Architecting resilient cloud systems and high-craft native software.
I am a systems architect and software engineer with extensive experience across Google Cloud Platform, the Google Cloud Agent Platform, declarative infrastructure, and edge-computed consumer applications.
Background
Engineering Ethos & Leadership
With over 4 years of specialized experience in Google Cloud architecture alongside more than 12 years of full-stack and systems programming, I focus on building high-reliability platforms that eliminate operational friction and unnecessary complexity.
My work spans containerized serverless microservices on Google Cloud Run, declarative Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Pulumi, and the Google Cloud Agent Platform for deterministic enterprise agentic workflows.
In parallel, I am the founder of PotatoDog LLC, an independent software studio building privacy-first consumer applications that run machine learning models directly on client hardware.
Validated Expertise
Google Cloud Certifications & Badges
Professional Cloud Architect
Validates advanced proficiency in designing, developing, and managing robust, secure, scalable, and dynamic Google Cloud solutions.
Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
Demonstrates expertise in implementing SRE methodologies, CI/CD automation pipelines, multi-service monitoring, and balancing speed with reliability.
Associate Cloud Engineer
Demonstrates comprehensive ability to deploy applications, monitor operations, and manage enterprise enterprise Google Cloud solutions.
Generative AI Leader
Validates strategic and architectural understanding of foundational AI models, agentic systems, and enterprise generative AI solutions on GCP.
Build with Vertex / Agent Platform Expert
Demonstrates technical mastery over multimodal generation, Model Garden deployments, RAG architectures, and model evaluation pipelines.
Developer, Network & Database
Comprehensive professional background covering Google Cloud Developer, Cloud Network Engineer, and Cloud Database Engineer tracks.
Competencies
Core Systems & Architecture Domains
Deep technical experience spanning high-throughput cloud infrastructure, deterministic agentic engineering, and native client software.
Google Cloud Platform & Serverless
High-throughput architectures on GCP Cloud Run (Gen2), Cloud Firestore, Cloud Pub/Sub, Artifact Registry, IAM security policies, VPC Service Controls, and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). Focused on sub-50ms p99 latency and efficient concurrency calibration.
Google Cloud Agent Platform & AI
Designing agentic workflows with the Agent Development Kit (ADK), hosting on Agent Engine, integrating Model Garden foundation models, and implementing deterministic tool-calling, RAG architectures, and evaluation pipelines.
Infrastructure as Code & Zero-Drift
Declarative cloud infrastructure provisioning via Terraform and Pulumi (Go SDK). Enforcing immutable container SHA256 digest pinning in Artifact Registry to guarantee zero-drift deployments and clean supply chain security.
Edge Computing & Native Mobile
Compiling quantized Small Language Models via native `llama.cpp` runtimes with GPU acceleration (Metal/Vulkan). Native iOS engineering with SwiftUI and Swift Concurrency, paired with NIST P-256 hardware cryptography over Bluetooth Low Energy.
Deep Dives
Systems Architecture & Case Studies
Engineering teardowns dissecting performance optimization, declarative infrastructure, and on-device model runtimes.
Eliminating Cloud Run Cold-Starts & Tuning p99 Concurrency
Detailed breakdown of CPU throttling behaviors in containerized serverless runtimes. Explores how converting bloated multi-layer images (450MB) to scratch/distroless multi-stage builds (14MB), combined with calibrated instance concurrency and always-on CPU allocation, reduces p99 scale-out latency from 2,800ms to sub-50ms.
Zero-Drift Pipelines with Terraform, Pulumi & SHA256 Pinning
Preventing split-brain production releases caused by mutable container tags. Demonstrates how type-safe IaC models in Go and Terraform resolve immutable SHA256 container image digests from Artifact Registry to establish verifiable cryptographic provenance in CI/CD workflows.
Deterministic Agentic Systems via Agent Development Kit
Architecting production agents on the Google Cloud Agent Platform. Covers tool-calling schemas, state synchronization with Agent Engine, and evaluating response quality and grounding using automated evaluation suites.
Compiling Native SLMs (`llama.cpp`) for Mobile & Automotive Edge
Embedding quantized Small Language Models directly onto iOS and Android runtimes. Pairs local inference with Apple Secure Enclave / Android Keystore for NIST P-256 cryptographic command signing over Bluetooth Low Energy without cloud dependencies.
Product Venture
PotatoDog LLC
I founded PotatoDog LLC as an independent technology product studio focused on building privacy-first consumer applications, native iOS financial instruments, and edge-computed tools.
Simple Bill Tracker
Native iOS liquidity instrument with real-time "Safe to Spend" runway calculations.
Atom Whisper
On-device SLM voice assistant for pre-2022 Tesla vehicles via BLE cryptography.
StillGud
Zero-waste pantry assistant with on-device OCR and zero-waste meal generation.
Money Buddy
Ambient pocket balance tracker with Live Activities and biometric encryption.
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Let's Discuss Systems Architecture
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