Senior Manager, Field Engineering · Databricks
Field engineering leader building data & AI systems — and the teams that ship them.
20+ years in enterprise data and AI — from data strategy through safe, governed GenAI in production. Below: two decades of work, the open source I maintain, and how to reach me.
- Years
- 20+
- Leading
- 8
- Stars
- 138
- Certs
- 12
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Omnigent
Open-source AI agent framework and meta-harness — orchestrate Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and custom agents with policies, sandboxing, and real-time collaboration from any device.
remote-dev
Remote development terminal interface with Next.js, xterm.js, NextAuth, and Cloudflare Zero Trust. Allows for remote access to local terminal for LLM coding agents.
EG4 Web Monitor
Monitors and controls solar inverters and battery systems with real-time power tracking and intelligent energy automation.
Pentair IntelliCenter
Complete pool and spa automation with real-time monitoring of water chemistry, temperature, pumps, heaters, and lighting.
Currently
Senior Manager, Field Engineering at Databricks, covering Fortune 500 Media & Entertainment through the shift to production GenAI.
I came up through solutions architecture — Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow — and now spend my time hiring, coaching, and building the systems and playbooks that let a team move fast without breaking trust. Outside work I ship open-source smart-home software and Python libraries.
Open source
12 public projects
- GitHub stars
- 138
- HA installs
- 541
- PyPI / month
- 6.4k
- Contributions
- 23k
Plus Omnigent: 11.2k stars · 1.8k forks · 295 contributors · Live from GitHub, Home Assistant analytics & PyPI · updated 2026-11-01
Omnigent
Open-source AI agent framework and meta-harness — orchestrate Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and custom agents with policies, sandboxing, and real-time collaboration from any device.
remote-dev
Remote development terminal interface with Next.js, xterm.js, NextAuth, and Cloudflare Zero Trust. Allows for remote access to local terminal for LLM coding agents.
pythermacell
Python client for Thermacell LIV smart device APIs.
pylxpweb
Python client for EG4/LXP solar inverter web monitoring APIs.
pymoogo
Python client for Moogo mosquito misting system APIs.
pyintellicenter
Python client library for Pentair IntelliCenter pool controllers.
Thermacell LIV
Smart mosquito repellent control with zone management, cartridge monitoring, and presence-based activation.
Rinnai Control-R
Smart water heater integration for Rinnai tankless systems with temperature control, usage monitoring, and energy optimization.
Moogo Misting
Automated mosquito misting system integration with weather-aware scheduling, presence detection, and reservoir management.
EG4 Web Monitor
Monitors and controls solar inverters and battery systems with real-time power tracking and intelligent energy automation.
LaMotte SpinTouch
Professional water testing integration that brings lab-grade pool and spa chemistry analysis directly into your smart home dashboard.
Pentair IntelliCenter
Complete pool and spa automation with real-time monitoring of water chemistry, temperature, pumps, heaters, and lighting.
Twenty years, in brief
From consultant to field engineering leader.
- 2026 — now
Senior Manager, Field Engineering · Databricks
Lead the solutions architect team for strategic Media, Entertainment & Publishing accounts across North America.
- 2023 — 26
Manager, Field Engineering · Databricks
Built and led the enterprise pre-sales team for media and entertainment accounts; promoted to Senior Manager, Field Engineering in Feb 2026.
- 2021 — 23
Senior Solutions Architect · Databricks
Technical pre-sales and architecture for the Southwest Mountain enterprise territory, from high-growth startups to top-10 global enterprises.
- 2018 — 21
Senior Manager, Cloud Product Specialists · Informatica
Team building: Built and led the North America Cloud Product Specialist team, doubling headcount to eight senior and principal engineers and moving it from on-premise products to the SaaS portfolio.
- 2013 — 18
Senior Product Specialist · Informatica
Technical wins: Closed multiple $1–2M+ new-net-bookings deals with Fortune 500 customers (MD Anderson, American Express, JPMorgan Chase) by winning competitive POCs, often by extending the product itself.
- 2006 — 13
Senior Consultant · Informatica
Professional Services: Led delivery of data integration, data quality, and B2B solutions for 15+ Fortune 500 clients (American Express, JPMorgan Chase, PayPal, Sony, DirecTV).
- 2005 — 06
Consultant · CGI
Implemented government ERP systems for the City of Anaheim, State of Kentucky, and LA County.
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