Experience & Education

  • Jun 2024 – Present
    Director of Technology — Four Hundred New York, NY

    Lead technology strategy and delivery across a 30+ person luxury concierge—spanning infra, product, and internal platforms.

    • +30% membership inquiries via SEO, performance, and Google Ads work.
    • Salesforce member portal & design system; 2× member engagement.
    • LWC, dynamic pages, Flows, Apex → ~70% efficiency gains on ops.
    • Incubated Kai Concierge from concept to App Store in ~2 months.
    • Stack: AWS (ECS/ALB/S3), Docker, Django/Node, React/React Native, Salesforce.
  • Jun 2024 – Present
    Director of Technology — Stellar Pro New York, NY

    B2B hotel-booking marketplace used by 3,000+ agents; led a team of five.

    • Realtime messaging (Socket.io) and automated payouts (QuickBooks/Brex).
    • Django + React on AWS ECS with CI/CD for reliability and scale.
    • Stack: Django, React, AWS, CI/CD, marketplace architecture.
  • Mar 2025 – Present
    Founder — Kai Concierge New York, NY

    Hybrid AI + human lifestyle assistant for dining, travel, events, and errands.

    • 24/7 conversational AI with pro hospitality routing.
    • From Michelin tables to sold-out hotels; bespoke experiences.
    • Stack: React Native, Node.js/Socket.io, AWS; agentic preference profiles.
  • May 2023 – Apr 2024
    Founder — TableTurn.nyc (formerly Resy Sniper) Remote

    Automated reservation platform scaled to 6-figure ARR in 12 months; acquired in 2024.

    • MVP end-to-end (Django + Next.js) with Resy & OpenTable integrations.
    • Booking automation, token refresh, and 24/7 monitoring.
    • Migrated Flask→Django; CI/CD with Docker; AWS ECS Fargate.
    • Led 4 contractors on a performance & UX redesign.
  • Jul 2023 – Dec 2023
    iOS Developer — Ginger Labs (Notability) San Francisco, CA

    Shipped at scale; improved core performance for a top productivity app.

    • Audio transcription used for 10M+ hours.
    • Introduced 4 widgets; enhanced Universal Clipboard flows.
    • Targeted startup-time and stability improvements.
    • Stack: iOS, Objective-C/Swift, UIKit, MVVM/MVC, Xcode.
  • Jul 2022 – Dec 2022
    Software Engineer — Ten Percent Happier Boston, MA

    Performance, reusable UI systems, and release quality.

    • ~50% faster app startup; reusable Swift UI components/frameworks.
    • QA support across 14 releases; personalized homepage.
  • Jan 2021 – Aug 2021
    Software Engineer — CarGurus Boston, MA

    Built & A/B-tested consumer experiences across web.

    • Redesigned returning-user homepage (React, CSS, FTL).
    • Stack: React, experimentation, cross-functional delivery.
  • Aug 2019 – May 2024
    Northeastern University — Khoury College of Computer Sciences Boston, MA

    B.S. Computer Science & Design (GPA 3.70/4.00). Focus: human-centered product, algorithms, systems.

  • Aug 2016 – Jan 2021
    Co-Founder — DJ Dexter & MC Cole Entertainment Los Angeles, CA

    DJ’d 30+ events; built marketing site with pricing, testimonials, photos, and booking.

    • End-to-end brand, web, and client experience ownership.
    • Stack: HTML/CSS, small-biz ops, client service.
  • Oct 2019 – Nov 2019
    Front End Web Development Intern — Pixellab Remote

    UI and PHP features for media & university projects.

    • CSS modal animations; custom taxonomy filter by article category (PHP) for a UCLA site.