About Me

Tax technology manager at OpenAI by day, training triathlon by night.

Skills

Concentrations:

  • Global indirect tax calculation
  • tax engine architecture & configuration
  • VAT/GST compliance
  • product taxability
  • marketplace facilitator & deemed reseller legislation
  • tax automation & controls
  • SOX governance
  • tax data analytics

Tools:

  • Vertex O Series
  • Avalara AvaTax
  • SQL
  • Alteryx
  • ERP & billing platforms (Oracle Fusion Cloud)
  • AI workflow automation
  • issue & project tracking software

Skills:

  • Tax engine operations
  • compliance automation
  • regression, integration & UAT testing
  • SOX control design
  • audit defense
  • cross-functional product, engineering & finance partnership
  • documentation management
  • effective remote worker
  • concerned about inclusion

Employment

Tax Technology Manager, 2026-now
Tax Technology Manager focused on tax calculation, compliance, and scalable tax platform initiatives.
Tax Technology Manager, 2022-2026
Expedia Group's Tax Technology group is responsible for tax calculation, compliance, and tax platform initiatives.
  • Global Tax Platform
    Led the architecture and implementation of Vertex within Expedia Group's global tax platform, enabling automated indirect tax calculation across 60+ jurisdictions and supporting $100B+ in annual gross bookings across Expedia, Vrbo, and other brands.
  • SOX Program
    Owned the SOX governance framework for tax calculation and compliance systems, designed controls, and led audit defense efforts with internal controllership teams and external Big 4 auditors.
  • Tax Engine Ownership
    Partnered with Product and Engineering leadership to translate complex indirect tax regulations into scalable system architecture, and drove the tax automation roadmap for legislative updates, platform scalability, and multiple business lines.
Indirect Tax Analyst II - Amazon Tax Engine, 2020-2022
Amazon's Tax Engine owns end-to-end global tax calculation and compliance for AWS, Amazon retail, Amazon-owned entities, and liable third-party vendors.
  • Amazon IN Advisory
    Advised senior business and product leaders on tax system requirements for Amazon India, enabling compliant expansion into new product categories and fulfillment models within Amazon's fastest-growing international marketplace.
  • Amazon Europe, Middle East, & Africa Tax Configuration
    Owned tax engine configuration strategy for Amazon's Europe, Middle East, and India marketplaces, managing VAT/GST logic within Vertex and deploying approximately 800 configuration updates per quarter supporting regulatory changes, new products, and entity expansions.
  • Tax Employee Development (TED) Program
    Created the Tax Employee Development (TED) program for Amazon Tax Engine's 200+ person organization, coordinating CPE/CLE eligible trainings and providing professional development resources.
Indirect Tax Analyst I - Amazon Tax Engine, 2019-2020
Amazon's Tax Engine owns end-to-end global tax calculation and compliance for AWS, Amazon retail, Amazon-owned entities, and liable third-party vendors.
  • Amazon Netherlands, Sweden & UAE Marketplace Launches
    Launched product tax classification integration with the Amazon Netherlands and United Arab Emirates marketplaces—the first new Amazon marketplaces launched onto the post-Wayfair product classification model.
  • Marketplace Facilitator (Wayfair) & Deemed Reseller Compliance
    Enabled marketplace facilitator (MPF) collection across 30+ US states on an accelerated timeline; developed a standardized enablement process reducing future MPF and Deemed Reseller onboarding time.
  • Emerging Tax Legislation Research
    Researched and developed tax business requirements for emerging global legislation including Marketplace Facilitator, Deemed Reseller, Low Value Imports, e-Invoicing, and regulatory fees; translated complex tax rules into technical system specifications.
Tax Data Analyst - Amazon Tax Engine, 2018-2019
Worked within Amazon's growing Tax Calculation Engine, focused primarily on the third-party vendor sales taxability and ongoing efforts to remain compliant with sales tax legislation resulting from South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.
  • Data Catalog Service
    Worked on the Data Catalog Service, a SQL-based system that sources and transforms data into a format that is usable by the Tax Engine with the goal of providing a more efficient and internalized data stream.
  • Product Classification Services Wiki Management
    Managed and maintained internal Tax Engine documentation (Wiki) initiative in an effort to streamline workflow and new employee on-boarding processes.
  • Internal Application Development
    Consulted on machine learning initiatives to automate product tax classification, improving scalability and accuracy of global marketplace tax compliance.
Regulatory Compliance Intern, 2017-2018
Seattle City Light is the 10th largest public utility in the United States and in 2005 became the first electric utility in the United States to fully offset all its carbon emissions. My role was in the Regulatory Compliance division, responsible for all Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) reliability compliance.
  • Boundary Hydro Electric Dam Inspection
    Represented the Regulatory Compliance Division during a FERC inspection of the Boundary Hydro Electric Dam Project to strengthen the compliance program in preparation for future federal audits.
  • Azure Information Protection System
    Worked with Seattle City IT project managers and Microsoft consultants on the development and deployment of an Azure Information Protection system to protect Seattle City Light’s confidential information.
  • FERC Regulatory Analysis
    Advised on technical components of forthcoming Federal Energy Regulatory Commission standards, specifically CIP supply chain security and system virtualization.
Legal Research Intern, 2016-2017
CENTS empowers people to improve their financial health by developing educational and legal resources to help them prevent or overcome financial challenges. CENTS is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization funded by foundation grants, special events, program fees, and individual contributions. CENTS is affiliated with the King County Bar Association and has created programs with the support of the Washington State Attorney General's Office, the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, Seattle Foundation, and the Consumer Protection and Education Fund.
  • Money Steps
    Money Steps was designed to help people who have experienced incarceration take control of their financial situation. The project was made in partnership with the United States Probation and Pretrial Services system and funded by a grant from the Western District of Washington Library Fund.
  • Senior Money Project
    The statistics are staggering: Senior citizens and the elderly are swindled out of nearly $3 billion a year, yet only 1 in 44 cases are reported. Senior Money Project is an educational financial program which aims to inform this at-risk population on topics such as identity theft and estate planning, money management, reverse mortgages/equity, and general predatory scams.
  • Financial Navigation Program for Cancer Patients
    In 2015, CENTS began its partnership with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to study strategies to prevent or reduce cancer-related financial toxicity. In these research projects, patients were provided an individual financial counselor by CENTS and an insurance advocate from the Patient Advocate Foundation for monthly individual meetings for six months.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Seattle University 2014-2018
Major in Political Science. Concentration of study: legal studies, political theory/philosophy, comparative politics, and transitional justice.
Sales Tax School I, Institute for Professionals in Taxation 2020-2020
IPT’s Sales Tax School I offers a thorough review and analysis of many essential sales & use tax principles and concepts including research, accounting, auditing, and other technical skills. The school curriculum has been updated to address the ongoing issues related to the Wayfair decision.