ENGINEER · OPERATOR · MANAGER
Lead Software Engineer · Engineering Manager
Software spend eliminated
$0K+/yr
Pipeline savings
$0K+/yr
Lands when Tactics launches
SKUs managed
0+
Customer records
0+
Daily transactions
0+
Legacy uptime
0%
Dual-system run
0+ mo
Legacy maintained
0 yr
Lines refactored
~0
Data loss events
0
Timewalker live
0+ year
System 01
$60K/yr
Saved
+$120K
Pending
2
Companies
Solo for the first 4 months, then with a teammate. Cut $60K+/yr in software spend, with another $120K+/yr coming off once Tactics finishes its Shopify migration. Runs daily operations across two companies.
System 02
3
Engineers
100%
Uptime
10+
Months parallel
Leading a 3-engineer migration off a 25-year-old C# system to Shopify Plus + custom WMS. Both stacks have run in parallel for 10+ months with no legacy downtime.
System 03
1+ yr
Live
2
Languages
2
Currencies
A custom commerce storefront that runs on top of the existing legacy backend without disrupting it. Fully bilingual English/Japanese with USD/YEN currency switching. Live for over a year, no downtime.
Jan 2024 – Present
Inversal (Tactics, Lakai) · Remote
Principal engineer across a multi-company portfolio. Report to the COO; work with the executive team on technology strategy and roadmap.
Stack —Next.js 16 · React · TypeScript · Node.js · PostgreSQL · Vercel · AI Gateway · C# .NET (legacy)
Jan 2023 – Feb 2024
The Edge Fitness Clubs · Pike Creek, DE
Sales-floor tooling and executive CMS for a 50+ location fitness chain.
Stack —JavaScript · React · Node.js · MySQL · REST APIs
2017 – 2022
Dick's Sporting Goods · The Edge Fitness
Sales Team Lead at Dick's Sporting Goods (8 reports) and Sales Specialist at The Edge Fitness. The customer-facing years that still shape how I build software.
App framework
Next.js 16
Server components, app router, PPR.
UI library
React
Pretty much every product surface I ship.
Language
TypeScript
Frontend, backend, shared code — all of it typed.
Runtime
Node.js
Servers, schedulers, internal tools, integrations.
Primary database
PostgreSQL
Source of truth for the WMS and most internal systems.
Platform
Vercel
Where everything I build ships. AI Gateway included.
Also on the bench
6 supporting
How I build · these show up in everything I ship
6 habits
Audit logging
Every change to production data is recorded, attributable, and reversible.
Role-based access control
Each internal system has its own permission model. No shared admin keys.
Encryption at rest and in transit
Sensitive data stays encrypted wherever it lives and wherever it moves.
PII-aware data handling
Personal data isn't logged, isn't surfaced by accident, and doesn't move without a reason.
Separated environments
Real dev, staging, and production environments — and cutovers I can actually see.
International from day one
English/Japanese in production with USD/YEN switching. i18n built in, not bolted on.
01 / 05
Building systems that last.
A year in production, zero downtime, zero data loss.
02 / 05
Leading and shipping.
I hire, mentor, and run a team without handing the hardest work off.
03 / 05
Modernizing legacy carefully.
I keep decades-old systems stable while shipping new stacks beside them. No big-bang rewrites, no surprise outages.
04 / 05
Cross-functional by default.
Sales, operations, finance, executives — I'm comfortable turning what the business actually needs into what engineering ships.
05 / 05
Cost-conscious engineering.
Two roles, two six-figure annual vendor contracts replaced by internal systems that paid for themselves in months.
⚠ On hold while I sort out the liability side of AI-generated meal plans.
Location
Morrison, CO · Remote