I am a backend developer and open source maintainer who thrives at the intersection of software engineering, project stewardship, and community leadership. I bring a unique blend of hands-on technical expertise and experience in open source maintenance and governance, delivering both software and sustainable processes.
As a backend developer, I have built data-driven web applications that help small businesses and teams scale their operations more effectively. Beyond code, I currently maintain the CHAOSS DEI Badging Program, where I lead ongoing code maintenance, coordinate a global reviewer team, and design strategies to scale adoption and impact.
- 🔭 Currently working on improving and scaling the BadgingAPI for the CHAOSS Project (DEI Badging)
- 🌱 Learning and applying TypeScript, Python/FastAPI, and system design principles
- 👯 Open to collaborating on impactful open source and backend-focused projects
- 💡 Interested in building reliable APIs, clean architectures, and systems that scale
- 📫 Reach me: via my email or LinkedIn
- Lead ongoing development and maintenance of the BadgingAPI for the CHAOSS DEI Badging Program
- Drive architectural improvements and refactoring to support scalability and long-term sustainability
- Review contributions to ensure code quality, consistency, and best practices
- Coordinate and guide a distributed, global contributor reviewer community for the CHAOSS event DEI badging.
- Design contributor workflows and processes that enable developers to contribute effectively
- Balance technical direction with community needs to ensure continuous project growth and adoption
- Strong focus on backend development and API design
- Ability to work on real-world, collaborative codebases
- Proven ability to lead and sustain open source projects beyond just writing code
- Experience coordinating contributors and driving execution across distributed teams
- Ability to translate technical goals into clear direction that enables others to contribute effectively
- Ownership mindset across both codebases and the communities that support them
- JavaScript / TypeScript (Nodejs/Express)
- Python (FastAPI)
- Git: GitHub & GitLab