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Hands-on AI engineering leader with extensive expertise in Trust & Safety engineering. My experience combines software development, product management, and technical leadership. I bridge the gap between technical implementation and business outcomes to deliver tangible results.
Experience
Automattic Inc. (WordPress.com & Tumblr)
Head of AI Classification Services / Engineering Manager, Deep Learning in Safety & Filtering
January 2024 - April 2025
- Oversee development of Tumblr’s content classification services, including EfficientNetV2 image classifiers to detect prohibited content, delivering double-digit percentage accuracy improvements in 2024.
- Drive anti-bias evaluation & retraining initiatives for our classification models.
- Leading experimental agentic workflows for Trust & Safety operations using Goose and MCP servers.
- Accelerated team pace & delivery by integrating AI-assisted development practices, establishing our team as an early adopter of AI tools and workflows.
Interim Director, Safety & Filtering
August 2023 - October 2023 (3 months)
December 2021 - June 2022 (6 months)
- Led zero-to-one design & delivery of Tumblr’s Community Labels feature, managing multiple engineering teams and coordinating across Trust & Safety, Legal, and PR stakeholders to launch a platform-wide initiative.
- Generated six-figure cost savings by renegotiating vendor contracts and reducing low-value services.
- Provided career coaching, created growth opportunities, and mentored current engineers on the team & aspiring engineers from other departments.
- Recruited high-performing engineers to join the division.
Engineering Manager, Safety & Filtering Product
April 2021 - January 2024
- Lead for React-based Trust & Safety tooling on Tumblr and WordPress.com.
Software Engineer, Safety & Filtering Product
July 2019 - March 2021
- Led the re-development of Child Safety tooling on Tumblr.
- Led the anti-election-interference task force for the 2020 US elections.
Prior Experience
- Software Engineer, WordPress.com Advertising (2017-2019)
- Lead Developer, Institute for Nonprofit News (2016-2017)
- Developer, Hall Internet Marketing (2011-2016)