About me
I'm a Technical Program Manager and PMP with more than 20 years of experience leading product development, technology delivery, release programs, and portfolio governance across consumer, healthcare, localization, and public sector environments. Most recently I spent seven years full-time at Nike, working out of Beaverton, OR and remotely, where I grew from Project Manager / Scrum Master to Lead Program Manager.
My background combines computer science and finance, and I started out as a QA Lead, so I care about both the numbers and the quality of what ships. I bring 2 years of hands-on Generative AI experience using Copilot, ChatGPT, and Cursor for portfolio dashboards and rapid prototyping.
Career highlights
$10M+ programs
Led enterprise technology and product delivery programs at Nike with annual budgets exceeding $10M, aligning 40+ global stakeholders.
95% on-time delivery
Across 15+ releases through integrated release planning, milestone tracking, and risk mitigation.
35% better portfolio visibility
Built program governance, executive dashboards, RAID logs, and KPI reporting adopted across multiple business units.
75% platform usage growth
As Product Manager for a consumer insights platform, increased usage by 75% within six months.
Agile transformation
Led a Waterfall-to-Scrum transition that increased velocity by 20%, and improved sprint predictability by 25% across 5+ squads.
GenAI dashboards & prototyping
Applied Generative AI tools (Copilot, ChatGPT, Cursor) to build portfolio-level executive dashboards and rapid prototypes. Led the program that delivered a prototype for Nike's Sales Floor Mapping initiative, reviewed with leadership and select pilot locations, and built a prototype custom workout app for Crunch Fitness.
Experience
- Nike, Inc. — Lead Program ManagerJun 2023 – Jul 2026 · Beaverton, OR · Planned and secured leadership approval for an enterprise-wide Jira data cleanup, then led its execution, reducing active work tickets by 65% so teams could focus on prioritized work; delivered 2 weeks ahead of schedule.
- Nike, Inc. — Senior Program ManagerOct 2022 – Jun 2023 · Beaverton, OR
- Nike, Inc. — Product Manager, Consumer InsightsSep 2021 – Oct 2022 · Beaverton, OR
- Nike, Inc. — Project Manager / Scrum MasterJul 2019 – Sep 2021 · Beaverton, OR
- TEKsystems at Nike, Inc. — Project Manager / Scrum MasterSep 2018 – Jul 2019 · Beaverton, OR
- QS Consulting / JTL Investments — OwnerMar 2009 – Apr 2018 · Hillsboro, OR
- Public Consulting Group — Technical Program ManagerApr 2016 – Aug 2016 · Portland, OR
- TEKsystems at Kaiser Permanente — IT Project ManagerJan 2015 – Mar 2016 · Portland, OR
- WeLocalize — Project ManagerMar 2012 – Jan 2015 · Portland, OR · 20+ languages, 98% client satisfaction
Education & certifications
MBA - Project Management — Colorado Technical University, 2003 – 2005
BA, Finance; Computer Science emphasis — Seattle Pacific University, 1989 – 1993
Current projects
Tools I'm building with GenAI-assisted development in Cursor.
Dashboards
M&A Portfolio Dashboard
A web dashboard for an M&A PMO workbook. It reads live data and formula-driven KPIs from Excel and refreshes every 60 seconds. Built with React, Recharts and an Express API.
PMP-based Project Dashboard
A full-stack project management dashboard backed by an Excel workbook. It covers milestones, risks, stakeholders, backlog, change requests, WBS, RACI, sprint velocity and EVM trends, with in-app forms that sync to the spreadsheet.
Portfolio Health & Investment Dashboard
An executive view of a sample tech portfolio showing RAG status, budget versus actual, investment mix by strategic theme, forecast ROI and SteerCo escalations.
Release Readiness Dashboard
A Go/No-Go view for sample releases that scores readiness criteria, defect trends, test pass rates, team scope and dependencies.
OKR Tracking Dashboard
Tracks sample company, department and team OKRs by quarter, with key-result progress, confidence ratings, owners, alignment and a progress-versus-pace trend.
Compliance & Security Dashboard
A sample view of control compliance across SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, PCI DSS and HIPAA, with vulnerability SLA aging, audit remediation, policy attestation and incident trends.
Apps
Beyond work
Family
Proud father of three, based in Vancouver, WA.
Martial arts
Two black belts: Okinawan Kempo and Tae Kwon Do.
Interests
Movies, reading, and time spent next to the water.
Let's connect
I'm looking for Technical Program Manager and Program/Project Manager roles in the Portland, OR area or remote. I'd be glad to hear from you.
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