I am a seasoned software engineer/manager and have been battling computing challenges for many years. After spending years as an Artificial Intelligence research programmer, I transitioned to the "real world" and honed my craft at companies like Oracle, Google and LinkedIn along with a smattering of bleeding-edge startups and consulting gigs. What excites me? Powerful abstractions that elegantly solve difficult computing problems. Technologies like Scala, MongoDB, Gradle and Hadoop are some of my current favorites.
In my spare time I tinker with projects such as integrating Neatworks and Quicken.