Ask Me Anything - 30 Minutes with

Whatever doesn't fit the mold: Get 30 minutes with a mentor to discuss your needs. Be it help with some code, discussing through an issue with your business, help for something at work or an issue with a project.

I've been an Engineering Manager for over a decade across small, growing, and large companies, most recently at Meta where I led an engineering team building the platform that powers third-party integrations for Meta's small-business advertisers. Before Meta I led the engineering org at ClickTime (SaaS) and managed engineering teams at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise. Across those roles I've hired across all levels, run performance conversations, managed remote teams, navigated reorgs and pandemic-era leadership, and coached engineers through the IC-to-EM transition.
For the past seven years, I've mentored Engineering Managers: new leads, mid-level managers, senior EMs, and Directors. The conversations I have most often are about giving effective feedback, hiring decisions that aren't sitting right, making remote teams effective, and teams that have lost trust. Those are the hard parts of management, and where a thinking partner makes the biggest difference.
I'm based in California (Pacific Time) and usually take sessions on weekday mornings and early afternoons PT, with some flexibility for international mentees on evenings and weekends.