To develop and guide technology for exciting internet companies

Director of Development, Zappos.com, Inc. • Jul 2000 to Mar 2007

Personally oversaw the creation of the largest pure play online apparel retailer -- under my technology leadership, Zappos achieved profitability and saw rapid revenue growth from startup to $587 million in 2006.

• Created and led a team of sixteen that was responsible for all Zappos software
• Designed a robust, flexible system and established practices for rapid development and ongoing feature additions
• Managed and took part in the development of hundreds of pieces of custom software that saw continuous high volume use
• Implemented an efficient hardware/software system to support world-class reliability and speed: Zappos was rated the fastest and most reliable retail website in the world in 2006, according to Gomez, Inc. and Keynote Systems
• Managed the creation of custom warehouse management software and processes that improved inventory accuracy by a factor of 10 over a well known third party solution
• Partnered with Arup and FKI on the design and construction of a $25 million automated distribution center; a quarter of the cost estimated by outside consultants
• Integrated our system with many third party software packages and web services including Great Plains, ADP Payroll Systems, FKI Warehouse Optimizer, Google Advertising, and many more
• Reported directly to the CEO and the board, coordinated with department heads to continuously meet ongoing development needs

Lead Software Engineer, PayMe.com, Inc. • Dec 1999 to Jul 2000

Launched a PayPal competitor, which grew to 50,000 active users in four months and was acquired by PayMyBills, Inc.

• Architected financial transaction system, worked closely with others to incorporate new features
• Organized regular code launches from a team of nine developers and web designers
• Administered secure web and database servers

Software Engineer, Microsoft LinkExchange / bCentral • Aug 1997 to Dec 1999

Integrated features from half a dozen online services into a control center used by more than 40,000 webmasters per day

• Provided data synchronization solutions for teams in Boston, Redmond, and San Francisco
• Took a lead role in refactoring the control center, including objects and tools for other developers
• Maintained hundreds of scripts for both free and paid services

• Building and leading teams through large scale projects and day to day operations
• Strong problem solving with technology to reduce operational costs
• Scaling computer systems for high performance, reliability, and rapid growth
• Architecting proper security in multi-user client/server environments
• Expert design and programming in Perl, SQL, HTML, CSS, Java/ECMAScript
• Experience with Java, C++, C, and PHP
• Administration of Linux, FreeBSD, OSX, Apache, MySQL, qmail, cvs, ssh
• Comfortable under stress and deadlines