me

Hi, I'm Joe, an optimistic and engaging technology collaborator with a background in complex systems, data analytics, and scaling products. I have experience building teams and creating technologies that deliver rapid innovation and long-term scalability.

My Philosophy & Vision

I live with a default-to-kindness mindset. I actively choose to “be kind”, even when the path forward is unclear. This guides how I navigate uncertainty and create space for creativity in myself and those around me.

I lead with curiosity and clarity. I believe that people are doing their best in their context. I view leadership as a function of trust, not control.

I work to reshape the transactional norms of modern tech culture by valuing individuals.

I collaborate on projects that impact our people, planet, and culture as much as I can.

I view failure as a natural opportunity to strengthen all aspects of a team.

My journey so far…

2023 - Present: Innovating with AI and Personal Projects

  • Project Vigor – built a chat‑driven AI coach that transforms personal goals into step‑by‑step schedules.
  • Shipped several LLM‑powered tools, including a Slackbot for CloudWatch insights and a web‑based coloring‑book generator.
  • Mentor engineers on reliability, scalability, and rapid experimentation, spreading best practices across multiple teams.

2018 - 2024: Mastering SRE and Platform Engineering

  • Led a lean SRE team managing 10+ products with 24×7 on‑call, maintaining 99.95% uptime and cutting MTTR by 40%.
  • Architected a self‑service PaaS on AWS, reducing deployment times from hours to minutes and trimming cloud costs by ~25%.
  • Designed a global SEG validation framework that ran across 12 AWS regions and 100+ domains, powered by distributed neural networks.
  • Delivered secure, scalable cloud architectures for multiple clients, specializing in active‑active and active‑passive global deployments.

2017 - 2020: Scaling Systems & Leadership

  • Built and led a growth‑focused sales‑engineering practice serving finance and energy sectors, shrinking proof‑of‑value cycles from weeks to days.
  • As Chief of Analytics, architected an ad‑tech platform ingesting 350 M geospatial‑temporal records per day and a 250 TB custom index for under $5K/month.
  • Guided cross‑functional teams through rapid prototyping, turning data insights into customer‑facing features at startup speed.

2015 - 2017: Pioneering in Product Development

  • Fostered a culture of experimentation and data‑driven decisions as VP of Engineering, doubling release cadence in six months.
  • Designed and launched a cloud analytics platform processing multi‑source datasets at scale, reducing query latency by 80%.

2011 - 2015: Expanding Horizons in Technology

  • Designed and deployed a multi‑INT web toolkit that automated complex workflows, scaling from zero to 5,000+ users and cutting analysis time by 70%.
  • Led big‑data solutions using Hadoop/Solr stacks to support global military and intelligence missions.

2006 - 2011: Building Engineering Foundations

  • Honed software and analytical skills as a USAF linguist and intelligence analyst, delivering mission‑critical insights under pressure.
  • Pioneered a data‑fusion technique later adopted across the unit, transforming a proof‑of‑concept into an operational capability.