About
Automation Engineer with 29+ years building software across enterprise and startup environments. Currently running Velocity BPA, where I built a Zero-Human Company (ZHC) platform: n8n workflows, custom MCP servers, and Claude AI working together to handle business operations from opportunity discovery through code generation and npm publishing. The pipeline has produced 200+ production n8n community nodes so far.
Before that, I spent 3+ years at AbbVie leading UI/UX platform work across 130+ global sites, and have shipped production code at CVS/Aetna, Pandora, Samsung, and Apple. I work primarily in TypeScript/Node.js, have real depth in API integrations and workflow orchestration, and have been in crypto/blockchain since 2013. n8n certified (Level 1 & 2).
What I Built
Zero-Human Company (ZHC) Platform
- Built and deployed 4 MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers that let Claude AI manage 168+ projects across Airtable, GitHub, n8n, and AWS without manual intervention
- Designed the overall ZHC operations platform: AI handles opportunity discovery, code generation, publishing, and client management while I provide strategic direction and approvals
- Created an approval-gate system so AI can run independently on routine tasks but flags key decisions for human review
Node Development Pipeline
- Built a 45-node n8n workflow that takes a service name as input and outputs a complete, publishable n8n community node package in 4 to 11 minutes (previously days of manual work)
- Used this pipeline to ship 200+ production n8n nodes covering blockchain/DeFi, enterprise SaaS, fintech, and DevOps
- Wrote the prompt engineering layer for Claude AI (Sonnet for code gen, Opus for architecture decisions)
- Added parallel execution with Promise.all so the pipeline generates multiple resources at once, handling 10 to 20+ resources per node complete with TypeScript source, Jest tests, and GitHub Actions CI/CD
API Change Monitor
- Built a 3-tier monitoring system that watches all 168+ published integrations for upstream API changes: OpenAPI spec diffing, documentation page hashing, and GitHub release tracking
- Claude AI analyzes detected changes and scores them 0 to 100. Anything scoring 60+ triggers an automatic rebuild through the pipeline
Experience
Feb 2024 - Present
CEO / Lead Consultant
Velocity BPA - Grayslake, IL
Sep 2020 - Jan 2024
UI/UX Technical Lead AEM, BTS
AbbVie - Abbott Park, IL
Mar 2020 - Jun 2020
UX/UI Software Developer (Architect III)
CVS/Aetna - Downers Grove, IL
Jul 2018 - Jan 2019
Full Stack Developer
Ken Cook Company - Milwaukee, WI
Nov 2015 - Feb 2017
Full Stack Developer
Pandora - Oakland, CA
Mar 2013 - Oct 2016
Founder, CTO
AlphaLion Technologies - San Francisco, CA
Mar 2015 - Sep 2015
Full Stack Developer
Swirl - San Francisco, CA
Oct 2014 - Jan 2015
Android Developer
Samsung Design America - San Francisco, CA
Sep 2011 - Mar 2013
Senior Front End Developer
AKQA - San Francisco, CA
Earlier: WordPress Developer, Radio One (NYC) | Creative Director, GeoSolutions BV (Amsterdam) | Content Manager, Apple iTunes (Cupertino) | Manager of New Technology, BMG Entertainment (NYC) | UX Designer, Inktomi (SF) | UX Designer, Vivid Studios (SF) | UX Designer, C|NET (SF) | Production Artist, Cyborganic Gardens (SF)
Technical Skills
Workflow Automation
n8n (Certified Level 1 & 2), Make, Zapier, Contextual SolutionAI, Airflow
AI / ML
Claude AI API (Sonnet, Opus), MCP Server Development, OpenAI GPT API, Prompt Engineering, TensorFlow, PyTorch, HuggingFace, LLMs
Systems Integration
RESTful APIs, GraphQL, WebSockets, JSON, XML, OAuth2, GitHub API, npm Registry, MCP
Backend
TypeScript, Node.js, Express, Python, PHP, JavaScript, Docker
Frontend
React.js, HTML5, CSS3, Angular, Bootstrap, jQuery, Next.js
Cloud
AWS (S3, CloudFront, Route 53, SES, Lightsail), Azure
Data
MongoDB, MySQL, SQL, Airtable, GraphQL
CI/CD
GitHub Actions, Git, npm Publishing, pnpm, Jest, ESLint, Prettier
Blockchain
XRPL, Ethereum, Bitcoin, DeFi protocols, Solidity
Key Metrics
200+
n8n nodes published
4
production MCP servers
168+
integrations monitored
4-11m
build time (vs. days)
45
node gen pipeline
200+
GitHub repositories
Certifications
- n8n Course Level 1 & Level 2 2025
- Decentralized Finance Specialization Duke University, 2023-2024
- Neural Networks and Deep Learning DeepLearning.ai, 2024
- Generative AI with Large Language Models DeepLearning.ai, 2023
- Adobe Experience Manager: Sites Front-End & Back-End Developer Adobe, 2022
- Business of Music New York University, 2001