I ask the powerful questions and focus on meaningful OKRs to keep teams oriented towards outcomes over outputs. To achieve the kinds of success that make dreams a reality, strategy and execution MUST provide results that matter, and that move a company towards measurable and recognizable value.

I am an insatiable learner, who digs in to understand people, culture and systems before proposing solutions. I respect context and history, as they keep us grounded in reality and help provide meaningful guard rails while we build out new processes and systems that shoot for the moon.

In software, “best practices” are often the worst possible default solution. I rely on active listening, candid conversation, and questioning assumptions to best understand the variables and constraints in play before suggesting approaches or solutions. All the while ensuring that any direction that our solutions take us, is in service to the larger organizational vision and mission.

Culture eats EVERYTHING for breakfast, and culture is defined by both the best, and more often by the worst behavior that is tolerated, communicated, and praised in teams and in organizations. Every people-oriented initiative I take on factors in the culture that exists, the culture that is desired, and the work to be done both by individuals and the organization to achieve and sustain that desired state.

I am at my best when I am doing work that supports the development of individuals and teams that can thrive in an environment cultivated to support valued individuals who doing their best and proudest work.

From recruiting, to hiring, to onboarding, to managing performance, promoting, and even exiting, there are investments to be made in every human that you employ if your business is people. I’ve build out recruiting processes, interview standards, career models, feedback models, performance management and review systems, even humane exiting strategies, all in service to ensuring every individual on my team feels supported, valued, and invested in. People who feel supported, valued, and like they truly belong deliver AMAZING outcomes, every time.

Whether it’s an internal blog post announcing a new HR policy, running a company-wide all-hands meeting, or keynoting at a large technical conference, I bring contagious enthusiasm, broad yet humble experiences, and rich, meaningful content. I’ve effectively spoken to small development teams, hundreds of technologists, as well as executive teams on a large number of both technical and professional development topics.