Professional Experience

A journey from hands-on development to executive leadership

Hands-On Engineering Leader & Product Builder with 20+ years from software engineer to executive—combining deep technical expertise with strategic leadership. Proven track record designing, architecting, and shipping products (iOS/tvOS apps, investment platforms, web applications) while scaling high-performing teams (60+ professionals, 94% retention). Currently leveraging AI-assisted development (GitHub Copilot, Claude, Gemini) to accelerate innovation. Passionate about staying hands-on while providing strategic direction—because great products require leaders who understand both code and culture.

Career Timeline

Solariant Capital

Director of Information Technology

Pasadena, CA, USA•2017-2025
Part-time (Hybrid): July 2017 - March 2021
Full-time (Hybrid): March 2021 - April 2025

illuminarean | Seoul, South Korea | President and COO

  • Executive Leadership and Scale: Founded and scaled a high-performing R&D division (60+ professionals), providing strategic leadership that spanned technology architecture, operational governance, and talent acquisition.
  • Culture & Delivery Outcomes: Built an award-winning, people-first workplace culture that yielded an industry-leading 94% talent retention rate. Oversaw the end-to-end development of two crowd investment platforms and managed the responsible, compliant closure of the entire business unit.

SmugMug

Sorcerer (Senior iOS Engineer)

Mountain View, CA, USA•2014-2021
Full-time (On-site → Remote)
  • Drove Technical Modernization: Served as a core contributor to the complete Swift rewrite of the iOS application (migrating from Objective-C). Simultaneously, I developed and launched the inaugural tvOS application after securing executive sponsorship via a successful prototype.
  • Architectural Optimization & Delivery: Collaborated with cross-functional teams to optimize application architecture and resolve complex technical challenges. Delivered core feature development, maintaining a focus on enhancing overall performance and product stability.

ROAM Data, Inc (Ingenico Mobile Solutions)

Lead iOS Developer

Boston, MA, USA•2013-2014
  • Global Mobile Strategy & Deployment: Led the mobile team's Agile development and oversaw hiring for white-label Point-of-Sale (POS) applications deployed across the U.S., Europe, and South America.
  • Architectural Scalability: Introduced foundational scalable architectural improvements to the platform, significantly enhancing application performance and reliability across international implementations.
  • Core System Design: Designed and implemented the core business logic layer and modular plug-in components, ensuring robust, customizable functionality for diverse client needs.

hibü

Lead iOS Developer

Waltham, MA, USA•2012-2013
  • Drove Product Innovation & Team Leadership: Led and mentored an iOS development team, fostering a collaborative environment to prototype and develop a new social application that validated emerging user features.
  • Enhanced Platform Stability: Streamlined technical workflows and optimized application architecture, which significantly improved the app's responsiveness, enhanced stability, and measurably reduced reported issues.

infomata LLP

Managing Partner

Singapore•2009-2011
  • Drove End-to-End Business Operations: Led all business development, from sales strategy and client acquisition to hands-on technical leadership in application architecture and custom iOS development.
  • Pioneered Innovative Social Integration: Designed and built a Flash-based prototype with Facebook integration, successfully showcasing innovative user engagement strategies to secure new clients in the emerging mobile market.

Barclays Investment Bank

Assistant Vice President

Singapore•2008-2009
  • Drove developer productivity and system efficiency by conducting a thorough evaluation of the software environment, identifying critical bottlenecks, and implementing targeted optimization solutions.

Lavastorm

Senior Implementation Engineer

Boston, MA, USA•2005-2008
  • Delivered tailored data analytics solutions to major international clients (M1, Telstra, KPN), leading requirements gathering and ensuring timely, high-quality project delivery.
  • Streamlined client business processes by implementing automation solutions, identified via exploratory data analysis, to significantly enhance data accuracy and operational efficiency.
  • Acted as a key technical advisor to clients and internal teams on the BRAIN platform, empowering data-driven decisions and fostering advanced tool adoption.

ProfitLogic

Software Engineer

Cambridge, MA, USA•2004-2005
  • Platform Infrastructure Contribution: Contributed to the development of the core platform installer project, specifically focusing on the automated configuration and bug fixing for J2EE servers (WebLogic, WebSphere, etc.) to enhance deployment reliability.
  • System Component Development: Provided technical support and development for foundational system components, including the User Management project, utilizing expertise in Java, Oracle, and PL/SQL within an enterprise environment.

AdvisorTech

Senior Software Engineer

Boston, MA, USA•1999-2004
  • Financial System Architecture & Development: Performed analysis and design for complex projects centered on application architecture modification, mutual fund data integration, and order processing systems.
  • High-Leverage Implementation: Developed and implemented key system components utilizing Java, PL/SQL, Python, and Oracle, collaborating across teams to ensure reliable, efficient solutions that strictly aligned with business requirements.

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