đź’Ľ Experience

Director of Engineering, AI/ML

Trussed AI

March 2025 – Present

  • Lead the architecture and deployment of LLM-powered agentic systems for insurance claims automation, utilizing LangChain, LangGraph, and Streamlit to orchestrate multi-agent workflows and user-facing prototypes.
  • Designed and implemented Python/FastAPI-based microservices supporting stateful, event-driven Q&A workflows modeled via ClaimState (Pydantic), enabling agents to persist, reference, and evolve structured claim context across interactions.
  • Built TrussController, a modular middleware layer that enforces compliance through configurable PII redaction, role-based access controls, agent-aware routing, and LLM provider abstraction—powering seamless integration with OpenAI, Anthropic, and open-source models.
  • Conduct LLM performance evaluations and benchmarking via prompt engineering
  • Conducted systematic LLM evaluations, fine-tuning prompt templates with chain-of-thought reasoning, handling ambiguity, and optimizing completions for correctness, latency, and cost—resulting in measurable accuracy improvements in claims triage and policy recommendations.
  • Delivered scalable, observable, and secure LLM infrastructure with real-time tracing, audit trails, fallback strategies, and interactive dashboards for redaction decisions and agent-level cost breakdowns—supporting enterprise-grade deployment standards.
  • Prototyped graph-based memory systems (e.g., temporal graphs for inter-agent knowledge transfer) and integrated vector databases to persist memory, context embeddings, and prior case knowledge for longitudinal reasoning.

Chief Technology Officer

SIMS Software (2005 – 2025)

Oct 2018 – Feb 2025

Transformed a monolithic defense software platform into a high-compliance, cloud-native SaaS solution serving elite clients (Pentagon, White House), while driving innovation, scalability, and security.

Technical Leadership & Platform Modernization

  • Architected modernization into $10M+ multi-tenant SaaS platform (AWS/Azure), improving scalability and reducing latency by 40% via microservices, Redis caching, and database sharding
  • Developed SIMS Dashboards processing 1M+ secure daily transactions for national security users
  • Deployed AI-driven automation (LangChain, CrewAI) reducing process inefficiencies by 40%

Security & Compliance

  • Embedded FedRAMP, NIST, HIPAA, and ISO 9001 compliance into SDLC
  • Implemented BC/DR strategies reducing recovery time by 60%

Operational Excellence

  • Scaled engineering team to 50+, mentoring 10+ engineers into leadership roles
  • Reduced release cycles by 50% via CI/CD and DevSecOps practices
  • Cut production bugs by 35% using AI code analysis (GitHub Copilot, SonarQube)

Cross-Functional Impact

  • Accelerated client adoption by 50% through stakeholder collaboration
  • Maintained hands-on contributions (Python, Angular, React, SQL/MongoDB)

Fractional Head of Engineering

The WiTT Group | San Francisco, CA

Jun 2023 – Oct 2024

  • Led technology strategy for healthcare/fintech platform used by Miami Cancer Institute
  • Developed multi-tenant cloud architecture with Stripe PCI compliance
  • Built HIPAA-compliant AI systems for patient engagement
  • Improved agile velocity by 30% and led investor due diligence

Director of Engineering

SIMS Software | Berkeley, CA

Oct 2012 – Sep 2018

  • Led cloud migration of legacy defense systems to modern architecture
  • Introduced DevOps practices including CI/CD and infrastructure as code
  • Built predictive analytics applications for national security
  • Mentored high-performing engineers through code reviews and pairing

Full Stack Engineer → Senior Full Stack Engineer

SIMS Software | San Diego & Minneapolis, CA

Oct 2005 – Sep 2012

  • Developed security clearance and compliance products
  • Modernized systems using .NET and JavaScript stacks
  • Created automation tools to boost developer productivity

Software Engineer

Rodopi Software | San Diego, CA

Jan 2004 – Sep 2005

  • Built billing and provisioning systems with fintech infrastructure
  • Developed robust backend services and database layers