25 years designing high-performance distributed systems. Architect of an FDA-approved orthopedic PACS serving over 25% of US orthopedic practices. Published researcher in computational physics.
I've spent my career designing and developing software to solve problems. Mathematics, physics, and lately in medicine. Invariably, this led me to leadership positions involving multidisciplinary teams. Regardless of where I was or what I was doing, though, I have always poured myself into my work and the people around me.
I have a broad range of experience. It started in physics and mathematics, then moved onto computer science where I have come to specialize in software architecture and cybersecurity. During my time developing software, I published papers in major journals in physics and computer science, helped sustain our nation's readiness through Nuclear Stockpile Stewardship, and for the past two decades I have applied my passion to medicine, helping people get out of pain and back to their lives.
For the US Department of Energy, I worked on a toolkit for physics simulations that ran on massively parallel supercomputers churning through vast amounts of data. Work that involved having a security clearance and deep knowledge of how distributed systems function.
However, my longest running adventure involved an FDA-approved medical device for orthopedics.
I arrived as the company had just pivoted from accounting services for medical practices to a new pre-operative planning medical device for orthopedics. I was one of two software engineers but that quickly became just me, plus a CEO, small support team, and a handful doing sales - a dozen people total. At the time, with limited runway and many accounts unstable on my hire date, I wondered whether I could help right the ship in time. Day-by-day, I wrote software, ran the datacenter, made untold numbers of hires, and slowly rebuilt the company's technology and reputation. Within a few years, I was the CTO of a service that clinics and operating rooms depended upon daily. By the time of its acquisition, Medstrat ran imaging for over a quarter of the orthopedic practices in the US and reached $10M in ARR. I continued on as the Technology Director after the acquisition. Now though, I am seeking my next story.
Thus far, it has been a wild ride. I have researched some of the hardest mathematical problems with the smartest people I've ever met. I have had logins on the largest supercomputers in the world. I have built software, teams, and a company from the ground up. I'm ready now for something new. What do you have that I can help you with?
Expert-level Python development with extensive experience across multiple languages and paradigms.
Building and leading multidisciplinary engineering teams, technical hiring, and organizational transformation.
Distributed systems design, high-performance computing, and scalable architectures for mission-critical applications.
End-to-end DevSecOps practices with cloud infrastructure and observability.
Security-first development with comprehensive vulnerability management and system hardening.
Expert-level Linux administration and comprehensive command-line tooling proficiency.
Proficient with modern AI-assisted development workflows and tooling.
Full-stack web application development with modern frameworks and tooling.
Deep expertise in medical imaging systems, regulatory compliance, and healthcare standards.
Professional configuration management for Claude Code with automatic updates.
View on GitLab →A code formatting and spacing tool for maintaining consistent whitespace and style conventions across codebases.
View on GitLab →Extract dependencies from pyproject.toml to requirements.txt in seconds. No more waiting for pip-compile to finish.
View on GitLab →Fork of the DICOM Toolkit (DCMTK), a collection of libraries and applications implementing the DICOM standard for medical imaging. On-going contributor to the open source project.
View on GitHub →Complete fork of GitLab, the DevOps platform. On-going contributor to the open source project.
View on GitLab →Seeking fully remote (zero travel) software engineering leadership roles, and open to technical consulting, fractional CTO, and board advisory engagements.
Deep expertise in Python development, software architecture, and cybersecurity, with specialized domain knowledge in PACS/DICOM systems, healthcare technology, DevSecOps, and medical device regulatory compliance.