About Me

In my free time, I like to golf, play tennis and pickleball and visit MLB stadiums (16/30 so far!). I am originally from Camarillo, CA, and am an avid Dodgers fan who is currently waiting for them to win the World Series in 2026!

MLB Quest

Ballpark tracker

16/30 stadiums visited

Dodger Stadium
Oracle Park
Coors Field

Experience

Microsoft

Sr. Software Engineering Manager ~ Azure Messaging• January 2020 - Present

Lead a team of software engineers that support Azure Messaging

Amazon Web Services

System Development Engineer ~ EC2• January 2018 - December 2019

Automated hundreds of deployments into specialized regions that support the EC2 service in AWS
Architected and programmed automation tools using AWS services that monitor service health and configure continuous deployments
Reviewed dozens of pipelines to ensure they are operationally excellent and meet the bar for continuous deployment
Mentored associates by teaching them operational and software paradigms and trained them up to become engineers

Lockheed Martin

Software Engineer Associate• August 2017 - December 2017

Simulated and optimized a satellite coverage algorithm for 291 space vehicles which allocated service to over 4000 user areas across the globe
Programmed a Network Operations Center GUI that uses the Leaflet Maps API to visualize satellite global coverage

Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center

Software Engineer• August 2015 - July 2017

Programmed a real-time wind tunnel simulator and free flight simulator for virtual helicopters with an elastic rotor model
Co-authored a paper on “A Python-based Framework for Real-time Simulation using Comprehensive Analysis” which was presented at AHS International's 72nd Annual Forum
Invited to present a seminar on real-time simulations with comprehensive analysis at the Army Research Laboratory
Presented a paper on “A Python-based Framework for a Real-time Wind Tunnel Rotor Simulation using Comprehensive Analysis” at the 2016 AIAA Region I Student Conference
Presented a paper on “A Modular Framework for a Virtual Reality Capable Rotorcraft Simulation” at the 2017 AIAA Region I Student Conference
Presented research findings and updates to research fellows and graduate assistants at weekly meetings

U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Computer Engineer• May 2016 - December 2016

Linked C# and Python scripts in the Unity Game Editor to pioneer a virtual reality capable rotorcraft simulator to assess performance of new vehicle designs using comprehensive analysis
Automated high-fidelity modeling and simulation work flow through parallelization techniques
Prepared and presented a presentation/demo of a Real-time Rotorcraft Flight Simulator with Comprehensive Analysis

Education

University of Maryland College Park

B.S. Computer Engineering •May 2017

Go Terps!

Highlights

2017
Built real-time simulation software
Designed simulation workflows for rotorcraft research and presented technical findings at conferences.
2018
Scaled AWS EC2 deployments
Automated specialized-region deployment and monitoring workflows with operational rigor.
2020
Joined Microsoft Azure Messaging
Led engineers building and operating resilient large-scale messaging infrastructure.
2026
Driving manager + architect impact
Growing teams while strengthening cloud reliability, delivery velocity, and customer trust.