engineering manager · identity · AI-first
I lead the team building the platforms and products other engineers depend on.
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Software is two products: the one users see, and the one the next engineer maintains.
Both matter.
brief background
I'm an Engineering Manager at Splunk, leading the team that owns identity, access, and integrations for Splunk Observability Cloud. I've been at Splunk seven years across IC and EM roles — long enough to ship Unified Identity end-to-end, build a custom RBAC system from scratch, and promote four engineers along the way.
Outside of work: roughly 6,000 hours of Dota 2 across the years, 100,000+ Spotify minutes a year, ten-plus concerts when the calendar allows, and an Apple Watch I'm forever trying to close out before midnight.
The throughline, if there is one, is that I keep ending up at the seam between platforms — wiring things together that weren't designed to talk to each other, then figuring out who's allowed to do what once they can.
a few things worth talking about
Building Unified Identity for Splunk Observability Cloud
Led a 10-engineer team shipping enterprise SSO, RBAC from scratch, and the platform integrations that connect Splunk's two major clouds.
Re-architecting Log Observer and laying the foundation for Unified Identity
Tech lead on Log Observer Connect and the early Unified Identity work — cut core search latency 60% and onboarded 200+ customers to a brand-new cross-platform workflow.
Shipping at the velocity of enterprise sales
Shipped 60+ customer and strategic initiatives as an early-career engineer — influenced $159M+ in contract value and was credited internally with 2x'ing the sales lifecycle.
say hi
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A platform without a product is a hobby.
A product without a platform is a demo.