🎒 Work

  • Nov2024 - Current
    Prefect
    VP, Developer Relations

    As Vice President of Developer Relations at Prefect, I lead the Developer Relations and community teams to build a world-class developer experience. My focus is on ensuring that all open source and cloud users have the resources they need to succeed, while also fostering a vibrant and engaged community by supporting our contributors.

  • Dec2022 - Nov2024
    ProjectDiscovery
    Head of Product Strategy & Community

    As Head of Community and a key member of the executive team at a Series A startup, I led the growth and engagement of the community around ProjectDiscovery’s innovative cybersecurity open source projects. My role focused on expanding the community while ensuring the well-being of our contributors. By balancing commercial goals with genuine community engagement, I worked to maintain the vibrancy and strength of our open source community as the business evolved — all while contributing to the commercial success of ProjectDiscovery.

  • Feb2021 - Feb2024
    Slim.ai (now Root)
    Advisor

    As an advisor to Slim.ai, I advised the CEO and marketing team on building a robust and sustainable open source community composed of contributors, users, and advocates. By implementing strategic community engagement practices and ensuring alignment with Slim.ai’s goals, I aimed to enhance collaboration, drive growth, and ensure the long-term success of the Slim.ai open source ecosystem.

  • Jun2020 - Dec2022
    Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
    Governing Board Member

    The CNCF Governing Board (GB) is responsible for marketing and other business oversight and budget decisions for the CNCF. The GB does not make technical decisions for the CNCF, other than working with the TOC to set the overall scope for the CNCF. Served on the Compensation Committee.

  • Oct2017 - Dec2022
    GitLab
    Senior Developer Evangelist

    Connect with other developers, contribute to open source, and share work externally about cutting-edge technologies on conference panels, meetups, in contributed articles and on blogs. Interact with developers across the globe at conferences as well as online, and co-create with the open-source community on the most impactful projects in the ecosystem. Focus on generating awareness about GitLab by rolling up my sleeves, contributing to the ecosystem, and enabling others to become evangelists outside the company as well.

  • Oct2016 - Oct2017
    Orbis Technologies
    Director, Release Management

    Build a strong DevOps-focused group within Orbis, a government and commercial contractor. Supported large programs for delivery to top-tier Fortune 100 companies and the US Department of Defense, including the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM). Led adoption of continuous integration and continuous delivery methodologies both within Orbis and within the DoD itself.

  • Jun2008 - Oct2016
    Applied Software, Inc.
    Director of Product

    Worked with ASI’s software package for mammography information management. Worked with centers and large hospitals to fit our software into their clinical workflow. Managed various projects to automate workflow tasks with HIS, RIS, and other hospital systems.

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