem and an early-stage learning analytics startup. I also worked as a mechanical engineer, where I developed strong analytical and systems-thinking skills that continue to shape my approach to software architecture.