Software Engineering Leader · Chicago, IL
Hi, I'm Michael
I’m a principal software engineer who enjoys turning complicated systems into something simpler, faster, and easier to build on. I’ve spent 20+ years working across hands-on engineering, architecture, and technical leadership.
01 / Experience
2010 — Present
2024
Principal Software Engineer, Toast Tables
Principal Software Engineer for the Toast Tables Reservations & Waitlist platform, working across backend, frontend, and infrastructure.
2022
Principal Engineer / Sr. Engineering Manager, Guest Platform
Tech lead manager for the Digital Ordering Platform, specializing in designing re-usable systems for Online Ordering and other guest-facing services.
2021
Consultant, Enterprise Architecture
Consulted with Enterprise clients to design their migrations from on prem to the cloud.
2015
Vice President of Engineering
Built the internal engineering organization to 30+ people across backend, frontend, DevOps, data science and QA, and designed the cloud-native platform behind ~10M listings and ~100M parcel records.
2010
Practice Director, eCommerce · Sr. Technical Architect
Architectural lead for high-volume B2B and B2C commerce platforms, and for the practice’s move to cloud-based hosting and reproducible developer environments.
02 / Expertise
03 / Education & Certification
2004 — 2009
Florida Gulf Coast University
Bachelors of Science
2021 — 2024
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
04 / Contact
Happy to talk systems, teams, or AI-assisted delivery.
The form reaches me directly. I’m also easy to find in the usual places.