Hi, I'm Jay.
I help high-velocity companies turn ambiguous problems into durable systems — and ship the work their customers rave about.
25+ years in tech, 15+ growing teams. Product leadership, engineering strategy, and people & culture.
Now
- SecurityPal AI — Applied AI solutions for GRC (governance, risk, and compliance) teams.
- DogShitAI.com — Edge-native pet tracking experiences built with SvelteKit, Turso, and Cloudflare.
- FootSlapping — Team step competition app — challenge your friends and see who steps up.
- Rage Calculator — Micro-app translating annual salary + days off into daily payout reality checks.
Work history
- Head of Engineering & Product · SecurityPal Aug 2023 — Present
Establishing the patterns, structure, and norms for distributed engineering while guiding product roadmaps with customers and exec leadership.
- Founder · Dogshit AI Jan 2024 — Present
Building weird and creative applied AI projects.
- Engineering Leadership Mentor · Freelance Apr 2023 — Present
Coaching eng leaders on people management, process enhancement, and organizational leadership for remote-first companies.
- Senior Director of Engineering · Slack Nov 2021 — Apr 2023
Led 20+ engineers and managers shipping channel-based collaboration into sales workflows used by global teams.
- Senior Director of Engineering · Quip (Salesforce) Nov 2018 — Nov 2021
Scaled engineering squads integrating Quip's collaborative docs with Salesforce Sales & Service Cloud, improving go-to-market velocity.