Technical lead for the joint Microsoft-Daimler cooperative project to improve reliability and
predictability of a production-critical computer vision system, used on production lines to help
validate engine assembly. Led a joint team of 17 engineers and strategists from the two companies to
improve testing, validation, and deployment strategies.
(September-December 2021)
Technical lead for the joint Microsoft-E.ON cooperative project to build an API to estimate rooftop
solar power potential for buildings. Led a joint team of 17 engineers and data scientists from the
two companies to apply a computer vision approach to satellite imagery in a python-based API.
(May-July 2021)
Technical Lead, architect, and strategist for the joint Microsoft-Volkswagen cooperative project to
build a flexible platform for running automotive simulation tests in the cloud. Led a joint team of
15 engineers and strategists to design the complete system, and implement the two first major
milestones using mixed-OS containers and VMs on Azure Kubernetes Service.
(September 2019 - December 2020)
Responsible for session selection and speaker management in the PHP session track. Built a GoFundMe
campaign to sponsor major PHP
contributors as speakers at the conference. Wrote and directed the Drupalcon traditional "prenote"
session: a song and dance performance by famous
community members to kick off the conference and welcome new contributors.
(September 2017)
Part of the specialist backend team brought in to architect and build a centralized web publishing
platform on the latest technology.
The finished product consumes articles from various print-oriented systems and allows web editors to
modify
and add to them, publishing to a variety of fully-decoupled front-end web sites. Cutting edge
technology like
GraphQL, ReactJS, and Drupal 8 along with aggressive use of global CDNs to allow publishing at
scale. Completely decoupled development
teams and process.
Beobachter.ch/GaultMillau.ch/Handelszeitung.ch and others,
(launched May 2017)
Spoke in the main hall with Moshe Weitzman and Sebastian Siemssen about technical architecture using
GraphQL, React/Relay,
and Auth0. Wrote and directed the Drupalcon traditional "prenote" session: a song and dance
performance by famous
community members to kick off the conference and welcome new contributors.
(September 2016)
A long-lived partnership has helped this New York watchdog group expand their web engagement with the
latest technologies.
Theirs is a site built around clean code and best practices, emphasizing their long-form, in depth
analysis and external integrations.
Standards-based approaches to long-lasting implementations in Drupal 8 and Twig.
cbcny.org, (launched June 2016)
Architected and executed a complete rebuild of the site for one of the world's largest think tanks.
Includes deep
integration with Soundcloud, Youtube, S3, Apache Solr, and Fast.ly. Involved an enormous migration
and
content re-architecture from the previous Drupal 5 site.
CSIS.org (launched May 2016)
Strategy, architecture, and development for Oxfam's worldwide knowledge sharing portal. Integrates
external
systems such as Box, Okta, and LDAP to bring all of Oxfam's people, documents, and knowledge
together
into a single site. Included an enormous migration from the previous Drupal 6 site.
compass.oxfam.org (May 2015 -
June 2016)
Wrote and directed the Drupalcon traditional "prenote" session: a song and dance performance by
famous
community members to kick off the conference and welcome new contributors.
(May 2016)
Gave a full day workshop, Introduction to Drupal, in German. Covered basic Drupal concepts such as
the
entity model, configuration management, Views query builder, integrated Symfony components, and
fundamentals
of custom code.
(April 2016)
Gave a session "Meet PHP-FIG: Your community just got a lot bigger, Drupal" as an introduction to the
world
and concepts of the PHP Framework Interoperability Group era. Technical examples focused around PSRs
relevant
to Drupal 8. Video interviews with PHP community notables including Bernhard Schussek, Jordi
Boggiano,
Sebastian Bergmann, Beth Tucker Long, and Larry Garfield.
(February 2016)
Complete redesign, re-architect, and Drupal 7 build of a new web presence for the German Marshall
Fund.
Complex information architecture focusing on the content relation strengths of Apache Solr. Includes
a
large data migration from multiple source Wordpress sites.
gmfus.org (launched February 2015)
Design, architect, and build the Drupal 7 global intranet for the United Way worldwide. Includes deep
integration with Apache Solr, Salesforce, and (SAML) Single Sign On for an ecosystem of related web
applications.
The site focuses on knowledge sharing across disciplines and local chapters, focused around user
created and moderated
groups.
online.unitedway.org (launched
May 2014)
Brought in to expand development capacity on the Drupal 7 portion of the EPA's web presence.
Extensive work with high availability
server architecture and link integrity testing.
EPA.gov (September 2013)