Build & Release Manager · Lead SDET · Full Stack · Platform · AI-augmented delivery
At Opentrons I'm not the deepest expert in any single stack — I'm the person who reads the situation, finds creative paths when resources are lean, and improves how the work gets done between idea and production. Twenty years across QA strategy, test automation architecture, SDET, platform, and Build & Release. I like hard process problems, the relationships it takes to solve them, and using new AI tools the day they ship.
I like hard process problems. The technical piece is rarely the whole problem — usually there are people, incentives, and relationships in the way too. The work has a shape: find where the process isn't working, understand why the people involved are doing what they're doing, and improve it. Twenty years of that gives you a feel for where to start.
Full-stack on Protocol Library, Opentrons Accounts, and OAuth/OIDC, and owner of the build and release pipelines that ship the robot software suite. I lead test automation across the full robot stack — on-robot systems, desktop apps, and the HTTP API — and mentor engineers in testing. Quality is built in, automated as much as possible, and starts before the code is written. Quality is not a phase.
I improve delivery processes — release pipelines, test strategy, cross-team handoffs — by building the relationships and understanding the motivations and incentives underneath them. Comfortable in the architecture room and in standup the same week.
I manage Opentrons Build & Release and still cut versions, tags, and deployments alongside the team. Release cadence and the small details that keep robot software and cloud apps shipping on schedule.
Consulting, leadership, test architecture, and build/release/platform work overlap across the timeline. The bars show where each lane shows up, not exclusive job titles.
Lead Build & Release for two robot OSes and the full Opentrons application suite while still doing releases alongside the team. Full-stack on Opentrons AI; own auth across web products.
Protocol Library, Opentrons Accounts, CI/CD on GitHub Actions and AWS, Datadog. Release and test frameworks that shortened robot software release cycles.
Practice architect for continuous testing. Led pytest automation for a gaming engine team of ten and browser-based UAT in Azure DevOps for energy-sector .com work with a team of five.
Lead SDET on a dedicated-device web portal across customer-facing apps, ETL, and APIs. Python, Java, TypeScript, Jenkins, OpenShift, Docker, GraphQL, Elasticsearch.
Hands-on QA strategy and automation consulting on long-term engagements. Built frameworks for web, API, ETL, mobile, and desktop; BDD/TDD with Cucumber, JUnit, TestNG; performance work with JMeter and LoadRunner.
Automation in C# and Selenium, QA leadership for enterprise web and ETL, retail operations leadership, and nonprofit web and AV implementation. Twenty-plus years from QA through delivery management.
I adore this stuff. I adopt new AI tools the day they ship and find ways to use them creatively in real development work — not as a demo, not as a slide deck.
In practice that means Cursor skills, project rules, and repeatable workflows that stay useful as the models change. It shows up in shipping: Opentrons AI features, robot interaction clients in TypeScript and Python, and the glue scripts that keep releases and tests honest. I treat AI as infrastructure for thinking and execution, then harden what works into something the team can run without me in the loop.
Open to lead SDET, platform, Build & Release, and consulting conversations.