Experience

Full-stack software engineer with a strong leadership track record. Proficient in a diverse range of technologies, including React, Go, .NET, and Angular. Experienced architecting and delivering applications that enhance user experiences and effectively address business requirements. I excel in leadership roles by promoting collaboration within teams and driving projects to fruition.

1. Workiva

   Sep 2021 – Present · Ames, Iowa

   1. Staff Software Engineer

      Jul 2024 – Present

      Technical lead for a core platform experience, now leading a new team formed around a data transformation and automation product I co-invented. I own the architecture and technical direction for complex initiatives, set engineering standards, and work across functions to deliver features for enterprise customers.

      • Co-founded a data transformation and automation product and now lead the team built around it, from early concept through architecture and ongoing delivery.
      • Drive the design and implementation of complex platform initiatives.
      • Partner with product, UX, and customer-facing teams to define extensible, strategically aligned solutions.
      • Mentor engineers at all levels and help the team hold a high standard for code quality, delivery speed, and maintainability.
      • Improve how the team plans, estimates, and delivers through practical, evidence-based process changes.
      • Shape cross-team architectural decisions that keep the platform resilient as it scales.
      • Technical Leadership
      • Software Architecture
      • Product Strategy
      • Go
      • React.js

   2. Senior Software Engineer

      Oct 2022 – Jul 2024

      Full-stack engineer and technical lead for a core platform experience. Collaborated closely with product and UX to design and deliver solutions while providing mentorship and supporting a world-class calculation engine and featureful UI.

      • Planned and delivered multiple projects as technical lead.
      • Provided onboarding and mentorship for engineers and interns.
      • Collaborated closely with customers, partners, and across engineering teams.
      • Led effort to make significant improvements to client and server performance.
      • Software Design
      • Team Leadership

   3. Software Engineer

      Sep 2021 – Oct 2022

      Delivered full-stack solutions for a spreadsheet web application and APIs used by external customers and extended by other internal teams.

      • Application engineer for a core experience in the platform.
      • Delivered quality, scalable software in a collaborative environment.
      • Provided production support for a complicated product.
      • Provided close mentorship for the team's interns.
      • Full-Stack Development
      • React.js
      • Go
      • Technical Support

2. W. R. Berkley Corporation

   Jan 2017 – Sep 2021 · Urbandale, Iowa

   1. Software Developer II

      May 2021 – Sep 2021 · Full-time

      Full-stack software developer working on the design and implementation of both customer-facing and internal software products while leading innovations in process and technology.

      • Designed and implemented a health monitoring stack.
      • Worked closely with data science and actuarial teams.
      • R&D exploring highly-generic Angular form/flow systems.
      • Angular
      • .NET Core
      • Software Design
      • Kubernetes
      • System Monitoring

   2. Software Developer I

      Jan 2020 – May 2021 · Part-time

      Full-stack software developer working on internal workbench and external portal applications.

      • Implementation of a complex workbench application.
      • Design and implementation of an SMS/email customer notification system.
      • Led the first implementation of automated CI/CD tooling.
      • Began efforts to convert applications to Kubernetes.
      • Close collaboration with cyber security teams.
      • C#
      • Angular
      • SQL
      • TypeScript
      • .NET Core

   3. Software Development Intern

      Jan 2017 – Jan 2020 · Internship

      Continental Western Group (a Berkley Company) · Urbandale, Iowa

      Full-stack web development intern working on internal and customer-facing applications.

      • Mentee beneath a software architect.
      • Led adoption of Angular and .NET Core.
      • Design and implementation of a customer portal.
      • Implemented a workflow application with PDF document generation and e-signatures.
      • Implemented an ecommerce-style document repository.
      • Developed a query language and editor for XML data.
      • Expanded a generic/data-driven workflow system.
      • Designed and implemented a jQuery/.NET application.
      • C#
      • Agile Methodologies
      • .NET Framework
      • JavaScript