Managed hiring processes for 4 engineers directly, including management roles, participated in loops for 8 hires
for direct reports, and conducted 12 interviews across the organization, contributing to team building and fostering
accountability.
Launched AI-native product features by innovating a service-oriented architecture with mono-repo design and a
data lake, enabling deployments outside the existing monolith and accelerating AI adoption through strategic
thinking and advanced data analytics.
Improved site reliability from 99.5% to 99.95% by reducing EBS failures on RDS through migration to Aurora,
implementing real-time observability dashboards and alarms with New Relic, and offloading non-mission critical
data operations from main databases, ensuring system reliability and enhancing data infrastructure.
Owned contract inventory management and end-to-end procurement for all vendors. Designed a custom
procurement process with Finance to manage $3M in annual SaaS vendor contracts, and adopted a 3rd party
negotiator (Vendr), resulting in $250k in annual savings and demonstrating strong vendor contract management
skills.
Managed a $6M budget for all vendor software & AWS spend. Negotiated vendor contracts and implemented cost-
saving initiatives, saving over $500k over three years. Negotiated the first AWS PPA, leading to an additional $900k
over a three-year period. Implemented AWS cost-saving programs achieving an additional $300k reduction in
annual AWS spend.
Launched a company-wide AI adoption initiative to accelerate innovation and reduce time spent by 75% for
Marketing, Recruiting, and Engineering, showcasing cross-functional leadership and strategic thinking.