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Finding True North: How LinkedIn's Candidate Recommendation Project Changed My View of Data-Driven Development

During my time as Tech Lead for candidate recommendations at LinkedIn, I witnessed firsthand how the right approach to data-driven development can transform not just outcomes, but the entire experience of building products. This story isn’t just about what we built – it’s about how we discovered a better way to build. The Challenge: Cracking th...

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What Effective Leaders Get Right

Most organizations struggle with process improvement. They either move too slowly, optimize the wrong things, or fail to create sustainable change. After years of leading engineering and data science teams, including most recently as VP of Engineering & Data Science at HealthRhythms, I’ve discovered that mastering feedback loops is the hidde...

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Why Your Team is Slow: The Hidden Cost of Missing Business Context

Over my career leading engineering and data science teams — from regulated industries to early-stage startups to large enterprises — I’ve consistently seen one pattern: Teams can move incredibly fast when they understand how their work drives business value, and painfully slow when they don’t. Most recently, as VP of Engineering and Data Scienc...

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