Technology & security advisory

Make informed technology decisions.

I help you decide how to reduce security risk, modernize aging platforms, and make engineering delivery more predictable.

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20+ years across engineering and technology.

Senior Software Development Manager, Amazon (Woot).
Previously Technology Director, Nusani Inc.

Security, modernization, and engineering delivery.

Security governance

Make security priorities and ownership clear.

When security work keeps growing, I help you define responsibilities, prioritize remediation, and set review practices your engineering teams can sustain.

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Modernization & technical strategy

Decide what to modernize, keep, or retire.

I assess legacy dependencies, architecture, reliability needs, and retirement options so you can choose the scope and sequence of investment.

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Engineering operating models

Make delivery plans match your team’s capacity.

I review planning, capacity, ownership, and coordination to identify why delivery is unpredictable and what needs to change.

See the engineering delivery case

Also: technical diligence and AI and data governance.

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Selected career work.

Three career examples showing the problem, my contribution, and what changed.

Illustrative operating model

Make security ownership clear across your teams.

Shared security direction

System ownersAccountability
Engineering teamsTrained participants
Risk decisionsRemediate or retire

Security governance

Reducing security risk through clearer ownership.

Challenge: Security and certification demands had outgrown a centralized review process. Remediation ownership did not match the way engineering teams owned and changed their systems.
My role: I designed the operating model, translated risk into engineering practices, and helped establish ownership that teams could sustain.
Outcome: Reduced security exposure, clearer remediation ownership, and less low-value engineering work.

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Executive decision support

Securing executive support for a security roadmap.

OutcomeExecutive alignment around a multi-year security roadmap, with delivery sequencing and accountable ownership.

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Delivery execution

Improving delivery predictability and team health.

OutcomeImproved predictability and throughput alongside stronger team-health indicators.

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These examples come from career leadership work. They are not presented as paid advisory-client results. Past outcomes do not promise the same results for a new engagement.

Engineering and security leadership.

I’ve led security and engineering work at Amazon (Woot), managed AWS infrastructure and platform modernization at Monkedia, and directed hosting technology at Nusani. I bring that experience to decisions about architecture, risk, investment, and the teams responsible for delivery.

Amazon (Woot)Senior Software Development Manager
MonkediaLead Full Stack Developer
Nusani IncTechnology Director
Suddenlink MediaIT Administrator

Career and background View resume (PDF) View LinkedIn profile

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Share the decision, constraints, and timing. Start with nonconfidential details; we can then discuss whether a focused advisory engagement fits.

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Before an engagement, we agree on the scope, deliverables, and responsibilities. Implementation and ongoing operational support are included only when expressly agreed. Recruiting, speaking, and professional collaboration are also welcome.