Reorganized engineering organization at VR startup to support business goals
Spun off separate company (Mercer Street Labs) to hire talented offshore engineers, providing jobs for Ukrainians who are currently displaced in Poland
Worked onsite with DoD customers (Army/Air Force) to train stakeholders in product use
Rearchitected and managed migration of entire AWS cloud infrastructure
Founder and Director of Operations
Zhyty Khochu
02.2022 - 12.2022
Founded a humanitarian relief organization operating in Ukraine and Eastern Europe.
Built and managed logistics networks for medical and refugee aid
Negotiated supply chains and coordinated volunteers across multiple continents
Worked around the clock in war-zone conditions
Software Engineer, Tech Lead, Cloud Architect
Various Companies
04.2015 - 02.2022
Welding, Farm Management
Self
05.2013 - 03.2015
Designed and fabricated furniture and structural steel elements for modular, solar-powered home entered in the DoE Solar Decathlon
Worked part-time at local metal shop and took vocational classes in fabrication
Worked as a farm manager while completing a bachelor's degree at Middlebury College
Dirtbike Mechanic
Eliada Homes
06.2010 - 01.2011
Education
Bachelor of Arts - English And American Literatures
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT
02-2015
Languages
Russian
Limited Working
New Testament Greek
Limited Working
Timeline
Founder and Principal
Mercer Street Labs
08.2023 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
Moth+Flame
03.2023 - Current
Founder and Director of Operations
Zhyty Khochu
02.2022 - 12.2022
Software Engineer, Tech Lead, Cloud Architect
Various Companies
04.2015 - 02.2022
Welding, Farm Management
Self
05.2013 - 03.2015
Dirtbike Mechanic
Eliada Homes
06.2010 - 01.2011
Bachelor of Arts - English And American Literatures
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