I enjoy building things: products, systems, tools, teams, relationships, careers. I'm an engineering leader seeking roles that are both technical and humane, tempering ambition with pragmatism.
Reflections on the strategic considerations and practical steps for engineering leaders who want to return to hands-on development work.
Essential insights for engineers transitioning into management roles, based on years of experience and research.
How to maintain team cohesion and prevent organizational factions during rapid startup growth.
Led engineering for the mesh WiFi system that Amazon acquired in 2019, handling hardware design, embedded software, and cloud infrastructure.
Built and scaled Twitter's infrastructure for serving tweets, timelines, and the social graph to billions of requests per day, ending the Fail Whale era.