Overview

Led engineering teams at Michelin North America, managing full-stack development and DevOps initiatives. This role marked my transition into technical leadership while maintaining hands-on engineering expertise.

Important: This was a new role starting AFTER my time at Decisiv. Decisiv was NOT acquired by Michelin — that was incorrect information in earlier versions of this portfolio. Started AFTER Decisiv — NOT an acquisition.

Leadership Responsibilities

Team Management

  • Led distributed engineering teams across multiple time zones
  • Managed hiring, mentoring, and career development
  • Implemented agile processes and continuous improvement practices
  • Fostered a culture of engineering excellence

Technical Leadership

  • Architected solutions for manufacturing and logistics systems
  • Established CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices
  • Drove technical decisions on technology stack and infrastructure
  • Balanced technical debt with feature delivery

Key Projects

Manufacturing Digitalization

Led initiatives to modernize manufacturing systems:

  • Legacy system integration with modern APIs
  • Real-time production monitoring dashboards
  • Predictive maintenance systems

DevOps Transformation

Established DevOps practices across teams:

  • Containerization with Docker
  • Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
  • Automated deployment pipelines
  • Monitoring and observability standards

Remote-First Leadership

This role was remote-first — years before it became standard post-2020. I developed practices for:

  • Asynchronous Communication: Documentation-first culture
  • Team Cohesion: Virtual team building and regular 1:1s
  • Performance Management: Outcome-based evaluation
  • Work-Life Balance: Respecting boundaries across time zones

Technologies

  • Cloud: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda)
  • Infrastructure: Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes
  • Backend: Ruby on Rails, Node.js
  • Frontend: React, Angular
  • Monitoring: Datadog, New Relic

Lessons in Leadership

  1. Servant Leadership: Enable your team to do their best work
  2. Trust: Remote work requires trust-based management
  3. Communication: Over-communicate in distributed teams
  4. Technical Depth: Stay hands-on to make informed decisions

Recognition

Successfully delivered multiple high-visibility projects while growing team capabilities and maintaining high team satisfaction scores.