I am product manager for a skunkworks project to improve VCA employee satisfaction with AI. Our current mandate is to learn about AI tech and how to integrate it with existing systems. I represent the customers (our employees) and provide guidence to the engineers based on my decades of experience. I also research LLMs specifically and how to use them safely.

I had a family loss in 2018 and took some time to focus on my health and reset. In 2025 I rejoined the workforce. My personal growth during my time off has already paid dividends in my new job. I'm developing stronger emotional intelligence and communication skills and improving my work-life balance practices.

I was the senior engineer in the team responsible for detecting and mitigating DDoS attacks in real time. We ran third-party detection and mitigation equipment as well as setting up temporary BGP rules to re-distribute traffic onto larger links.

My team was responsible for operations in The Payments Secure Zone, which is the highest security network in the company. It's where the customer's payment instrument data is kept. We worked with third party payment processors and internal engineers to keep money flowing both into amazon and out to our merchant customers.