I have 20+ years of experience leading software engineering teams and solving technical challenges. I also founded two bootstrapped startups, resulting in a pair of successful acquisitions.

• Leading four backend data product teams:
• Listings: Integrating the for-sale/for-rent listings that power Zillow's core shopping experience
• Listings Images: Managing Zillow's photo processing infrastructure
• Properties: Populating Zillow's database of all homes from public records
• GIS: Performing spatial data analysis and maintaining region definitions

• Established a model for launching Python-based web applications.
• Helped launch a new impression-based in-house advertising platform.

• Developed the initial framework and calendar section of the Cozi Android application.
• Developed and launched a baby names resource site, built in Python/Django.

• Built the BallHype content aggregation platform and the ballhype.com and showhype.com web sites, reaching a combined 3 million monthly unique users at the time of their acquisition.
• Backend application aggregated and analyzed millions of documents each day from social, media, blog, and video sources.
• Frontend application provided a robust user experience, including contests, messaging, voting, and other social networking features.
• Launched 100+ Blips aggregation sites which, along with ballhype.com and showhype.com, reached a combined 15 million monthly unique users.
• Migrated the platform to Amazon's EC2 Web Services.

• Led three functional teams to manage and extend the company's media and blog analysis applications:
• Infrastructure Engineering: Java-based distributed computing platform for large-scale content aggregation and text analytics
• Application Engineering: Java-based business intelligence application
• Product Management
• Launched blog monitoring product, enabling a 4x jump in processing scale.
• Established agile software development methodologies.

• Managed and contributed individually to the backend engineering team, responsible for a high-volume Java-based distributed computing application. Application components included web spidering, HTML data harvesting, indexing/searching, natural language processing, and data warehousing.

• Led development of the Java-based DETERMINE web applications for leasing and contract management. Coordinated the engineering release cycle--managed shared resources, prioritized tasks, and improved efficiency throughout the development process.
• Launched four new applications and several other features and enhancements.
• Contributed individually to Java/JSP development projects.

• Managed the web development team, responsible for JSP, HTML, JavaScript, and UI design.
• Launched a graphical redesign and a UI overhaul.

• Managed the 12-person development team for the Perl-based Zing.com online photo application.
• Launched an e-commerce engine and several co-brand sites, including English and Japanese versions of Sony's ImageStation.
• Contributed individually to Perl/HTML::Mason development projects.

• Planned, managed, and launched several new features for the Zing.com site, including a complete visual redesign and technical overhaul.

• Coordinated internal & external partners with internal & external development teams to develop rich media content for the Intel WebOutfitter service.

• Managed the e-commerce-enabled web site for the Intel AnswerExpress support suite, an Internet-based service for PC users.

• Developed HTML content for NBA.com: The Official Site of the National Basketball Association. Managed browser compatibility/page download issues and maintained code consistency.

• Created and launched the Java Boutique, an early Java resource site. Reviewed and incorporated submissions from independent Java developers, and assisted web developers with adding applets to their sites.
• Sold to Internet.com in 1997.

• Developed marketing collateral, including press tours and reviewer's guides, for a suite of Internet servers in the Internet Platforms and Tools Division.