Hi, my name is

Erik.

I build things with machines

About Me

I am an engineering lead and passionate about building reliable, performant applications and teams. After working in the industry and continuing studies after university, I’ve begun to take an interest in the intersection of tech, the law, history, and the broader political economy.

On my slice of the internet, you will find information technology I’m working with along with analysis around economics, power, and technology.

Here are a few technologies I've been working with recently:
  • Bigquery
  • Snowflake
  • Apache Beam
  • Agentic workflows
  • RAG
  • Github Actions
  • Opencode
  • React
  • Golang
  • Kubernetes | Docker

Experience

Engineering Manager - Ford Pro
Mar 2021 - present

At Ford Pro, I have worked on a wide range of products here that are serving millions of customers around the world. These products range from vehicle maintenance programs in multiple regions, to data warehousing and producing APIs, to managing infrastructure at scale. I have delivered tools that increased efficiencies in several sectors of Ford Pro from months to seconds. I have modernized systems and found efficiencies that have saved Ford Pro and our partners millions of dollars yearly.

Most of these projects can be found at Ford Pro and are serving multiple regions throughout the world.

R&D Engineer - HG Insights
Oct 2020 - Feb 2021

During my time at HG Insights, I:

  • Productionized and algorithmic pipeline to determine budgets of companies by department.
  • Managed ETL pipelines that drove all core machine learning algorithms.
Senior Software Engineer - ICANN
Aug 2018 - Sep 2021

My tenure at ICANN started as a junior developer. In a span of two years, I became a core team member on the Internet Transparency Initiative and the initial migration to this platform.

During my time at ICANN, I:

  • Managed a global team across several timezones
  • Developed a publishing platform that sped up internal content operations from months to minutes

Education

2025 - 2027
Masters of Engineering in Computer Science
Oregon State University
GPA: 4.0 out of 4.0
2015 - 2018
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
American University, Washington D.C.
GPA: 3.7 out of 4.0

Extracurricular Activities

  • Association for Computing and Machinery (ACM)
2015 - 2018
Bachelor of Science in Audio Technology
American University, Washington D.C.
GPA: 3.62 out of 4.0

Extracurricular Activities

  • Supported in the development of courses ATEC-484/ATEC-684 through research into the JUCE framework.

Get in Touch

My inbox is always open. I’d love to hear from you in most capacities.