ABOUT
New yOrk, NY
Technology executive with 17 years of experience leading large-scale engineering organizations that power trusted consumer experiences used by tens of millions. Proven track record of transforming legacy platforms into scalable, cost-efficient systems, cultivating high-performing global teams, and delivering measurable business outcomes. Expert in identity verification, payments, and mobile platforms. Known for bridging business strategy and technical execution, fostering cultures of accountability, and championing innovation responsibly—most recently driving AI adoption across product and operational domains.
Experience
CLEAR, SVP of ENgineEring - MEMBERS ORGANIZATION
October 2022 - November 2025
Scope: 37 engineers across Payments, Mobile, Web, and CRM; $1B annual bookings; executive partner to CTO, CPO and CFO
Defined and executed a multi-year modernization strategy for CLEAR’s consumer and billing platforms, improving reliability and reducing cost-to-serve by 25% while supporting 35M active members.
Led end-to-end transformation of Payments architecture, migrating over 7M subscribers from Zuora to Stripe Billing in 90 days—one of Stripe’s fastest enterprise transitions—and unlocking future subscription scalability and innovation.
Restructured and stabilized the organization, consolidating contractor roles into high-impact FTEs, building durable leadership capacity and improving delivery predictability by 30%. Established standardized career ladders and aligned engineering levels across teams, increasing role clarity and growth pathways. Streamlined the hiring pipeline to improve candidate experience and significantly reduce time-to-close for critical roles.
Integrated AI and automation across operations and products, deploying generative AI tools (ChatGPT, Gemini, Glean, Sierra AI) to reduce support SLAs and accelerate engineering velocity by ~20%.
Optimized vendor ecosystem, consolidating SaaS contracts and eliminating redundant systems to achieve a 28% annual reduction in enterprise software spend.
Partnered with Product, Finance, and GTM leadership to align technology investments with CLEAR’s growth and profitability goals, contributing to record member expansion and a stronger consumer experience.
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Venmo, Director of ENgineEring - Core Experiences
December 2021 - October 2022
Expanded charter and scaled org to 108 engineers, integrating P2P, Crypto, Growth & Engagement, and Social Graph teams into a central Core Experiences pillar.
Unified Venmo and PayPal payments, identity, and risk capabilities, reducing redundant infrastructure and increasing cross-product velocity.
Launched Marketing & Experimentation platform powering personalized campaigns and dynamic feature experimentation across tens of millions of users. Established governance and owned vendor integrations >$2.5M
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Venmo, Principal SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Manager - COMMON PLATFORMS
February 2021 - December 2021
Owned foundational user experiences (login, onboarding, identity verification, settings) and led a re-org to stabilize delivery and close key staffing gaps.
Executive sponsor for native app modularization, modernizing the mobile architecture for faster iteration and reduced app footprint.
Enabled Instant Transfers and Web Payments, increasing P2P TPV on Web by >220% and opening new revenue streams.
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Venmo, SENIOR STAFF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Manager - Internal TOOLS, WEB, R&D, and Experience Foundations
March 2020 - February 2021
Founded Venmo’s R&D team, rapidly delivering a React Native prototype in 2 weeks and winning executive buy-in to unify mobile platforms.
Launched redesigned venmo.com using React, Next.js, TypeScript, and Optimizely in 4 months — setting new standards for experimentation and web velocity.
Built Venmo’s first Orchestration Layer (TypeScript + GraphQL), now powering Mobile App and venmo.com experiences.
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Venmo, Engineering Manager - Internal TOOLS AND WEB / PLATFORM AS A SERvICE
June 2018 - March 2020
Established a modern Web Engineering team to own all Venmo.com and mobile web experiences; containerized and migrated legacy apps to Kubernetes, reducing deploy times 5× and improving uptime.
Evolved platform architecture to an event-driven model, increasing resiliency and performance across Venmo’s backend systems.
Scaled Internal Tools organization 3x, strengthening automation and risk tooling for Operations and Compliance.
Partnered with Infrastructure to pilot Venmo’s first Kubernetes-based deployment for the Scope application, enabling auto-scaling and zero-downtime releases.
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VENMO, TECH LEAD OF INTERNAL TOOLS
October 2013 - June 2018
Architected and led development of “Scope,” Venmo’s secure, scalable user investigations platform used by Product, Engineering, Security, and Operations to manage risk and ensure platform integrity.
Reduced investigation SLAs from one day to 30 minutes by improving reliability, performance, and automation.
Built Venmo’s internal Risk Engine evaluating nearly every transaction, saving the company millions through proactive fraud prevention.
Introduced SSO and API-first architecture, strengthening platform security and extensibility.
Mentored engineers and shaped team culture through code reviews, technical coaching, and test-driven best practices.
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FOOD52, SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
December 2011 - August 2013
Built a Ruby on Rails and Knockout.js platform for community recipes, e-commerce, and real-time cooking Q&A; integrated payments via Braintree and Avalara; tripled deployment efficiency via EngineYard migration and automation.
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UBS Investment Bank, Mortgage Analytics Developer
July 2008 - December 2011
Developed C#/C++ risk and valuation tools for fixed-income trading desks; built .NET WCF services to expose real-time pricing and portfolio risk data globally.
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Traveling
Puzzle games
Dragonboating
Coffee in all forms
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Education
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, COrnell University, New york
B.S. INFORMATION SCIENCE, SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY
Graduated May 2008
FRENCH CULINARY INSTITUTE, NEW YORK
GRADUATE, PROFESSIONAL CULINARY ARTS
Graduated June 2012