
Tech Sketches LLC
Engineering Management Services
Need help scaling your startup's engineering team?

About me
πNew York, NY
π A decade of startup experience
Founder & CEO @ Dream Museums
Director of Engineering @ Welcome
(Acquired by Optimizely)Senior Software Engineer @ VTS
(Joined at Series A, currently $1.7 billion)Co-founder & CTO @ Farmplicity
(Acquired by Sunfarm Food Service)Triple Major @ Washington University STL
Dream Museums
Founder & CEO
Dream Museums is my current project. I'm learning iOS development and bootstrapping the whole company. I've been working on it full-time for 6 months but am open to consulting work now that the app is in a more steady state.
Welcome (Acquired by Optimizely)
Director of Engineering
4 years of growing from Senior to Lead to Director
Oversaw the NY Engineering team of over 20 engineers
Mentored engineers and managers weekly to develop career goals
Hired and promoted engineers to meet demands of the business
Streamlined processes with best practices for communication, software quality, and customer requirements
VTS ($1.7B Real Estate Software)
Senior Software Engineer
4 years of company growth from Series A,B,C + Merger while company 7x'd headcount
Tech lead for broker products which accounted for over 80% of daily active users
Led recruitment process and grew engineering team from 10 to over 30
Started VTS engineering blog which helped hiring

Services offered
Department plan based your desired engineering culture
Efficient + impactful operating framework: standups, code reviews, meeting best practices, task tracking
Develop a hiring plan for Head of Engineering
Develop a hiring plan for Software Engineers
Vet engineering candidates
Coaching for engineering leadership
Other value props
I can be your interim Head of Engineering while we look for right candidate
Keep your CTO focused on technical challenges while I focus on management
My long tenures give unique insight on long-term decision-making
I can give you candid, actionable feedback that your coworkers won't