About Me
Engineering with intention.
I'm a full-stack engineer based in Chicago with 7+ years of experience building and shipping production systems. I specialize in JVM backends and modern React frontends — with experience across healthcare and hospitality at scale.
My Engineering Story
I started my career at HCSC (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois), where I interned and then grew into a full-time software developer role. Building Java Spring Boot APIs and React frontends for healthcare systems — where correctness matters — shaped how I think about reliability and testing.
In 2021 I joined Hyatt Hotels Corporation as a full-stack product engineer. I've since worked across the stack — improving Kotlin and Java microservices, building Next.js applications, integrating Azure AD authentication, and mentoring engineers joining the team. The work spans millions of guests globally, which makes getting it right worth the care it takes.
Outside of code, I care deeply about the craft of engineering — clear documentation, useful abstractions, and mentoring engineers who are earlier in their careers than I am.
Simplicity scales
Complex systems fail in complex ways. I design for clarity first — the performance usually follows.
Ship, measure, iterate
Production is the only environment that matters. Get it there, watch it, and improve continuously.
Code is communication
The reader matters as much as the compiler. I write for the engineer who maintains it next.
Skills & Technologies
Languages
Frontend
Backend
Data
Infrastructure
Practices
Experience
Product Engineer – Full Stack
Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Full-stack development on enterprise hospitality platforms serving guests globally.
- Improved Kotlin and Java Spring Boot RESTful APIs and microservices
- Created new scalable Next.js TypeScript web application utilizing client and server-side rendering
- Upgraded existing JavaScript web applications to incorporate Azure AD Authentication
- Setup testing to reach maximum coverage for new and existing web and Spring Boot applications
- Leveraged continuous integration pipelines to safely deploy new releases of applications
- Arranged databases for Spring Boot microservices using MongoDB and PostgreSQL
- Mentored, trained, and on-boarded new developers
- Delivered features using Test Driven Development, Pair Programming, and Agile methodology
Software Developer
HCSC: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
Full-stack development and team lead for the digital portfolio.
- Developed Java Spring Boot RESTful APIs and microservices
- Produced scalable React TypeScript web applications utilizing various backend APIs
- Team lead / anchor for full stack development team in digital portfolio
- Managed offshore team members using code reviews, walkthroughs, demos, and pull requests
- Deployed APIs and proxies via Concourse and Jenkins CI/CD to Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF)
- Established MuleSoft 4 Gateway Proxies to control internal/external traffic within the network
- Created fully scalable MuleSoft Process REST APIs capable of complex business logic
- Configured application monitoring in Dynatrace to catch key metrics and analytics
Associate Developer Intern
HCSC: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
Built an MVC web application using agile methodology and XP practices.
- Utilized a Model-View-Controller architectural pattern to create an online web application
- Created software allowing clients, brokers, and account executives to schedule health events
- Followed agile methodology to complete user stories through weekly sprints
- Worked in an extreme programming space, incorporating paired programming techniques
- Presented the final product to high-level executives including the CIO
B.S. Information Technology
DePaul University · 2019