Member of Technical Staff, iOS
San Francisco Bay Area
- Shipped Deep Research Mode for Copilot iOS end-to-end, a flagship premium feature launched for Microsoft's 50th Anniversary and driving Copilot Pro subscriptions
- Served as a DRI for Copilot Education team, accelerating week-over-week WAU growth and launching Homework Helper and Study and Learn features to GA
- Drove significant Quiz and Flashcard feature DAU growth through proactive, personalized AI recommendations
- Architected Copilot Home Widgets from 0-to-1 with server-driven personalization; adopted across mobile, Web, and Windows
- Redesigned onboarding, achieving 8x higher unsigned user engagement and measurable 7-day retention lift
- Presented prototypes to Microsoft AI leadership, with designs approved to ship
Senior Software Engineering Manager, iOS
Redmond, WA & Vancouver, BC
- Led a team of 5 iOS engineers across Flipgrid, Bing, and MSN
- Drove a 680% increase in 5-star App Store ratings through quality and UX improvements
- Architected and shipped PlaybackKit, a cross-Microsoft video SDK integrated into 3 products serving significant DAU
- Drove 15x growth for MSN Watch by architecting offline-resilient systems for emerging markets
- Reduced app launch and load times by 50%+ while maintaining 99.8%+ crash-free sessions
- Promoted to Senior Manager in recognition of technical leadership and cross-team impact
Software Engineer II, iOS
Minneapolis, MN
- Elevated Flipgrid iOS from a 'C' accessibility rating to Microsoft's Accessibility Gold Medal (top 5.6% org-wide)
- Won People's Choice + Runner-Up in Microsoft Hackathon; features adopted into the product roadmap
- Built Flipgrid's first mobile admin features, enabling a mobile-first operational strategy
- Identified and fixed a critical iOS 14 privacy bug that could have led to legal exposure
- Won Most Inclusive Project for a real-time language translation prototype
