Software Engineer. I connect distributed systems, and people (developers and other disciplines). Expert in real-time communications. XMPP.

I am a Software Engineer with over 20 years of experience in building distributed systems, and an expert in real-time communications systems. Having worked in startups as well as multinationals as a technical leader, I communicate with, and am able to understand and translate between, people of other teams and disciplines (legal, product, design). I make relevant connections, and act as a bridge, to acquire a complete understanding of (the requirements for) all parts of a system and benefit from other's work.

My experience drives the balance between security, reliability, privacy, performance, and maintainability of the end result. To stay current, and learn from others, I participate in Open Source communities and standards organizations, including serving as Chair of the XMPP Standards Foundation.