City-backed Restaurant Week initiative; sole engineer delivering a gamified dining platform.

Stack: Next.js, TypeScript, Supabase, PostgreSQL, Clerk, Vercel, Tailwind CSS, PostHog, Storybook

• Architected a mobile-first PWA featuring QR check-ins, geofencing validation, real-time leaderboards, raffle mechanics, and restaurant admin dashboards — delivered in 8 weeks
• Achieved 3,557 unique visitors, 12,217 page views, 635 new users, and 399 completed punch cards in Week 1 while onboarding 40 restaurants
• Implemented role-based auth, real-time sync via Supabase, and analytics dashboard, maintaining sub-200ms QR validation under 100+ concurrent users

Wholesale distributor; engaged to build AI-powered B2B lead generation and modernize marketing operations.

Stack: Python, TypeScript, Next.js, OpenAI SDK, Vercel AI SDK, Firecrawl, Exa API, v0.dev, React Email, Resend

• Engineered an AI enrichment pipeline processing 6,000+ B2B records — extracting emails, validating contacts, and scoring buyer intent using Python and OpenAI
• Developed a brand-extraction system with Firecrawl, Exa API, and v0.dev to auto-generate on-brand email templates, reducing campaign setup from 3 days to 15 minutes per client
• Shipped marketing sites and automated outreach workflows using Next.js, Vercel AI SDK, React Email, and Resend

Peer-to-peer marketplace and marketing automation modernization initiative.

Stack: Next.js, Python, OpenAI SDK, Vercel AI SDK, v0.dev, React Email, Resend

• Created a one-click brand-extraction and content-generation system using custom prompt chains, eliminating 3+ days of manual work per client campaign
• Automated brand-to-content workflows with structured context engineering, enabling non-technical staff to produce deployment-ready materials in under 15 minutes
• Authored data cleanup and enrichment scripts improving lead quality and accuracy by 20%

Nonprofit performing arts center; engaged to deploy AI-powered AV analysis and consolidate institutional knowledge.

Stack: Python, AssemblyAI, OpenAI API, Anthropic API, Notion

• Implemented an AI AV-analysis pipeline using AssemblyAI, OpenAI, and Anthropic to generate structured rehearsal notes, action items, and performance feedback
• Constructed a centralized AI knowledge base from scattered documentation, reducing onboarding time by 3–4 weeks across 30+ staff
• Designed a generative asset pipeline that upscaled and recomposed promotional materials, contributing to Star Tribune coverage

Software consultancy serving enterprise clients: AgileOne, Brookfield Properties, Matsuda Eyewear, Gentle Monster.

Stack: React, Next.js, TypeScript, Shopify, Storybook, Figma, Git

• Led a team of 3–6 remote engineers, owning architecture decisions, code quality, roadmap execution, and client delivery
• Consolidated 11 production sites into a unified Next.js monorepo, cutting delivery time by 50% and costs by 75%
• Improved page performance by 60% for Matsuda Eyewear through rendering optimizations — directly increasing conversions

Short-term contract to architect and deliver a modern CMS and showcase platform for AALF.

Stack: Next.js, TypeScript, React, WordPress (Headless), WPGraphQL

• Decoupled content management from frontend delivery, improving scalability and editorial experience
• Delivered production-ready system in 3 months as sole engineer — architecture, implementation, and deployment end-to-end

Global events company. Promoted from lead backend engineer to platform lead.

Stack: TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, AWS Lambda, CloudWatch, Amazon CDK, GraphQL, REST, Serverless, Okta, React

• Led a team of 3–6 remote engineers, owning architecture decisions, code quality, roadmap execution, and client delivery
• Platform lead for internal automation of component libraries and design tokens, integrating Figma with custom SDKs
• Progressed to oversee 4 developers and 2 QA engineers across two mission-critical applications
• Sole owner of auth layer securing internal and external APIs, implementing SSO via Okta