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Developer Advocate
Developer Advocate
I’m a technical advisor in the DevRel space focused on problem solving, unblocking teams, and improving software. I began my career as a petroleum engineer after earning a mechanical engineering degree, spending over a decade in the field. During that time, I developed software to support field engineering consulting operations and discovered a stronger interest in building and improving systems than working in them.
Today, I advise external developer teams building enterprise solutions on a proprietary platform, while also advocating for their needs with internal product and engineering teams. I’m motivated by work that is both challenging and directly impactful.
I live in Parker, Colorado with my wife, Angela, and our four elementary-aged children: Samantha, Matthew, Andrew, and Abigail. Outside of work, I enjoy hands-on projects and have completed several full-scale, back-to-the-studs home renovations.
Portfolio 1 - field engineering schedule management
Portfolio 1 - field engineering schedule management
I built a platform to manage oil & gas field engineering consultants using a Microsoft Access frontend and SQL Server backend. Managers could upload job details, assign consultants, and coordinate schedules to ensure adequate time off. Consultants could login to view their assigned schedules. The system also tracked and allocated shared resources like housing and vehicles.
It supported multiple scheduling views, including pivot-style summaries of consultant-to-job assignments within a single interface (see below). I also implemented a self-updating mechanism that allowed frontend changes to be pushed to users on demand
Portfolio 2 - field engineering operations
Portfolio 2 - field engineering operations
I transformed a basic Excel tracker for hydraulic fracturing treatments into a fully integrated tool as activity scaled during the 2010s fracking boom, from tens of treatments on a single well to 40–80 per well across multiple wells.
I developed an extensive VBA layer to automate calculations, streamline workflows, integrate with live data feeds, and sync with the company’s scheduling system. A custom ribbon improved navigation and enabled quick actions.
To handle the increased data volume, I rearchitected the solution into a frontend/backend model, separating data storage from presentation to keep the workbook performant and manageable despite heavy formatting demands.
Portfolio 3 - black car limousine planning
Portfolio 3 - black car limousine planning
I built a web-based platform for black car dispatchers to manage fleet operations. It combined live GPS tracking with job assignments, flight schedules, and real-time travel data to ensure on-time pickups and enable proactive adjustments.
The system also supported dynamic reassignment, allowing dispatchers to reallocate drivers during flight delays or disruptions to maximize fleet utilization.
Recent Work
Recent Work
Since joining my current company, I’ve shifted from building software to focusing on advocacy and advanced troubleshooting. I partner with external developers to improve their productivity while representing their needs internally.
While this work doesn’t produce a traditional portfolio, it has resulted in consistently high output, averaging ~300 well-documented bugs and 125 backlog ideas annually. My submissions are known for their completeness and clarity, with detailed reproduction steps and context that allow teams to act without additional triage. I have been the lead technical resource for the platform's new online community, generating hundreds of responses and submissions.
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