Career History
From the Marine Corps to Verizon to Liquid Web to Optimizely to Amplitude — every role added something. The thread connecting all of it: understanding complex systems and helping people make sense of them.
Current
Working at the enterprise pre-sales layer of Amplitude's product analytics and experimentation platform. Running technical discovery, designing and delivering demo narratives, and connecting platform capabilities to measurable business outcomes for buyers across industries.
Optimizely · Full-time · 3 yrs 5 mos
Led technical solution work across Optimizely's experimentation and digital experience platform — from discovery through proof-of-concept to partner readiness. Operated at the intersection of sales, technology, and strategy. Deep customer discovery to align solutions with business goals, technical requirements, and real-world challenges.
Designed, developed, and implemented solutions for clients leveraging Optimizely's platform. Worked closely with clients to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions aligned with their goals. Strong focus on web technologies, A/B testing, personalization, and optimization.
Entry point into the Optimizely SA organization. Built the foundational technical credibility and customer-facing skills that led to promotion to SA II and then Senior SA.
Freelance & Digital
Sole technical owner of all digital properties. Handled integration, content creation, implementation, eCommerce systems, and ongoing maintenance for the SOLGW web presence.
Scoped and led development projects across client engagements. Maintained working knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and cloud hosting infrastructure to communicate effectively with customers. Deep understanding of competitive differences across platforms — WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Webflow, BigCommerce, Magento — to match the right platform to each client's needs.
Liquid Web · 3 yrs 2 mos
WordPress and Magento Solutions Engineer at Nexcess, a Liquid Web company.
Supported the entire sales organization with technical knowledge around WordPress and Magento solutions. Cross-functional leader in building sales programs. Co-authored the sales enablement plan for the sales teams. Communications liaison between Sales, Marketing, Support, and Product.
Created the Sales Process for Inbound and Outbound Sales efforts — built for sustainability and designed to increase revenue with clear actions and plans. Maintained alignment between Sales and Marketing through weekly Sales Enablement meetings. Identified issues and created solutions to bridge gaps between all departments.
Certified W3C Developer. Helped developers find the right hosting infrastructure for WordPress builds on Liquid Web's Managed WordPress and WooCommerce platforms.
Acquired new customers from named prospect sets. Led the full sales process while coordinating company technical resources for solution development and implementation. Managed new customer onboarding and expectation setting through implementation.
Leadership & Channel Roles
Redefined the company's GTM business model, transitioning from a break/fix model to managed services — implementing Migration as a Service as a new offering, driving a 38% revenue increase year over year. Led full sales org design, strategic planning, forecasting, and resource deployment.
Helped MSPs, IT shops, web designers, application and software companies, and developers expand their offering portfolio through the right hosting infrastructure. Deep understanding of compliance frameworks (HIPAA, PCI) and cloud infrastructure to match environments to client needs.
Led a team of Territory Account Managers through strong business relationships, ongoing sales training, and weekly pipeline calls. Completed the MarketStar Leadership in Training program — a year-long course covering leadership foundations, trust, crucial conversations, knowledge-based relationship building, and coaching for performance.
Earlier Career
Took 19 months to be present with his daughter. His take: emotional support is the foundation of everything — in parenting and in professional life. The people around you who care about your success make it easier to reach your goals. That belief shows up in every team he works with.
Subject Matter Expert in Data Sales and single point of contact for 18 Indirect Account Managers and 3 District Managers. Implemented and monitored regional sales incentive programs to drive Channel/Indirect Retailer productivity against KPIs.
Installed, operated, maintained, and repaired fuel handling units and accessory equipment. Tested petroleum products for quality used in amphibious assault fuel handling systems. The Marine Corps built the discipline, accountability, and mission-first clarity that runs underneath everything that came after.
Education
Amplitude
Amplitude Foundations — Data Management
Issued Feb 2025
Amplitude
Amplitude Foundations — Experiment
Issued Feb 2025
edX / W3C
HTML5 Apps and Games — W3Cx
Sep 2018
edX / Red Hat
Fundamentals of Containers, Kubernetes & Red Hat OpenShift
Jul – Sep 2018
Management & Strategy Institute
Six Sigma White Belt
Jul 2014