Experience
Current Role
Head of Security – Vercel
Apr 2022 – Present
"Securing the frontend cloud that developers love, and security teams trust"
- Guide product security initiatives and secure-by-default functionality
- Lead compliance efforts including HIPAA, PCI DSS 4.0, and SOC 2 Type II certification
- Develop internal micro-tooling to enhance security operations
- Up-level platform and infrastructure security posture across the organization
Advisory Positions
Advisory Board Member
ZEST Security
Mar 2025 - Present · 2 mos
Advisory Board Member
Nullify
Feb 2025 - Present · 3 mos
Notable Experience
Sr. Security Engineer – Sisense
2019 – 2022
Built in-house SIEM; founded Cloud Architecture Forum.
Software Engineer – LendingClub
2013 – 2018
Led OCR pipeline that cut loan-processing time 15%.
Patents
AUTOMATICALLY ATTACHING OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION DATA TO IMAGES
US 11,080,808 · Issued Aug 3, 2021
Patent for techniques that automatically extract text from images using OCR and store the results as searchable metadata within the image file itself, improving document management systems.
OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION IMPROVEMENT BASED ON INLINE LOCATION DETERMINATION
US 10,719,700 · Issued Jul 21, 2020
Patent for a method that improves OCR accuracy by processing image header data in real-time as it streams, enabling more precise text recognition through better location determination.