Product & Engineering Leader

Hi, I’m Jay.

I help high-velocity companies turn ambiguous problems into durable systems—and ship the work their customers rave about.

Years growing teams
15+

Current

  • SecurityPal Concierge Agents

    Applied AI rollout pairing concierge agents with human QA for questionnaires and audits.

  • DogShitAI.com

    Edge-native pet tracking experiences built with SvelteKit, Turso, and Cloudflare.

  • Rage Calculator

    Micro-app translating annual salary + days off into daily payout reality checks.

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Focus tracks

Product leadership

Clarity, ruthless prioritization, and crisp storytelling that align exec teams.

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Engineering strategy

Systems thinking across platform, AI copilots, and dependable delivery.

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People & culture

Growing teams that feel psychologically safe, ambitious, and accountable.

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Signal log

  1. Aug 2023 — Present

    Head of Engineering & Product · SecurityPal

    Establishing the patterns, structure, and norms for distributed engineering while guiding product roadmaps with customers and exec leadership.

  2. Jan 2024 — Present

    Founder · Dogshit AI

    Building weird and creative applied AI projects

  3. Apr 2023 — Present

    Engineering Leadership Mentor · Freelance

    Coaching eng leaders on people management, process enhancement, and organizational leadership for remote-first companies.

  4. Nov 2021 — Apr 2023

    Senior Director of Engineering · Slack

    Led 20+ engineers and managers shipping channel-based collaboration into sales workflows used by global teams.

  5. Nov 2018 — Nov 2021

    Senior Director of Engineering · Quip (Salesforce)

    Scaled engineering squads integrating Quip’s collaborative docs with Salesforce Sales & Service Cloud, improving go-to-market velocity.