Experience

A journey through 8+ years of building, modernizing, and innovating.

Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer
Slalom Build

Jul 2022 – Present

(4 yrs 1 mo)

Detroit, MI

Selected engagements

  • Senior AI Engineer & Architect · ~7 mos

    Designed an AI-driven system that uses autonomous agent orchestration to modernize legacy mainframe applications, migrating them to a modern, widely adopted backend language.

    • Architected agentic AI workflows to automate documentation, code conversion, and orchestration of legacy systems
    • Implemented autonomous agent orchestration for code documentation, code conversion, and workflow decision-making
    • Established integration patterns for AI-enabled SDLC pipelines
    • Reduced manual effort and enabled scalable, repeatable modernization
    • Continued facilitating "prototype-in-a-day" innovation workshops and executive AI ideation sessions
    • Helped establish CodeScan, an AI-powered modernization-discovery accelerator demoed at an internal Innovation Day, and continue to support it
    Agentic AILLM OrchestrationRAGAI-Enabled SDLCCode Modernization
  • AI Engineer & Architect · ~1 yr

    Built an example multi-agent system demonstrating autonomous, human-in-the-loop engineering workflows.

    • Designed multi-agent coordination across architect, coder, and reviewer roles
    • Implemented autonomous planning, implementation, and review loops with human-in-the-loop control
    • Built reusable AI accelerators and templates adopted across teams
    • Used the framework to educate teams on agentic engineering patterns
    Multi-AgentPrompt EngineeringSpec-Driven DevelopmentAI AcceleratorsTypeScript
  • AI Solutions Engineer · ~1 yr

    Led prototype-driven engagements to validate future-state, AI-enabled architectures.

    • Delivered "prototype-in-a-day" engagements to accelerate stakeholder alignment
    • Helped stakeholders visualize AI-enabled solutions early to de-risk architecture decisions
    • Accelerated decision-making and contributed to downstream project expansion
    • Introduced fail-fast engineering and experimentation practices
    Rapid PrototypingAI StrategyRAGReactNode.js
Software Engineer
Ford Motor Company

Feb 2020 – Jul 2022

(2 yrs 5 mos)

Taylor, MI
Contract Software Engineer
BASF

Jun 2019 – Feb 2020

(8 mos)

Southfield, MI
Software Engineer (Contract)
TEKsystems

Mar 2019 – Jun 2019

(3 mos)

Taylor, MI
Software Developer Project Lead
Wayne State University

Sep 2018 – Dec 2018

(3 mos)

Detroit, MI

Leadership & Community

TrAILblazers Foundry

Co-Founder & Lead

AI Community of Practice spanning Detroit and Columbus

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Wayne State University

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