Product leadership
Clarity, ruthless prioritization, and crisp storytelling that align exec teams.
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 in tech
- 25+
- Years growing teams
- 15+
Right now
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Applied AI rollout pairing concierge agents with human QA for questionnaires and audits.
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Edge-native pet tracking experiences built with SvelteKit, Turso, and Cloudflare.
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Micro-app translating annual salary + days off into daily payout reality checks.
Engineering strategy
Systems thinking across platform, AI copilots, and dependable delivery.
People & culture
Growing teams that feel psychologically safe, ambitious, and accountable.
Journey
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.
Jan 2024 — Present
Founder · Dogshit AI
Building weird and creative applied AI projects
Apr 2023 — Present
Engineering Leadership Mentor · Freelance
Coaching eng leaders on people management, process enhancement, and organizational leadership for remote-first companies.
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.
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.