Director of Software Engineering at Capital One Software (Slingshot). Inventor of 3 granted U.S. patents. Published author. Architecting enterprise cloud data platforms, high-performance analytical databases, and optimization intelligence at scale.
US12189645B2 · Granted 2025 · Assigned to Capital One Services
System for automated optimization of cloud data warehousing environments. Analyzes tens of thousands of compute instances, storage buckets, and data warehouse clusters to identify cost optimization and governance opportunities at scale. Active production component of Slingshot, serving 50+ enterprise customers.
US12019648B2 · Granted 2024 · Assigned to Capital One Services
Automated detection and classification system for orphaned, untagged, and shadow cloud infrastructure representing cost waste and security risk. Surfaces hidden resources across enterprise cloud environments systematically.
US10769058B1 · Granted 2020 · Assigned to Capital One Services
Cloud-native, dynamically assigned automated test execution architecture enabling rigorous performance and load testing at scale without dedicated load-generation infrastructure.
New York City · Industry conference · Capital One Slingshot Case Study
Presented how Capital One Slingshot achieved a 50% infrastructure cost reduction and sub-500ms dashboard latency using ClickHouse Cloud for real-time enterprise analytics at scale.
Engineering director and foundational leader for Capital One's commercial enterprise data observability and cloud governance platform. Built engineering teams and architecture from ground zero to 50+ enterprise customers. Scaled multi-platform support across Snowflake, Databricks, ClickHouse, and Delta Sharing. Holds 2 granted live production patents and achieved 50% infrastructure cost reduction and sub-500ms query performance.
2021
Senior Manager of Software Engineering
Stride, Inc.
Led multiple cross-functional engineering teams building nationwide K-12 education platforms, powering online learning and digital engagement for hundreds of thousands of students across the United States.
2019 — 2021
Software Engineering Lead & Quality Architect
PNC Financial Services Group
Conceived, architected, and delivered PERFOPS — a unified, open-source testing and quality engineering platform for a $550B+ banking institution. Replaced four commercial vendor tools, saved millions in recurring software licensing costs, and established the organizational Quality Ops framework across dozens of engineering teams.
2016 — 2019
Senior Software Engineer & Inventor
Capital One Services
Enterprise cloud platform engineering and automated testing architectures. Invented and patented a generic serverless performance testing framework (granted U.S. Patent US10769058B1).
2015
Systems & Performance Test Engineer
IPC Systems, Inc.
Engineered mission-critical testbeds and real-time monitoring infrastructure for institutional financial trading communications powering the world's leading investment banks and asset managers.
Prior
High-Performance Engineering Lead
Wipro Technologies · Cisco Systems Engagement
Designed custom high-performance engineering tools and real-time monitoring frameworks for Cisco Commerce Workspace and Cisco Live global conferences.
An API layer that sits between AI models and users. Scores responses in real-time and routes them to deliver, flag for review, or block and escalate to humans based on enterprise safety criteria. Includes the open-source Guardrail Audit Toolkit.
A complete, interactive demo and production guide of ClickHouse for developers. Covers MergeTree table engines, real-world telemetry, sharding & replication on a live 2-node cluster, and an interactive "13 Mistakes" guide.
An AI-powered natural language query engine. Ask questions in plain English, get SQL-backed answers from 26+ data sources. Features real-time SSE streaming, automatic query self-correction, and reliability scoring.
A hands-on, practical guide and project for learning AI engineering and MLOps from scratch. Local pipeline integration featuring Ollama, LangFuse, DVC, and Model Context Protocol (MCP).
A decoupled frontend UI for Model Context Protocol (MCP) agents with automatic agent auto-discovery, tool execution inspection, and real-time streaming workflow controls.
High-performance data discovery and metadata indexing engine designed for enterprise cloud environments, automating schema discovery, data classification, and catalog synchronization.
Personal AI-powered advisor for iOS offering thoughtful guidance for life's everyday challenges, contextual decision support, and creative problem solving. Published and available natively on iPhone and iPad via the Apple App Store.