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Available Q2 2026 — Limited Slots Chicago / Remote Worldwide 25+ Years Shipping

Hands-on technical leader that ships & earns.

I lead engineering for startups, growth-stage companies, and enterprise teams — as CTO VP Eng Technical Co-Founder or Product Lead. I own architecture, delivery, and the outcomes that move the business.

Open to: CTO · Fractional CTO · VP / Director of Engineering · Head of Engineering · Technical Co-Founder · Technical Product Lead · Sr. Product Owner

Numbers from real products in production today.

120K+

Users on Selin /
worldwide, iOS & Android

~30%+

Trial-to-paid /
conversion rate

60

Largest cross-functional /
team led to delivery

25y

Years building & scaling /
web + mobile platforms

Selin / women's health, globally.

Role: Technical Product Lead
& Co-Founder Partner
2024 → Present

Selin is a women's health mobile app I lead end-to-end — from architecture and backend to mobile, monetization, and the full release cycle on iOS and Android.

What started as a concept is now a global platform with a paying subscriber base, a conversion funnel tuned by analytics, and infrastructure built for reliability at scale.

The interesting part isn't the stack. It's that the product earns — with onboarding, paywall, and retention flows designed to turn signups into recurring revenue.

120K+ Active users worldwide
~30%+ Trial → paid conversion
iOS · Android Subscription billing & IAP
Global Low-latency infrastructure

Different titles. Same outcome — engineering that earns.

/ 01

CTO / Fractional CTO

Full or fractional. I own the technical strategy, architecture, hiring plan, and roadmap — and I report to the CEO, board, or investors. For companies that need senior engineering leadership without compromising on hands-on depth.

Strategy · Architecture · Hiring · Board reporting

/ 02

VP / Director of Engineering

For growth-stage and scaling teams. I build org structure, lead engineering managers, raise the bar on delivery, and translate company goals into measurable engineering outcomes — without losing technical credibility.

Org design · Delivery · Quality · Velocity

/ 03

Head of Engineering / Technology

For teams that need an operator to stabilize a shaky platform, modernize legacy systems without downtime, and unlock the ability to ship safely again. I lead from the architecture diagram and the pull request, equally.

Modernization · Reliability · Process · Standards

/ 04

Technical Co-Founder

For non-technical founders going zero to one. I take the product from concept to shipped — defining the stack, building the MVP, deploying to stores, and standing up monetization from day one. Equity-aligned, founder-mode.

Zero → MVP → Revenue · iOS · Android · Web

/ 05

Technical Product Lead / Engineering Lead

For product orgs that need a senior IC-leader hybrid. I own a major product surface end-to-end — technical direction, delivery, and the team executing it — while staying close enough to the code to keep quality high.

Product engineering · Tech leadership · Delivery

/ 06

Sr. Product Owner / Project Mgmt

For products that exist but aren't earning, or projects that need a senior hand to land. I own the roadmap, monetization, analytics, and the cross-functional coordination needed to ship and grow — subscriptions, paywalls, retention, LTV.

Subscriptions · Paywalls · Retention · LTV

A quarter-century of shipping.

2024 — NOW

Technical Product Lead & Co-Founder Partner

Selin / iOS & Android

  • Scaled platform to 120,000+ users worldwide on iOS and Android.
  • Achieved ~30%+ trial-to-paid conversion through analytics-driven onboarding and paywall design.
  • Architected backend and global infrastructure for low-latency, high-availability delivery.
  • Owned end-to-end: roadmap, engineering, releases, app store, post-launch iteration.
2018 — NOW

Founder & CTO / Fractional CTO

Vizual Technologies, Inc.

  • Led engineering teams of up to 10 across multiple concurrent client engagements.
  • Took products from zero to production for early-stage clients — architecture, hiring, MVP, iteration.
  • Stabilized and modernized production systems for established clients without downtime.
  • Implemented Stripe, IAP, subscription billing, and event-tracking pipelines.
2023 — 2024

Senior Platform Engineer

Astrograph Software Inc.

  • Re-architected core backend services for higher load and faster response times.
  • Owned engineering delivery for major feature releases, spec to production.
  • Implemented payment and subscription flows supporting recurring revenue growth.
  • Improved CI/CD pipelines — faster releases, higher deployment confidence.
2021 — 2023

Senior Platform Developer

Frame One

  • Built backend systems and internal platforms for workflow automation at scale.
  • Developed APIs and integrations for authentication, sync, and internal services.
  • Designed operational tools and dashboards improving team efficiency.
  • Tuned performance and reliability through targeted refactors and infra work.
2015 — 2018

Lead Developer / Engineering Lead

KFC Marketing Division (Yum! Brands)

  • Coordinated cross-functional groups of up to 50 across engineering, design, and marketing ops.
  • Architected scalable backend systems for global content management across regions.
  • Owned full lifecycle: concept → production → ongoing operations.
  • Established engineering standards, code review practices, and delivery workflows.

Pragmatic. Battle-tested.

/ Leadership

Fractional CTOTechnical co-founderRoadmapsHiringAgile deliveryDistributed teams

/ Architecture

System designAPI designCloud infrastructureHigh-availabilitySubscription billing

/ Backend

PHPLaravelSymfonyNode.jsREST APIs

/ Frontend & Mobile

TypeScriptReactAngularReact NativeIoniciOSAndroid

/ Data

MySQLPostgreSQLEvent trackingAnalytics pipelines

/ Infrastructure

AWSLinuxNginxCI/CDObservabilityDeploy automation

"Engineering exists to make the business win. Architecture is a means. Revenue, retention, and conversion are the scoreboard."

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