Experience
Gildage Inc
Co-founder and CTO from 2024 to present
https://www.chatwithgil.com
https://gildage.co
- Built Gil, an AI assistant for seniors to independently solve technical challenges, using Swift on iOS and server-side
Vapor on AWS.
- Building an AI-powered Medicare billing analysis tool for seniors on Barley Medical, a Medicare bill checker.
- Built full technology stack: AWS infrastructure, Swift Lambdas and event processing, public APIs, and iOS app
distribution via App Store.
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Apple Inc.
https://apple.com
Engineer Manager in AI/ML from 2021 until 2023
- Led on-device ML pipeline for Siri and Dictation within Apple's AI/ML organization.
- Built a personalized speech vocabulary store leveraging user contacts, email, and calendar data to improve context
and accuracy.
Fox Broadcasting Company
Vice President of Architecture from 2017 until 2021
https://fox.com
- Led solution architecture for Fox Broadcasting and Fox Sports digital properties across mobile, web, and living
room devices.
- Managed two backend engineering teams responsible for authentication, live video, subscriptions, and
personalized recommendations via Go and Node.js microservices.
Maker Studios / The Walt Disney Company
Director of Software Engineering from 2014 until 2017
https://disney.com
- Led data engineering, web, and native mobile (iOS/Android) teams.
- Designed a scalable data pipeline for social media and engagement analytics; built a white-label mobile app factory
for talent-driven content distribution.
RealNetworks, Inc.
Senior Director of Software Engineering from 1999 until 2014
https://realnetworks.com
- Rose from SDE to Director; led a SaaS video platform team supporting mobile video services on major US carrier
networks.
- Prototyped second-screen and living room video experiences for emerging mobile platforms.
Microsoft Corporation
Web Developer intern/contractor from 1997 until 1999
https://microsoft.com
- Converted MSDN Mastering Series course material and BackOffice documentation to HTML for online publishing.
