Engineering leader, writer, and coach.

I Lead

I've grown teams and scaled orgs from 6 to 35, managing managers and staff-level engineers. Since then, I've refocused on healthtech, most recently leading teams at Rula. I've turned around stalled delivery engines, shipped initiatives worth millions in revenue impact, and replaced estimation theater with real ownership and predictable delivery practices.

I came up through the code, with over a decade of hands-on experience in software engineering, and I still think in systems, even though I don't aspire to write code every day anymore. I build orgs where engineers do the best work of their careers, and where the org itself is a product that gets better over time.

If you're building something interesting, my inbox is always open.

I Write

At Engineering Leadership Bites, I challenge the comfortable myths about what engineering leadership is supposed to look like. My guest post on DevInterrupted, "No More Coding Vibes in the Efficiency Era," is one of their best-performing guest posts to date.

A few to start with:

• On Being Liked or "Mistaking Harmony for Health"
• Performance Managing to the Room, or "How to Stop Sucking at This"
• A Cautionary Tale For Stupid Idiots Who Think They Can Lead With Integrity
• Metrics That Actually Matter

I Coach

I'm not a life coach. I won't spend our time together asking "now, how does that make you feel?". Coaching people through leveling up, taking on more scope, surviving a head-scratching org change? This is what I do every day for the managers and engineers on my own teams.

You don't have to be on my team to get that same attention. You just have to pay me for it (sorry 🙃). But if you want to get there faster? Reach out.