Summary
Staff Aerospace Software Engineer and technical delivery leader with experience building mission-critical software and the engineering systems that support its delivery across NASA and national security programs. Lead execution, engineer development, CI/CD and engineering standards for a ~10-engineer team spanning ~20 repositories and multiple deployment environments. Combines hands-on software engineering with team leadership, cross-team coordination, and operational delivery.
Professional Experience
Current Role
Staff Aerospace Software Engineer, Jacobs — National Security, Chantilly, VA
- Lead day-to-day technical delivery for a ~10-engineer team developing Python-based mission software across ~20 repositories and multiple deployment environments; sequence work, coordinate dependencies, and drive integration and release readiness — including holding sprint commitments when partner environments are not ready.
- Build and evolve shared engineering systems for CI/CD, automated testing, security gates, repository standards, dependency management, and release automation, improving consistency across independently developed services.
- Develop distributed application integration and messaging capabilities spanning RabbitMQ/ActiveMQ, shared interfaces, service orchestration, and multi-environment deployments.
- Onboarded and coached approximately six engineers through code review, technical feedback, development guidance, and structured growth plans for junior engineers.
- Lead Scrum/Agile execution and coordinate with program stakeholders and external engineering teams to translate mission requirements into executable engineering work and resolve cross-team dependencies.
Lead Software Engineer, SSAI / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
- Architected NASA's cloud-based Flood Mapping System on AWS, delivering near real-time, satellite-derived flood products to support disaster response.
- Modernized NASA LAADS DAAC as Lead Software Engineer — Find Data search and order, the archive portal, and LANCE near-real-time access — and moved delivery onto GitLab CI/CD and Kubernetes.
- Rebuilt NASA Earth Observatory's high-traffic web platform, supporting ~1.5M monthly visitors while improving performance, UX, and SEO.
- Delivered an automated content registry workflow, boosting data collection efficiency by ~60% and accelerating researcher access to new datasets.
- Built a high-performance file and metadata platform on Ceph, improving virtual directory mapping and accelerating discovery for large scientific datasets.
Senior Software Engineer, InformedDNA, Washington, D.C.
- Architected and delivered a Laravel-based case management platform, reducing operational costs by $30K/year.
- Led CRM enhancements that improved retention and contributed ~15% revenue growth through better lifecycle workflows and reporting.
- Spearheaded platform upgrades and security process improvements, doubling incident response efficiency and strengthening operational readiness.
Senior Software Engineer, Ticomix, Inc., Washington, D.C.
- Delivered SugarCRM solutions for 20+ clients (including Virginia Department of Transportation, Washington Redskins, and Kastle Systems), improving sales operations and team productivity.
- Drove execution discipline that cut backlog ~90%, improving delivery predictability, product quality, and customer satisfaction.
Earlier Engineering Experience
- Held software engineering and principal roles across travel, enterprise CRM, telecommunications, and managed security — delivering production systems for clients including Comcast, Mastercard, Verizon/MCI, and global travel customers.
- Shipped Finium, the multi-tenant managed-security platform that enabled a $105M acquisition, and helped mature engineering practices around testing, code quality, and cross-functional delivery.
Developer Tooling
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science coursework, University of Maryland
- Associate of Arts, General Studies — Computer Science Curriculum, Howard Community College
- Project Management Certificate, Rutgers University
Certifications
- SAFe® Agilist, Scaled Agile (in progress)
- Professional Scrum Master™ II, Scrum.org
- Professional Scrum Product Owner™ I, Scrum.org