[ WORK ] - 6 examples

Work

A few examples of systems I've built, led, or shaped. Each one shows the problem, my role, and why it mattered.

2023-present — active current CTO work

Built the product platform for a small AI company, from interviews and analysis to reports and workflow tools.

role: CTO / product and platform owner
context: Small AI product company

Owned product, architecture, and day-to-day delivery
Built the platform behind interviews, analysis, reports, and workflow tools

cto ai platform product architecture startup delivery

2026 — complete case study

Built a way for agents to walk through a product, capture what they saw, and hand reviewers useful release notes.

role: system designer / evaluator
context: Product QA and release review

Turned a structured QA plan into browser walkthroughs
Captured screenshots, traces, and findings for reviewer handoff

autonomous qa release readiness browser automation evidence

2014-2018 — complete product systems

Worked on dating product systems that needed to represent identity, preferences, and fit more carefully than simple categories allowed.

role: Senior Lead Software Engineer, Android
context: OkCupid matching product at consumer scale

Gender and orientation representation work in a large matching product
Product architecture for discovery, profiles, and native-client surfaces

matching representation identity consumer product

2018-2023 — complete staff-plus platform work

Led Android platform and architecture work as the mobile team grew from a small group into a larger engineering organization.

role: Staff Software Engineer / Android Lead
context: WeWork mobile platform and engineering organization

Scaled Android organization from 2 to 21 engineers
Led reusable systems and architecture standards

platform architecture mobile rendering team systems

2026 — active systems model

Designed patterns for AI work where agents do the repeatable parts and people stay close to important decisions.

role: architect / operating-model designer
context: AI workflows with review and supervision

Separated execution, coordination, and review
Kept human operators near high-consequence judgment

ai workflows evaluation supervision operator control

2026 — active knowledge system

Built a repo-backed system that helps agents use Brandon's writing, decisions, and source material instead of guessing from a prompt.

role: system designer / builder
context: Writing, source material, and agent memory

Thought catalog reframed as a source of working context
Website copy generated from explicit source material

source material knowledge systems agent context calibration