Work Experience

I've worked at a variety of startups.

Apr 2022 - Dec 2025

Vidalytics
CTO
Austin, Texas, US (Remote)

Led engineering through 3x headcount growth. Designed team topology across devs, QA, DevOps, PM (~20 people). Transitioned ICs to Team Leads. Built remote-first culture with continuous delivery (100+ releases/year, feature flags, per-PR environments).
May 2019 - Apr 2022

XOVI GmbH
CTO
Cologne, Germany (Hybrid)

Led engineering across Germany and Ukraine, managing a team of 12 engineers to keep delivery on track even when priorities shifted quickly. Focused on building a culture of reliability and maintainability.
May 2018 - Jun 2021

Plesk
Project Lead (via XOVI acquisition)
Germany (Remote)

Shipped SEO Toolkit, bringing SEO expertise into the Plesk platform.
May 2011 - May 2019

XOVI GmbH
Engineering Team Leader
Cologne, Germany (On-site)

Joined as engineer #2, promoted to Team Lead in 2015. Built and managed remote teams. Delivered high-load DBs & microservices.