Summary
Senior cloud engineer and full-stack developer with 8+ years of experience across independent consulting, agency work, and venture-backed startups. Focused on cloud architecture, DevOps, and end-to-end delivery of production systems on AWS, Azure, and GCP. Background includes DARPA-funded DoD research, ecommerce, and production work for Google. Holds a B.S. in Network and Cloud Engineering from WGU and is pursuing an M.S. in Computer Science (Computing Systems) at Georgia Tech.
Experience
Samwise Development
Founder — Cloud & Software Consultancy
Cloud and software development consultancy serving clients across industries. Full-stack development, cloud infrastructure, and end-to-end project delivery at any scale.
2022 – Present
Google I/O — Contract
Full Stack Developer — Remote
Shipped production pages for Google I/O via Left Field Labs. Headless Preact with Jinja and Python.
2021 – 2022
Distributron
Software Developer, Co-founder
Alcohol delivery ecommerce startup; reached Y Combinator interview. Built with Vue, CSS, HTML, geofencing, and JAMstack architecture.
2020 – 2021
Treetz
Co-founder — Indie Game Development
Unity mobile game with an 8-bit space theme. Co-led a team of 6 — developers and artists — from concept through production builds.
2019 – 2020
Safety+
Software Developer
React SPA built on Firebase for real-time factory safety incident tracking. Initial clients included Coca-Cola.
2019 – 2020
1SEO Digital Agency — Philadelphia
Developer
Multi-client agency across WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, and Magento. React, Vue, ES6+.
2018 – 2019
PSU Applied Research Laboratory
Data Analyst
DARPA-funded research in the Underwater Acoustics Department. Held a DoD Secret clearance (since lapsed). Data analytics and MATLAB for autonomous underwater vehicle systems.
2010 – 2013
Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. Computer Science — Computing Systems In Progress
Present
Western Governors University
B.S. Network and Cloud Engineering
Graduated 2026
The Pennsylvania State University
Computer Engineering & Security and Risk Analysis Coursework
2011 – 2014
Certifications
CompTIA Security+
Security & risk management
CompTIA Network+
Network infrastructure & operations
CompTIA A+
Hardware & software fundamentals
ITIL 4 Foundation
IT service management
LPI Linux Essentials
Linux fundamentals & open source
Skills
Rust
C
Systems Programming
Linux Kernel
Embedded / SPI
TypeScript
React
Vue
PHP / Laravel
Python
AWS
Azure
GCP
Cloudflare
Kubernetes
Unity
MATLAB
Interests
Music
Travel
Cooking