Project Archive

All projects, beyond the featured case studies.Project history and notable builds.

A full archive sourced from the career context timeline, including platform work, startup builds, and notable product experiments.A career-wide archive sourced from project notes and timeline context.

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2026

Shopify · 2026

Card-Present Gateway: Single-Message EMV Foundation

Delivered gateway foundations that unblock provider-agnostic, card-present payment processing.

Helped define scalable architecture for single-message EMV and future card-present flows.
Unblocked parallel POS, provider, and infrastructure workstreams with foundational APIs.
Supported early end-to-end gateway validation through a mock-provider environment.

Project Year

2025

2025 - Present

Staffed AI Services

Built staffing and automation services with web-focused, cloud-native deployments.

Delivered productized services that combine custom workflows with AI-assisted operations.
Shipped and operated cloud-native deployments for speed, reliability, and iteration.
Focused on practical automation outcomes for small and medium businesses.

Shopify · 2025

Optimize Payments Platform Performance for Migrations

Restored throughput parity during concurrent payment migrations in critical checkout paths.

Worked on performance bottlenecks that caused elevated error rates under migration load.
Helped recover near-baseline throughput for both 3P and 1P migration tracks.
Improved platform confidence for flash-sale and peak-volume merchant workloads.

Shopify · 2024 - 2025

Rollout Refund API to Third-Party Payment Providers (PPP)

Led rollout of unified Refund API support to third-party payment providers.

Brought PPP refunds into the unified processing flow with parity for retries and error handling.
Shipped operational monitoring and reliability safeguards for high-traffic events.
Drove rollout to full traffic and reduced migration risk for future payment-method expansions.

Project Year

2024

Shopify · 2024

Foundation for Refunds in Payments API

Built foundational refund-processing patterns for the unified payments stack.

Contributed to a single entrypoint and flow structure for refunds in Payments API.
Established reusable patterns later applicable to captures and voids.
Helped create a cleaner path toward consolidation of legacy refund code paths.

Shopify · 2023 - 2024

Update Payments API Orchestration for Third-Party Gift Cards

Expanded Payments API orchestration to support multiple asynchronous charges in one payment.

Enabled split-payment patterns needed for third-party gift card support.
Helped evolve orchestration so payment attempts became a stronger source of truth.
Supported broad rollout while preserving stability of existing payment flows.

Project Year

2023

Shopify · 2023

Enable 3P Redeemables on Payments API (Model Foundations)

Implemented foundational model changes for asynchronous redeemables in Payments API.

Helped support gift cards and stored-value style flows with more flexible orchestration.
Contributed to new instruction/state record patterns for multi-part payments.
Supported migration and backfill readiness needed by downstream redeemables projects.

Shopify · 2023

Plan and Conduct Payments Platform Game Day

Prepared Payments Platform for peak events through scenario testing and failure-readiness exercises.

Supported game-day planning and execution across engineering and partner teams.
Helped identify failure modes and convert findings into actionable follow-up work.
Strengthened incident readiness ahead of BFCM and major payments launches.

Shopify · 2022 - 2023

Lift & Shift of SPI Buyer Transaction Emails

Supported work to migrate SPI buyer transaction email ownership from partner systems to Shop.

Helped advance ownership and control of installment buyer communication surfaces.
Aligned experience goals around clearer routing to the right buyer app surfaces.
Contributed to planning and technical exploration for transaction-email migration.

Shopify · 2022 - 2023

Prequalify for Installments on Product Pages

Worked on moving installment prequalification earlier in the buyer journey on PDP surfaces.

Supported up-funnel installment eligibility UX exploration before checkout.
Contributed to product/technical framing aimed at improved conversion outcomes.
Helped inform instrumentation and experimentation for installment adoption.

Project Year

2022

Shopify · 2022

Shop Pay Installments BFCM 2022 Preparation

Prepared SPI infrastructure and operational readiness for peak BFCM traffic with Affirm.

Supported load-validation, resiliency checks, and partner readiness planning.
Contributed to incident-response preparation and game-day style readiness workflows.
Helped improve confidence in platform capacity for high-volume seasonal demand.

Shopify · 2022

Shop Pay Installments Loss Remediation

Contributed to remediation efforts addressing major SPI loss drivers and risk controls.

Supported initiatives focused on reducing fraud-related and negative-balance losses.
Helped improve operational visibility and mitigation readiness around loss events.
Worked within a cross-functional effort to stabilize installment-loss economics.

Indeed · 2021 - 2022

Indeed Identity Platform

Maintained authentication and identity services serving job seekers and employers.

Contributed to authentication and account flows across the platform.
Supported stable, secure identity experiences at scale.
Worked across backend services and frontend product surfaces.

Nerd Nibble · 2020 - 2022

Web Appetizer

Built a serverless SaaS ordering platform for restaurants with payment and POS-style workflows.

Created customer-facing menu customization and ordering experiences.
Built a POS-style interface for receiving and managing new orders.
Implemented real-time order updates using WebSocket connections.

Project Year

2021

University of Michigan - Dearborn · 2021

Lambda Eats SaaS (Master's Project)

Built a serverless online ordering SaaS platform as a graduate capstone project.

Designed a multi-tenant model to support many shops and menu configurations.
Delivered tablet-facing order intake and merchant workflows.
Validated serverless architecture patterns for cost and scalability.

Ford Motor Company · 2020 - 2021

Ford Pay Troubleshooting Portal

Led development of a support tool that reduced manual troubleshooting for payment journeys.

Enabled business teams to inspect payment journey failures without direct log/database access.
Improved support speed and confidence with purpose-built diagnostics.
Drove delivery as a lead engineer across backend and frontend concerns.

Ford Motor Company · 2019 - 2021

Ford Payment Library

Led an embedded payment library used in secure Ford web payment experiences.

Created reusable secure payment capabilities for multiple Ford properties.
Supported reservations and digital purchase flows in consumer experiences.
Balanced developer ergonomics with secure-by-default integration patterns.

Project Year

Aircraft Part USA

Built inventory search with secure CSV upload for data updates.

Implemented searchable inventory experiences for operations teams.
Added secure data ingestion paths for ongoing catalog maintenance.

Project

Basic Online Ordering System

Built a React + Spring Boot ordering system with integrated Stripe payments.

Implemented cart, checkout, and payment processing flows.
Delivered end-to-end order lifecycle support in a compact stack.

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Kanboard Task Manager

Built a Kanban-style project management web application.

Implemented board/list/card interactions and state management.
Supported team workflow visibility and task tracking.

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Lewiston Lodge E-commerce Website

Built gift card purchase and email fulfillment flows for a local restaurant.

Enabled online checkout and digital gift card operations.
Supported small-business digital revenue with practical tooling.

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Photography Management Portal

Built a photo album management portal for photographers.

Enabled album organization, asset access, and portfolio workflows.
Focused on creator-friendly management UX.

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Resume Website

Built a full-stack resume site with job submissions, cover-letter generation, and downloads.

Created an interactive pipeline for job opportunity intake.
Automated document generation and resume asset delivery.

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