Senior Engineering Leader · Application Delivery · DevOps & Platform Strategy

Building better systems.
Leading stronger teams.
Delivering results.

Senior engineering leader with 25+ years of experience guiding application strategy, distributed engineering organizations, DevOps modernization, and portfolio execution across enterprise, SaaS, and regulated environments. I align roadmaps to business priorities, strengthen release governance, and improve production reliability—so teams ship with confidence.

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25+ Years

Enterprise, SaaS, and regulated delivery leadership

Portfolio

Multi-application roadmap execution and stakeholder alignment

Governance

Release strategy, platform reliability, and operational continuity

AI-Assisted

Practical AI workflows to accelerate execution and quality

Leadership that aligns strategy with delivery.

I help organizations translate business priorities into engineering roadmaps that teams can execute. Across enterprise platforms and regulated environments, I lead distributed teams to deliver reliably—without sacrificing quality or operational control.

My focus areas include application delivery leadership, DevOps modernization, release governance, and production reliability. I balance feature delivery with platform health: reducing technical debt, improving observability and incident response readiness, and strengthening continuity.

I also champion practical AI-assisted workflows—using them to improve planning, communication, engineering support, and documentation. The goal is simple: faster execution, less rework, and higher stakeholder confidence.

Experience

A career built on enterprise delivery, modern engineering practices, and teams that ship.

Segue Technologies / Tetra Tech

Software Development Manager III

2013 — Present · Arlington, VA (Remote)

Provide strategic leadership for a multi-application enterprise portfolio supporting workflow automation, approvals, analytics, reporting, and field-facing operational use cases.

  • Lead distributed delivery teams through roadmap execution, sprint governance, staffing strategy, and release planning.
  • Established a predictable biweekly release framework, improving consistency, visibility, and production confidence.
  • Direct platform governance across AWS sandbox infrastructure and multi-stage client-hosted environments; oversee incident response readiness and operational continuity.

POLITICO

Senior Software Engineer

2010 — 2013 · Arlington, VA

Scaled high-traffic digital publishing platforms and internal editorial systems while improving release quality during rapid growth.

  • Partnered with product, UX, and editorial teams to improve CMS workflows and delivery outcomes.
  • Strengthened deployment automation and release confidence through CI and peer review practices.

Inspirus

Software Development Manager

2005 — 2010 · Irving, TX / Fort Worth, TX

Led delivery teams supporting enterprise SaaS recognition and engagement platforms, strengthening SDLC maturity and engineering quality through repeatable practices.

  • Improved SDLC maturity through coding standards, peer review, and consistent Agile delivery practices.
  • Coached developers and strengthened delivery effectiveness during periods of rapid organizational growth.

Earlier leadership experience

Development leadership and consulting

Early career · Various organizations

Built foundational leadership experience across delivery, operations, and internal platform work in fast-moving environments.

  • Development Manager — The Isphere Agency
  • Founder / Technology Consultant — Benore & Associates
  • Intranet Developer & Sales Innovation Lead — BellSouth International (AT&T)

Leadership

The themes I bring to teams to improve delivery and outcomes.

Engineering Strategy

Align application strategy and roadmaps to business priorities, with clear governance, measurable outcomes, and an execution cadence teams can sustain.

Application Delivery

Build predictable delivery through planning discipline, sprint governance, and release readiness—improving velocity without trading away stability.

DevOps Modernization

Modernize CI/CD and platform workflows to reduce toil, improve repeatability, and strengthen delivery confidence across environments.

Operational Reliability

Strengthen reliability through operational governance, incident response readiness, backups and recovery planning, and continuous improvement loops.

Team Leadership

Lead distributed teams with clear expectations, coaching, and staffing strategy—building healthy high performance and stakeholder trust.

AI-Assisted Engineering

Apply AI-assisted workflows to planning, communication, engineering support, and documentation—improving execution and reducing rework with responsible guardrails.

Resume

A concise view of roles, education, and certifications.

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Contact

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LinkedIn

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Location

Clermont, Florida