Summary
Senior Program Manager with 15+ years leading and delivering cross-functional engineering initiatives spanning platform services, SDKs, developer tooling, and consumer-facing experiences at Apple and Microsoft. Combines deep technical fluency with strong organizational influence to align engineering, design, and marketing teams around high-impact and quality outcomes.
Work Experience
Apple Inc.
December 2016 – Present
Senior Program Manager, Apple Games
August 2025 – Present
- Delivering Game Overlay on iOS and macOS across engineering and design teams, improving the in-game experience for 400M+ players
- Shipping Unity SDK plugins used by almost 2,000 game studios, enabling native Apple framework integration
- Improving Mac App Store game distribution, streamlining submission workflows for all App Store developers
- Mentoring junior team members and fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration
Senior Program Manager Lead, App Store Developer Features
March 2021 – August 2025
- Hired and led 4-person App Processing and TestFlight EPM team managing roadmap and projects for 20+ engineering and quality team partners
- Managed cross-functional relationships with engineering, design, and marketing teams to drive product development and delivery
- Reviewed and approved internal and external communications and documentation for 15+ server deployments annually
Senior Program Manager, App Store Developer Features
December 2016 – March 2021
- Owned App Store backend processing and validations pipeline for all App Store developers across iOS, tvOS, watchOS, and macOS
- Delivered feature updates driven by developer and customer feedback, improving platform performance and reliability
- Maintained project alignment across 30+ engineering and quality teams working in parallel across 5+ annual developer software releases
Microsoft Corporation
July 2009 – November 2016
Program Manager 2, Windows Devices and Connectivity
2012 – 2016
- Chaired Wi-Fi Easy Setup Project in Open Connectivity Foundation with 10+ industry partners focused on AllJoyn/IoTivity protocol enhancements
- Enhanced Windows MTP, UPnP, WSD, and Bluetooth protocols for 1B+ Windows 10 users
Program Manager, Windows Desktop Experience and Internal Tools
2009 – 2012
- Shipped redesigned content view and Ribbon UI in File Explorer for 100M+ Windows 8 users
- Conducted user experience studies to understand behavior and usage of changes for incorporating into future iterations of UI development
- Improved Windows 8 developer productivity with internal tooling and workflow enhancements; won Business Value award at internal showcase
Personal Projects
Web-based Social Media Post Management
2018 – Present
- Developed a custom web-based application for managing and scheduling social media posts across multiple platforms in support of role working at gaming conventions 3x/year
- Supports entire lifecycle of posts from initial drafts/revisions to posting on public accounts; integrates directly with Discord and Bluesky platform APIs for direct posting and management
- Started project in 2018 using JS/Angular; rewrote and currently maintained in Python/Django since 2019
Education
B.S. in Computer Science
2005 – 2009
University of Texas at Dallas
Summa Cum Laude, Major Honors, Collegium V Honors
Skills
Program Leadership
Cross-Functional Leadership
Executive Stakeholder Management
Roadmap & Portfolio Planning
Resource Planning
Risk Management
Technical Domains
Developer Toolchains & SDKs
App Store Infrastructure
iOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS Development
Game Engines
Connected Devices / IoT
Delivery & Operations
Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Release & Launch Management
Agile Program Delivery
Process Improvement
Milestone Tracking
New Product Introduction / Launches