📱 Mobile App Overhaul — Strategic Education
120%
Satisfaction
Increase
★★★★
4.4/5
Up from
2 stars
Legacy Architecture
Overhaul
iOS · Android · Java Backend
Successfully led a complete overhaul of legacy frontend and backend architecture for the mobile platform, resulting in dramatically improved operational efficiency, faster go-to-market execution, and a 120% jump in app store satisfaction — from a 2-star to a 4.4-star rating.
Profile
Mobile apps engineering leader with 10+ years of experience steering cross-platform mobile strategies, scaling high-performance engineering teams, and integrating modern AI technologies to maximize developer velocity. Former VC-backed startup founder combining an entrepreneurial mindset with deep technical expertise in iOS/Android ecosystems and AI-assisted development tools.
Engineering Leadership
Team scaling & mentorship, high-velocity shipping, release cadence, offshore vendor management — 2% attrition over 3+ years.
Mobile & Product Depth
Mobile Architecture (iOS/Android), Cross-Platform Strategy, UI/UX Optimization, Technical Debt Reduction.
AI & Automation
Generative AI developer tools (Claude Code), LLM API integration, RAG concepts, AI-driven testing, CI/CD automation.
Strategic Alignment
Cross-functional stakeholder influence, resource allocation, data-driven performance metrics.
- AI-Driven Velocity: Introduced AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude Cowork) and automated code review workflows, contributing to a 50% increase in team engineering productivity.
- Team Scaling: Recruited and led a high-performing cross-functional team of 15 — including BAs, Designers, and offshore engineers — managing delivery from ideation to production.
- Technical Strategy: Spearheaded a unified framework across iOS, Android, and Java backend architectures; AI-driven testing cut development cycles and bug resolution timelines by 50%.
- Stakeholder Influence: Aligned engineering roadmaps with business goals, influencing executives to invest an additional 20% in the mobile platform budget despite company-wide efficiency efforts.
- Scale: Driving technical vision for a native mobile platform serving 55,000+ active users.
- Founder's Mindset: Built, launched, and scaled a technical MVP, securing a $50M government contract within six months of launch.
- End-to-End Delivery: Managed complete product development lifecycle with external contractors, designers, and government stakeholders to deliver highly secure, high-performance software.
- Growth & Funding: Techstars Chicago 2020 cohort; raised capital from prominent VC firms and angel investors.
- Enterprise Scale: Developed and optimized iOS and Android applications used daily by thousands of federal employees, ensuring FedRAMP compliance.
- System Integration: Integrated complex legacy systems with modern mobile frontends via automated middleware and data-parsing layers.
- Quality Engineering: Partnered with QA to eliminate technical debt and implement robust, automated error-handling flows.
- Consumer Scale: Led mobile engineering for a high-traffic marketplace app with 50,000+ daily active users.
- Product Engineering: Collaborated with Product and UX teams to design polished buying and selling flows using Sketch, Ionic, and Angular.
- Partnered with small businesses and non-profits to build custom web and mobile solutions using PHP, JavaScript, AngularJS, and WordPress. Front-end design via Adobe Creative Suite.
2018 – 2020
MS, Computer Science
Georgia Institute of Technology
2012
Professional Certificate, Project Management
NYU School of Professional Studies