Experience
2025 - 2026
Built and scaled AI ad-creative platform generating image and video ads for large brands. Helped build the platform that turns a brand’s website into ready-to-run Meta ad creatives. Integrated the latest AI image and video generation models and scaled the platform for high-volume ad campaigns. Tech: TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Python, AI Image & Video Models.
2025 - 2026
Built advertising platform from zero to $24M+ annual ad spend in 6 months. Architected multi-platform ad system integrating Meta, Google, and Reddit APIs. Built AI-powered creative generation pipeline using multiple AI models.
2023 - 2025
First engineering hire at AI companion platform. Grew from 0 to 20M users and $5M monthly revenue. Pioneered integration of LLMs, image generation, voice synthesis, and video generation.
2021 - 2023
Transitioned major application from Rails to Elixir, improving performance and scalability. Built real-time phone banking system for voter registration and organizing.
2018 - 2021
Founded and scaled digital agency to 20+ professionals. Led client acquisition, hiring, technical strategy, and cross-team delivery across concurrent projects.
2016 - 2018
Founding engineer at Y Combinator startup. Built major portions of drag-and-drop page builder. Expanded platform beyond Shopify with BigCommerce integration. Helped scale team from 2 to 6.
2013 - 2014
Led 4-person engineering team from concept to first release in 5 months. Built product that became a major consumer service helping millions claim flight compensation.
Digital Clipboard - Senior Mobile Developer (2015-2016). Ministry of Health, Georgia - Lead Software Engineer (2011-2013).
