I.T. INDUSTRY

Head of Product Engineering & Technical Leader

IMPACT SUMMARY

14+ years leading product engineering across Web3, fintech, music, healthtech, and telecom. Fully remote since 2018, with hands-on leadership in scaling teams, shipping high-impact launches, and driving security and compliance milestones.

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Web3, Fintech, Music, HealthTech, Telecom
MAJOR PRODUCT LAUNCHES
25+
TEAMS LED
4
CERTIFICATIONS
SSCP (2013-2023) · ISO 27001 · SOC-2 Type 2

Web3 Blockchain Launchpad & Web3 Game Product

Jun 2024 - Present

Seedify

Head of Product Engineering

  • Grew the Seedworld engineering team from 1 → 8 engineers in under a year, forming two independent teams and establishing hiring, delivery, and budgeting systems
  • Built and owned the AWS platform end-to-end, including App Runner, Lambdas, CI/CD pipelines, production monitoring (Sentry, Highlight), and on-call response (PagerDuty)
  • Designed and shipped a Stripe + crypto (LoopCrypto) subscription and referral system across product, game, and economy teams
  • Shipped NFT Staking (70% adoption in 24h), $5.6M token migration, 1,500+ node sale, and $SWORLD omnichain token launch, driving 200% price growth in two weeks
  • Led post-hack org reset in Q4 2025, stabilizing a reduced team, cutting stack complexity by 75%, saving $20K+ monthly, and tripling development velocity
TypeScriptFastifyNestJSNext.jsMongoDBAWSDockerJIRAMoralisAlchemyDynamicStripeethers.jsQuickNodeGoldsky
2024
2021

Procurement & Spend Management Platform (Fintech)

Oct 2021 - Mar 2024

Procurify

Engineering Manager

  • Created a new revenue and retention channel by rebuilding and scaling the PunchOut integration, growing vendor partnerships from 2 → 25
  • Led a team of 4 engineers with 2 PMs and 2 designers, delivering procurement enhancements tied to Series C funding and SOC-2 Type 2 certification
  • Introduced Monte Carlo forecasting and Kanban metrics to achieve consistent 1-week delivery cycles
  • Improved key feature retention by 8–11% through data-driven delivery loops
  • Streamlined onboarding and support workflows by partnering with CSM, Professional Services, and Support
PythonDjangoReactJSTypeScriptAWSDockerWorkatoJIRA

Music Analytics, Marketing, and Advertising Platform

Sep 2020 - Oct 2021

Wavo.me

Senior Full-stack Engineer

  • Led Agile adoption across engineering, training 10–15 engineers (including CTO and managers)
  • Partnered with the CSO to achieve ISO 27001 certification, strengthening security across a multi-tenant GraphQL platform
  • Simplified system architecture (frontend monolith + GraphQL backend + Redis), improving maintainability
ReactJSTypeScriptGraphQLRedisAuth0DockerJIRA
2020
2016

IT Solutions Provider

Nov 2016 - Sep 2020

Lixar IT

Senior Full-stack Engineer

  • Promoted from Intermediate → Senior → Technical Lead while scaling the team from 5 → 20 engineers
  • Built React/Node.js/TypeScript microservices for Bell Canada’s high-scale calendaring systems
  • Delivered a JavaScript prototype that accelerated delivery by 4× and integrated into a Java/PrimeFaces app (WCAG AAA compliant)
  • Designed Dockerized microservices and secure APIs with IdentityServer4 and Entity Framework
C#.NETNode.jsReactTypeScriptSQL ServerDockerExpressSOAPJava

Healthcare De-identification Platform

Mar 2015 - Nov 2016

Privacy Analytics (IMS Health)

Intermediate Frontend Developer

  • Independently built a new enterprise frontend platform with Node, Grunt, AngularJS, JavaScript, Foundation SASS, and d3.js
  • Co-developed the backend platform with a 10–15 engineer team and a modular deployment pipeline
  • Trained the QA team on SPA testing guidelines and led bug triage
AngularJSNode.jsGruntD3.jsFoundationSASSJavaScriptKarmaJasmine
2015
2014

Healthcare Data Security Research

Jan 2014 - Mar 2015

eHealth Information Lab (CHEO RI)

Full-stack Developer & Cryptography Researcher

  • Enhanced cryptography algorithms for Privacy Analytics’ secure data matching systems
  • Conducted research in data matching and secure matching within applied cryptography
  • Contributed to the Secure Linkage of Databases patent (Patent No. 2887191)
Node.jsAngularJSGruntKarmaJasmineJavaScriptSASSD3.jsUI-RouterCryptography

Cybersecurity Services

May 2013 - Aug 2013

2Keys Security Solutions

IT Security Support & Full-stack Developer (Co-op)

  • Managed SOC security monitoring on Unix with Nagios, ArcSight, and Zenoss
  • Implemented central authorization with RADIUS and OpenDJ
  • Built a Java app integrating JIRA SSO and automated reporting with Python and shell scripting
LinuxNagiosArcSightZenossRADIUSOpenDJJavaPython
2013
2009

B.Sc. Computer Science (Co-op), Minor in Mathematics

2009 - 2013

Carleton University

Bachelor's Degree

  • Graduated from Carleton University with a bachelor's of computer science and minor in mathematics
Advanced AlgorithmsData StructuresOperating SystemsGame Theory

Security Consulting & Software

Apr 2012 - Dec 2012

Cygnos IT Security / Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton

Full-stack Developer (Co-op)

  • Developed a Grails/Java Spring application with MongoDB
  • Performed security testing with nmap, Nessus, and Metasploit
GrailsJavaSpringMongoDBnmapNessusMetasploit
2012
2011

Mines & Minerals Division

May 2011 - Aug 2011

Natural Resources Canada

Admin Support (Co-op)

  • Built a multilingual internal documentation tool in Visual Basic 2010 Express
  • Delivered internal automation tooling with Microsoft Access
Visual BasicMS AccessAutomationInternal Tools