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Program Operations Leader, Content Strategist & Technical Project Manager

Over a decade of experience running the operational backbone behind technical and editorial teams: coordinating vendors and stakeholders, building content and project workflows, and translating between technical and non-technical audiences. I've grown a global research community from 350 to 3,000+ members, led enterprise CMS development, and I'm currently helping design and pitch the next phase of that community's research infrastructure.

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> Systems Thinking & Human-Centered Ops

  • Community & Content Growth Grew a global science organization from 350 to 3,000+ members as lead on content strategy and its collaboration network.
  • Vendor & Stakeholder Coordination Run the operational thread between scientists, partners, and funders: status meetings, documentation, and follow-through.
  • Program Design (In Progress) Co-authoring a next-generation research program blueprint ("Process as Provenance"), currently in design and funding-pitch stage.
  • Enterprise Full-Stack Linux self-hosting, CI/CD automation, MySQL, Docker, Drupal 7→8 migration, and SAML SSO.

Systems-First Working Philosophy

I operate best as a low-ego systems and operations builder. Rather than spending time on high-volume promotional noise, I focus on the operational scaffolding that lets teams do their best work: content and editorial workflows, stakeholder and vendor coordination, automated pipelines, and the process design that turns an ambitious idea into something a group can actually execute. My goal is to give scientists, partners, and technical teams a clear runway while operations handles the infrastructure and process underneath.

Capabilities & Core Disciplines

Engineering precision combined with strategic program execution.

Program Architecture & Strategy

Co-authoring a next-phase research program blueprint (ONR 2.0), currently in design and fundraising stages, and structuring the governance frameworks, timelines, and operational workflows that will turn it into a running program.

Enterprise CMS & Backend Architecture

Deep experience in Drupal (7/8+), custom PHP module architecture, relational MySQL schemas, static site generators (Hugo), and refactoring legacy multi-year codebases.

DevOps & Automated Pipelines

Building automated CI/CD workflows via GitHub Actions, Puppeteer asset generation, Zenodo DOI API integrations, LLM paper discovery feeds, and Linux server administration.

Operations & Fiscal Alignment

Initiating exploratory discussions for 501(c)(3) fiscal hosting, organizing interdisciplinary collaborations across global universities, and vendor management.

Experience History

Track record across technical leadership, open-science foundations, and enterprise institutions.

2023 - Present

Co-Chair (2026-Present) | Vice Chair (2025-2026) | Volunteer (2023-2024)

Open Neuromorphic (Global Open-Science Foundation)
  • Co-led the growth of Open Neuromorphic from a quiet 350-member group with 4-5 volunteers recording Zoom calls into the primary global entry point ("top-of-funnel") for new researchers and builders in the field, now serving 3,000+ members, through sustained content strategy and community programming.
  • Built and grew an international Collaboration Network representing the ecosystem's leading open-source software projects, and am now leading direct outreach campaigns to expand it to academic labs, faculty, postdocs, and PIs as early planning and launch partners for the organization's upcoming research and education programs.
  • Built the open-neuromorphic.org Hugo website from the ground up and architected automated GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines that aggregate multi-repo issues, generate social media assets via Puppeteer, and deploy platform updates on commit.
  • Co-authoring the ONR 2.0 Program Blueprint, a "Process as Provenance" model with Zenodo DOI minting and automated paper-discovery feeds, currently moving through executive committee alignment and a funding pitch to seed the program's launch.
  • Initiated and lead exploratory discussions with a prospective 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor to prepare the organization for future grant eligibility and long-term sustainability.
2020 - 2024

Founder & Full-Stack / Content Engineer

VisionInit (aimodels.org Acquired & fmcheatsheet.org)
  • Founded, built, and exited aimodels.org, indexing thousands of open-source AI models using GCP (Cloud Run, Docker, Cloud SQL) driven via organic SEO.
  • Collaborated with AI researchers from MIT, Google, and Stanford CRFM to build fmcheatsheet.org, translating dense foundation model papers into an interactive developer guide.
2017 - 2020

Senior Backend Developer

Stanford Graduate School of Business (Stanford, CA)
  • Architected and led the initial technical phase (~60% milestone) of an enterprise Drupal 7 to 8 migration, migrating custom modules and relational databases supporting faculty research applications.
  • Supported marketing, communications, and Dean's Office teams with tactical technical insights to achieve strategic institutional goals.
  • Integrated custom web applications with core SAML/Shibboleth single sign-on authentication and role-based authorization systems.
  • Discovered and patched a critical platform security vulnerability, earning a bounty through the Stanford CIO Council Bug Bounty program.
2013 - 2016

Senior CMS Applications Developer

MapLight (Non-Profit) & ArdentMC (Consulting)
  • Built data-driven Drupal applications over multi-million row political datasets (maplight.org, votersedge.org) with Selenium monitoring.
  • Developed the GeoCONOPS (Geospatial Concept of Operations) portal for Homeland Security Enterprise, translating geospatial data into functional interfaces for federal stakeholders.
2008

PHP Developer & User Advocate

Benetech
  • Engineered accessibility features and document parsing tools directly informed by usability research sessions with vision-impaired users.
2000 - 2003

E-Commerce Operations Analyst

DST Systems (Mutual Fund Servicing)
  • Coordinated incident and outage resolution across cross-functional teams in a 24/7 data center, work that laid the foundation for my operational mindset.
  • Operated within a strictly process-oriented environment shaped by financial-industry and mutual fund compliance standards.
  • Volunteered for the weekend maintenance shift, the most demanding rotation on the team.

Project Portfolio & Strategic Artifacts

Selected technical platforms, infrastructure blueprints, and research tools.

Co-Author & Lead Operator

ONR 2.0 Program Blueprint (In Design)

Co-authoring strategic architecture for a next-generation open-science research program: a "Process as Provenance" model, Zenodo DOI minting, and automated discovery feeds, now moving through governance review and a funding pitch.

Program Blueprint Zenodo DOI Governance LLM Feed
Co-Chair & Lead Architect

Open Neuromorphic Platform

open-neuromorphic.org

Architected central digital hub and CI/CD pipelines, scaling ONM from a quiet group of 350 to a 3,000+ member global research hub.

GitHub Actions Hugo Node.js Community Scale
Founder (Acquired)

AI Models Platform

aimodels.org

Built and exited aimodels.org. Deployed GCP Cloud Run, Cloud Build, and Cloud SQL architecture indexing open-source AI models.

GCP Docker MySQL SEO
Lead Developer

Foundation Models Cheatsheet

fmcheatsheet.org

Partnered with researchers from MIT, Google, and Stanford CRFM to translate dense academic papers into an interactive web guide.

Hugo Academic Outreach Responsible AI
Senior Backend Developer

Stanford GSB Drupal Migration

gsb.stanford.edu

Architected foundational technical phase for enterprise Drupal 7 to 8 migration, integrated SAML single sign-on, and resolved a platform security vulnerability.

Drupal 8 SAML/SSO PHP Bug Bounty
Drupal Developer

MapLight Civic Tech Platforms

maplight.org

Engineered custom Drupal modules and MySQL queries over large political transparency datasets for civic researchers.

Drupal MySQL Selenium Civic Data
Security Contributor

HackerOne Vulnerability Research

Identified and disclosed business logic vulnerabilities in HuggingFace's website through HackerOne's responsible disclosure program, contributing to $2,000 combined in bug bounty earnings alongside a separate Stanford CIO Council award.

Security Bug Bounty AppSec
Senior CMS Developer

GeoCONOPS (Geospatial Concept of Operations) Portal

Developed Drupal portal for Homeland Security Enterprise to facilitate geospatial data sharing and coordinate operational planning across federal agencies.

Drupal Geospatial Government
PHP Developer & Advocate

Benetech Accessibility Parsing

Built document parsing tools and accessibility enhancements based on usability research with vision-impaired users.

Accessibility PHP User Testing

Ready to Connect?

Whether you need program and content operations leadership, technical web project management, or a translator who can sit between engineering and stakeholders, I am available for strategic initiatives and key roles.