A developer relations professional and technical generalist with 8+ years of experience building and growing developer communities through strategic content, hands-on demos, and authentic engagement. Proficient in Python, JavaScript, and PHP with extensive experience building production applications using LLM APIs, particularly Claude. I combine deep technical credibility with strong communication skills—having spoken at industry conferences for nearly 10 years—to bridge the gap between complex AI/ML concepts and diverse developer audiences. Passionate about responsible AI development and committed to ensuring powerful AI tools are deployed ethically and safely.
Experience
Developer Relations Lead, Retool; Remote — October 2025 - Present
- Leading builder-focused video strategy on YouTube to drive developer engagement and product adoption
- Engaging directly with developers and builders across LinkedIn, Twitter/X, and other social platforms
- Responsible for content strategy and execution for 2nd AI Build Week, attracting 1000 attendees across the half-week event
Technical Product Marketing Manager, Retool; Remote — February 2024 - October 2025
- Led product marketing for Retool's Agents launch, coordinating cross-functionally with EPD and teams across the company
- Created and ran the first AI Build Week, Retool's most successful webinar series to date with 2000 attendees
- Established internal AI Office Hours program running weekly to upskill the entire team on AI capabilities within and beyond Retool
- Produced video assets that drove significant sales-qualified opportunities as reported by the sales team
- Ran near-monthly webinars achieving some of the highest registration counts per session in company history
Developer Advocate, Airplane; Remote — Mar 2023 - Dec 2023
- Owned the content strategy for the Airplane blog, creating ~25 pieces of original technical and tutorial content
- Supported the migration and integration of ~200 acquired content pieces from the ContainIQ blog
- Produced video demos and was the technical advisor on written content for Airplane's first-ever launch week
Writer, Draft.dev; Remote — 2020 - 2023
- Completed over sixty 1500-word technical written pieces for clients across topics including engineering management, DevOps, and specific technical implementations
- Published extensive content on LLMs and generative AI for Retool blog and personal publication FloorboardAI
- Asynchronously worked with editors to capture the voice of the client and emphasize key points prior to publishing
Writing Samples:- The Case for Granular Permissions
- Chef vs. Docker for Builds and Deployments
Co-Founder and CTO, Alpha Particle; Chicago, IL — 2017 - 2023
- Grew agency from inception to nearly $500k in yearly revenue through developer relations activities in the WordPress community
- Managed and code-reviewed work from a dev team of 3 (full-time hires and contractors), ensuring code quality and best practices
- Directed and completed projects for diverse clients from large publishers (RollingStone.com, Variety.com) to small businesses
- Built WordPress development solutions and custom integrations for enterprise clients
Technical Architect, doejo; Chicago, IL — 2016 – 2017
- Advised development teams on multiple projects across the entire agency on technical strategy and execution based on individual clients' needs
- Worked directly with the sales team to align sales goals, targets, and language with realistic capabilities of the agency’s technical team
- Frequently attended industry conferences to form agency-level partnerships and present our work more broadly
- Mentored junior developers and upskilled dev teams
Other Experience
Speaking
- Nearly 10 years of public speaking experience at industry conferences on topics including software development, GenAI, developer best practices, and platform-specific demos
- Recent talk at Neo4j's NODES 2025 conference: "Building an AI Air Traffic Controller Agent using LLMs and Graph Databases"
Education
Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL — Economics Major, Computer Science Minor, 2014
Skills
Python, JavaScript, PHP, HTML/CSS, AI/LLMs, Claude API, WordPress, Public Speaking, Video Production, Developer Community Building, Project Management, Technical Sales, Technical Writing