Engineering Leadership · AI-First

Engineering leadership
that ships at 10× velocity.

25 years scaling R&D orgs — now proving the AI-era playbook hands-on.
I've led multi-team engineering groups through hypergrowth,
incidents, and global delivery. Today I pair that judgment
with AI-First methods to ship at a velocity most teams can't match.

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Leadership That Moved
the Business.

Two decades of engineering leadership — measured in teams grown, users served, and outcomes delivered.

Org Scale

Grew and led 15+ engineering teams — organic, near-shore and offshore, distributed globally — across Kaltura, Arbox, Assure, and FTS.

Growth Engine

Scaled the R&D org behind a B2B2C platform serving 500,000+ active users, re-architecting AWS for high availability under heavy traffic.

AI Efficiency

Initiated and led an automation initiative, automating complex workflows for hundreds of thousands of dollars in operational savings. Integrated AI via RAG on AWS Bedrock.

Global Delivery

Delivered enterprise software to 20+ Tier-1 clients across the US and Europe under strict compliance and security standards.

The 1Month Method

Enterprise Resilience.
Rapid Deployment.

The playbook I bring to engineering teams: architectural judgment paired with AI-First execution — accelerating delivery while holding the line on security, Business ROI, maintainability and observability.

Strategic AI Integration

Harnessing AI to accelerate delivery. Emphasizing prompt engineering, skills, harnesses, and cross-model prompt testing. Moving from AI-First → AI-Only, achieving incomparable velocity.

Scalable Architecture

Designing robust microservices, real-time spatial pipelines, and offline-first edge applications built on reliable, enterprise-grade cloud foundations.

ROI-Driven Engineering

Aligning technical strategy with commercial goals. Prioritizing features that drive business metrics, minimize technical debt, and ensure long-term system health.

Zero-Trust Security

Implementing OAuth, strict JWT RBAC, biometric guards, and automated PII redaction. Building security compliance natively into the architectural blueprint.

About Me

25 Years of Engineering. 10× Solo with AI.

Deep architectural judgment meets AI-First methodology at 10× velocity.

I went hands-on by design — to lead AI-era engineering from fluency, not nostalgia. The 1Month apps are how I pressure-tested the methodology I now bring to teams.

I'm a tech expert with 25 years deep in engineering. Today I build solo, leveraging AI for 10× velocity — shipping production apps single-handedly that would normally take a small team months.

Through 1Month my first app went from an idea to working on my mobile device in one month. Next ones were significantly faster — backed by production CI/CD, cloud-native architecture, and ready to scale. No prototypes. No demos. Real apps, real complexity.

Behind the velocity is two decades of architectural leadership: scaling global R&D teams across Kaltura, Arbox, Assure, and FTS; leading through leaders — growing team leads into autonomous managers with 100% retention while more than doubling the group; calmly managing incident response; aligning technical strategy with commercial ROI. The same judgment that shaped enterprise platforms now shapes every line of code, every infrastructure decision, every release.

Builder | 1Month
2026 - Present

Proving the exponential velocity of AI-First methodology: the first app took 1 month from idea to working product on my device; The second, utilizing established prompts, took a single night. In under 6 months, single-handedly engineered and shipped 7 applications across iOS, Android, watchOS, macOS, and Web — backed by CI/CD pipelines with automated and load testing, running on Cloud infrastructure. Every mobile app was delivered with uncompromising enterprise-grade architecture and rigorous security standards.

Engineering Group Manager | Kaltura
2021 - 2025

Direct leadership of a multi-disciplinary engineering group (4 teams) supporting the company's primary growth engine in a new business line. Served as central technical authority aligning R&D delivery with commercial goals. Initiated and led the development of a strategic product built on Node.js and React, later extended with complementary AI capabilities on AWS (Bedrock) to automate complex workflows for hundreds of thousands of dollars in operational savings.

Development Manager | Arbox (Startup)
2019 - 2021

Led 3 teams (organic, outsource & offshore) during growth, supporting B2B2C customers and 500,000+ active users. Built scalable R&D organizational structure to fit aggressive business goals. Overhauled the AWS cloud architecture to ensure high-availability for a high-traffic PHP/Angular/React platform, and implemented metrics-driven engineering KPIs.

Development Manager | Assure (Startup)
2011 - 2019

Owned the full technology lifecycle from early-stage infrastructure to global deployments. Scaled data-intensive BI solutions for Testing & Development domains digesting millions of records daily. Managed enterprise delivery for 20+ Tier-1 clients across the US and Europe, maintaining strict compliance/security standards.

Senior Team Leader | FTS
2005 - 2010

Managed 5 teams (organic, near-shore & offshore) overseeing complex CRM solutions for the telecom sector. Championed the group shift to Agile, drastically cutting development cycles and fostering cross-departmental collaboration.

Software Developer to Team Lead | Various
1995 - 2005

Progressed from core developer to Team Leader across multiple business domains (Retalix, NTR, Casdim).

Proof of Technical Depth

Hands-On, Still.
7 Apps. 5 Platforms.

The leadership is the headline — this is the proof. Seven production apps, solo-built with AI-First methods: the playbook above, pressure-tested in code.

B4UGO

🍎 iOS 🤖 Android
Live

Location-based shopping reminders. Add items to your list, associate them with stores, and get notifications when you're nearby.

React Native Expo SDK 54 NestJS ×3 Cloud Run PostgreSQL + PostGIS Upstash Redis Gemini AI Firebase Hosting Sentry
  • 3 NestJS microservices with PostGIS spatial queries
  • Smart Driving - 3-tier geofence auto-scaling
  • 7-gate notification pipeline with Siri shortcuts
  • OAuth (Google/Apple/Facebook) + JWT RBAC (70 endpoints)
  • 8-language i18n with full RTL support
  • Admin dashboard (Next.js) + marketing site
Visit Site → App Store → Tech Review →

CityFix

🍎 iOS 🤖 Android
In Review

Civic issue reporting for municipalities. Citizens report geolocated problems; city employees triage and resolve via dedicated admin portals.

React Native Expo NestJS ×2 TensorFlow / NSFWJS Tesseract.js OCR PostgreSQL + PostGIS Docker + Nginx Sentry
  • AI moderation pipeline - profanity, PII blur, NSFW detection
  • Offline-first with background queue & auto-drain
  • Map-based reporting with GPS tagging
  • 2 admin portals - municipality + system admin (Next.js)
  • Gamification - leaderboard & milestone confetti
  • 4 languages (en, he, ar, ru) with full RTL
Visit Site → Tech Review →

map.ping

🍎 iOS 🤖 Android
Live

Private, offline proximity alerts. Import any Google My Map, then get a local notification when you're near a saved pin - even with the app closed. No backend, no accounts.

React Native Expo SDK 54 New Architecture bg-geolocation v5 AsyncStorage KML / KMZ RevenueCat Share Extension
  • Zero backend - 100% on-device, no servers or telemetry
  • Motion-aware GPS engine with adaptive driving tiers
  • 7-gate notification pipeline (anti-nag, quiet hours)
  • Hermes-safe KML import: file, public link, or Drive
  • iOS Share Extension imports in-process via App Group
  • 5 languages (en, he, fr, ru, ar) with full RTL
Visit Site → App Store → Tech Review →

Tap-Ching

🍎 iOS ⌚ watchOS
Live

Family expense tracker - log expenses in 3 seconds, share a household dashboard, and track budgets with Dynamic Island live updates.

SwiftUI SwiftData CloudKit WidgetKit ActivityKit App Intents Swift Charts
  • Pure Apple stack - zero third-party dependencies
  • Dynamic Island live activity with running total
  • Apple Watch companion - quick entry + complications
  • Family sharing via CloudKit with join-code approach
  • Role-based access - Admin vs. Member (kids)
  • Siri shortcut, lock screen & home widgets
Visit Site → App Store →

StashCache

🍎 iOS
Live

Personal inventory manager - snap a photo, tag to a storage location, find your tools and gear in seconds. 100% offline, zero cloud.

React Native Expo Router SQLite Biometric Auth Secure Store Firebase Hosting
  • Strictly offline - no backend, no cloud, no telemetry
  • Biometric + passcode + seed phrase recovery
  • Photo lifecycle: temp → permanent → orphan cleanup
  • Parameterized raw SQL - no ORM, no injection
  • 3 languages (en, he, ar)
Visit Site → App Store →

Photographer's Social Helper

🖥 macOS

Offline EXIF extractor for photographers - scan massive RAW folders, format camera settings for social media, batch export with privacy stripping.

Electron React sips / JXA exifr piexifjs Firebase Hosting
  • 100% offline - photos never leave your machine
  • On-device AI photo tagging via macOS Vision Framework
  • RAW support (CR3, ARW, NEF) via native macOS sips
  • EXIF watermark via JXA - zero npm dependencies
  • Batch drag-export with EXIF privacy stripping
  • Code-signed & Apple-notarized DMG
Visit Site →

Doppel

🖥 macOS

Smart duplicate file finder - scans folders using content hashing or weighted name similarity, helps you reclaim disk space.

SwiftUI CryptoKit Swift Package Manager
  • 3-phase hash pipeline: size group → partial hash → full SHA-256
  • Name similarity via Union-Find clustering + Levenshtein
  • Handles 100K+ files efficiently
  • Cross-folder comparison & date-based splitting
  • Pure Apple stack - zero third-party dependencies
Under the Hood

Technical Depth.
Not Toy Projects.

Every app uses production-grade architecture, security, and operational patterns.

Mobile

React Native
Expo SDK 54
SwiftUI
SwiftData
React Navigation
Expo Router

Backend

NestJS
Node.js
Prisma ORM
PostgreSQL 16
PostGIS
Upstash Redis

Frontend & Desktop

Next.js 16
React 19
Tailwind CSS v4
Electron 29
TypeScript
electron-vite

AI & ML

Google Gemini API
TensorFlow.js
NSFWJS
Tesseract.js OCR

Cloud & Infra

GCP Cloud Run
Cloud SQL
GCS
Firebase Hosting
CloudKit
Docker Compose

Security & Auth

OAuth 2.0
JWT + RBAC
Passport.js
Face ID / Touch ID
Seed Phrase Recovery
Apple Sign-In

Native Apple

SwiftUI
ActivityKit
WidgetKit
App Intents (Siri)
CryptoKit
Swift Charts

CI/CD & Ops

GitHub Actions
EAS Build
Workload Identity Federation
Sentry Monitoring
k6 Load Testing
Apple Notarization

Leadership

Org Design
Agile / Scrum
Vendor Management
Stakeholder Management
Metrics & KPIs
Budgeting
Infrastructure Map

Production-Grade.
From Day One.

Real deployments, real domains, real CI/CD - not localhost demos.

B4UGO Serverless
Compute Serverless Cloud Run
Database Managed PostgreSQL + PostGIS
Cache Serverless Redis
Storage Google Cloud Storage
CDN Firebase Hosting (3 custom domains)
CI/CD GitHub Actions + WIF keyless deploys
Mobile EAS Build → TestFlight / Play Console
CityFix VM
Compute GCP VM - Docker Compose (6 containers)
Database PostgreSQL 16 + PostGIS 3.4 (containerized)
Proxy Nginx + Certbot SSL (4 domains)
Storage Docker volumes (uploads, certs, DB)
CI/CD GitHub Actions → SSH deploy on VM
Backups Nightly PostGIS cron dump
map.ping Offline-First
Backend None - 100% on-device, no servers
Storage AsyncStorage + SecureStore (local)
Engine react-native-background-geolocation v5
Website Firebase Hosting — map-ping.app
Build EAS Build (Expo)
Distribution App Store (iOS) · Play closed test (Android)
Tap-Ching Native Cloud
Backend Apple CloudKit (public database)
Sync iCloud automatic sync + CKShare
CI/CD GitHub Actions (macOS-15, XcodeGen)
Distribution Xcode → TestFlight → App Store
StashCache Offline-First
Storage SQLite + Secure Store (local)
Website Firebase Hosting — stashcache-home.com
Build EAS Build (Expo)
Distribution App Store via TestFlight
Photographer's Social Helper Offline-First
Storage Local filesystem (RAW + EXIF)
Website Firebase Hosting (static CDN)
Build electron-builder + native sips/JXA
Distribution Code-signed & notarized DMG
Doppel Offline-First
Storage Local filesystem (scan + hash)
Build Swift Package Manager (Xcode)
Stack SwiftUI + CryptoKit (zero deps)
Distribution Notarized macOS app
Quality Assurance

Tested. Load-Tested.
Monitored 24/7.

Building fast doesn't mean cutting corners. Every platform has automated tests in CI, load testing scripts, real-time error tracking, and uptime monitoring.

Testing Strategy

Every push to main runs the full test suite across B4UGO, CityFix and StashCache. Tests gate every merge and deployment.

582 Total Tests
46 Test Suites
0 Failures
Coverage by Layer
Backend
310
Mobile
154
Web
118
Unit & integration tests via Jest across NestJS backends, Next.js admin web, and React Native mobile
Critical background task logic extracted into pure functions for deterministic testing
CI matrix runs all 3 apps in parallel on every push — tests gate every deploy

Load Testing

k6 scripts validate that the B4UGO serverless backend handles real-world traffic patterns without degradation.

k6 Load Runner
+80% Cache Hit Rate
5 Services Tested
Ramp-up scenarios testing health, auth, items, stores & scan endpoints concurrently
Rate limiting validation — confirms 429 throttling behaves correctly under burst
Scripts live in tests/load/ — part of the monorepo, versioned alongside services

Observability & Admin Dashboards

How I monitor my production apps without a team — custom-built admin dashboards with real-time health checks, error tracking, analytics, and CI/CD visibility. Every platform has its own System Admin portal.

API Health Monitor
  • B4UGO: real-time liveness checks on 8 services with 30s auto-refresh
  • CityFix: health dashboard tracking 5 services with latency bands (Fast / Moderate / Slow)
  • Per-service response time, status, and last-checked timestamp
  • Aggregate uptime % and average response time
Sentry Integration
  • B4UGO: @sentry/nestjs on 3 backends + @sentry/react-native on mobile
  • CityFix: dedicated Sentry dashboard tracking 4 projects (auth, reports, admin, mobile)
  • Unresolved vs. new issues (24h) surfaced directly in the admin UI
  • Source maps uploaded via CI for readable stack traces
CI/CD & DevOps
  • GitHub Actions pipeline status and deployment history in admin UI
  • Test count tracking (582 tests / 46 suites) and CI success rate
  • B4UGO: EAS mobile build status and submission history
  • CityFix: CI Pipeline + Production Deploy run logs with commit-level detail
Analytics & Telemetry
  • B4UGO: DAU/WAU/MAU metrics, user stickiness ratio, event trends (7d/30d/90d)
  • Event tracking: scan_triggered, app_open, item_added, settings_changed
  • Cache hit rate, average latency, and scan volume monitoring
  • Growth & activity dashboards with completion rate tracking
Scan Debug Logs
  • Per-user trace-level scan execution debugging
  • Gate decision visibility (Auto / Background / No Stores)
  • Speed, tier, and GPS mode logged per scan event
  • Filterable by type and outcome with CSV export and pagination
UptimeRobot
  • 60-second interval HTTP health checks on CityFix
  • Monitors all 4 public domains & API endpoints
  • Instant Slack/email alerts on downtime
  • Public status page for transparency
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