Full Stack Builder
Team Leader
Product Manager
Failed Entreprenuer
With over 11 years of experience in software engineering, I've built and scaled products that solve all sorts of different industries business challenges. My journey has taken me from eCommerce platforms to education technology, where I currently lead engineering teams at Guild developing data integration systems for Fortune 500.
Over the past two years, I've become deeply immersed in two transformative technologies: Large Language Models (LLMs) and the Palantir Foundry platform. I'm fascinated by how these innovations are reshaping the technology landscape and actively explore their applications in solving real-world problems.
There is nothing worse to me than building a software product nobody wants, nor needs.
Work Experience12+ years in tech
- Company
- Guild
- Role
- Senior Eng Manager
- Date
- (3yr 7mo)
- Description
- Managing 8 engineers across 2 squads for data integration pipeline & services. Facilitating daily ingest for 60+ Fortune 500 companies.
- Company
- Xero
- Role
- Senior Developer Evangelist
- Date
- (2yr)
- Description
- Led OpenAPI Spec & SDK development across 6 languages. Managed app certification pipeline launching 45+ partnerships.
- Company
- Guild Education
- Role
- Senior Software Engineer
- Date
- (1yr 7mo)
- Description
- Led Tuition Reimbursement application processing $25+ million for 100k+ people using TypeScript, GraphQL, and serverless architecture.
- Company
- Remote Year
- Role
- Software Engineer
- Date
- (1yr)
- Description
- Built lead generation UX flow converting ~500 leads/day to ~40+ sales conversations while working remotely across 12 global cities.
- Company
- Scratch Music Group
- Role
- Senior Web Developer
- Date
- (2yr)
- Description
- Built eCommerce platform processing over $2.5M in first 2 years, enrolling 3300+ students using Ruby on Rails.
- Company
- Adventure Local
- Role
- Co-founder/Developer
- Date
- (1yr)
- Description
- Technical co-founder of adventure marketplace connecting travelers with guides. Participated in BlueStartups Accelerator.
- Company
- Maui New York
- Role
- Web Developer
- Date
- (1yr)
- Description
- Developed eCommerce solutions for fashion and luxury brands including beyonce.com, nylonmag.com, and victoriabeckham.com.
Education
Galvanize Inc
Full Stack - Web developer immersion school, Ruby, Rails, Javascript, HTML, CSS
2013
Activities and societies: Portfolio Portal - https://serknight-devrel.herokuapp.com
Nothing is more powerful than to have an idea & the skills to build it.
Western Washington University
Cultural Anthropology, International/Global Studies & Film
2008 - 2012
Activities and societies: Independent documentary studies
Cherry Creek High School
High School. Interests in entrepreneusrship, humanities, physics
2004 - 2008
Activities: Pole Vaulting, Track & Field, and a lot of skateboarding
More on each role
Guild Data Integration Platform
Im a Guild boomerang and absoultely love the B Corp business model! We've helped more than 100k students acess free or discounted education programs. I helped architect and managed the team doing data ingest of Fotune 100 HRIS data integration.. scalable data integration systems connecting employers with educational opportunities for their employees, scaling from ~7-75 Fortune 100 partners in a few years
guild.com
Xero Developer Platform
I was a Senior Developer Evangelist at Xero, and lead OpenAPI specification and SDK development across 6 programming languages, enabling thousands of developers to integrate with Xero. 50% of my time I managed direct sales engineering conversations with hundreds of companies/apps looking to get certified to the Xero API Marketplace.
developer.xero.com
Remote Year Platform
Developed lead generation and conversion systems for a global remote work and travel program operating in 12+ countries. Ultimately, the company shut down in a fantastic manner, but they raised 11m off the back of google sheets and shone bright for a few years. I learned that its not about what somethings built with, but rather what is built.
remoteyear.com
Scratch Music Group
Scratch was a great experience. Co-Founded by Jam Master Jay, I was lead developer and jack of all trades. From accounting automation, to marketing sites for the weddings/events business, to a custom rails/ecomm app that is still live today (https://academy.scratch.com) I flexed my programming skills hard in the trenches of a very real, and very challenged business. I made mistakes, and learned true ownership
scratch.com
Advlo
I Co-founded an 'Adventure Travel' marketplace with two other guys connecting travelers with local adventure guides, focusing on authentic experiences and sustainable tourism. We learned a lot about how fkn hard it is to build user aquisition funnels for 2 sides of a marketplace, and even though we failed (after getting into the BlueStartups accellerator in Honolulu which was cool), we were validated when Airbnb launched their experiences platform with one of our same Guides!
Adventure Local
Maui.nyc
This was my first job out of my coding bootcamp. I moved to Manhattan in my early 20s and learned a ton. I started as a Magento & Rails developer (we had developed a rails engine that sat on top magento years before shopify was built off the back of spreecommerce) and delivered some badass sites for clients like Victoria Beckham, Beyonce, and Nylon Magazine.
Maui New York