20 years building software — from distributed systems and architecture to leading teams that ship. I've driven every phase: research, PoC, system design, and scaling products to production. My work sits at the intersection of deep technical craft and real business impact — I care as much about why we build as how we build it. Along the way I've aligned engineering direction with business strategy, built innovation culture, and learned that quality isn't one-size-fits-all — Japanese manufacturing taught me built-in quality as a discipline; startups taught me where to apply it wisely. Now leading end-to-end ML product development, with a passion for engineering excellence, team growth, and building things that last.