Work
I'm a product-minded programmer who cares about how the product works as a whole, not just the code. I love learning new things and working on technically challenging projects that improve people's lives. My best work happens remote, away from the hustle and bustle of an open-plan office.
Code
Learning Elixir and Phoenix and generally expanding my skills on both backend and frontend.
Worked on the company's portfolio of apps, as well as client work involving apps that deliver custom notifications for Jira, facilitate integration with AWS resources, and more.
Product and Strategy
2017-2019
Product Lead — Rainforest QA
Distributed, series B QA testing SaaS business
San Francisco, USA
Led a team of 9 people that reduced quality-related churn to less than 2% of ARR (from a double-digit percentage), paved the way for human-in-the-loop automation, and made the platform more reliable for teams whose releases depended on us. Also extremely proud about the positive impact we had on thousands of people around the world who improved their lives by testing for Rainforest.
Launched several web and mobile experiences for global and local clients, particularly UBS Wealth Management: led the redesign of the global Wealth Management online presence, launched a microsite featuring interviews with Nobel laureates in economics, and helped other bank divisions establish service blueprints to better serve their customers.
2012-2013
Strategist — London Strategy Unit (acq. by Great State)
A product strategy consultancy
London, UK
Prioritized a series of strategic initiatives that helped British massive online open course provider FutureLearn drive 650,000 signups to their courses in less than a year. While here, I also created and ran the agency's proprietary events, newsletters and products.
2010-2012
Strategist — JWT
Manchester, UK
2005-2007
Copywriter — Leo Burnett
Bucharest, Romania
Other
React: Built a battleship game at the beginning of the great pandemic lockdown of 2020. I was trying to figure out React and make my dad proud, since we played this a lot when I was a kid. I wrote about some of the traps I fell into as well as discoveries made along the way in a separate post.
Other interests: I'm currently learning to branch out into a second language (Elixir), and trying to improve my knowledge of system architecture.
Other interests: I'm currently learning to branch out into a second language (Elixir), and trying to improve my knowledge of system architecture.