Hi, I'm Christian 👋
Software Engineer turned Entrepreneur. I love building things and helping people.
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About

Director of Product & Technology with 14+ years of experience driving cross-functional software development, AI strategy, and enterprise product innovation. Built and led engineering teams, resulting in a SaaS product generating over $1 million in annual revenue in its first year. Passionate about building scalable products to positively impact millions globally

Work Experience

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New Home Star
Real Estate
Technology

Jun 2025 - Present
Director of Product & Technology
As Director of Product & Technology at New Home Star, I lead the architecture and execution of AI-driven platforms like Starbot and New Home OS, translating executive vision into scalable products across sales, mortgage, and operations. Operating at CTO scope, I drive cross-functional strategy, product delivery, and IP innovation.
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New Home Star
Real Estate
Technology

Oct 2012 - Jun 2025
Technical Lead
Led the redevelopment of an internal sales training platform, transitioning from third-party software to a scalable Angular/React frontend and PHP/NodeJS/MySQL backend.
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Napitek
Technology

Jun 2011 - Sep 2011
Junior PHP Developer
Worked on various web projects for multiple clients, created and maintained PHP/MySQL content management systems. Fixed bugs from existing websites and implemented enhancements that significantly improved web functionality and speed.

Skills

React
Next.js
Typescript
Node.js
PHP
MySQL
Python
LangChain
LLMs
MongoDB
Postgres
Docker
Kubernetes
Java
C++
Awards

I like building things

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    Astro AI (NAHB The Nationals, Silver Award — Best Use of Technology)

    Chicago, IL

    Built Astro AI, a multi-agent AI assistant for new home sales enablement, powered by New Home Star's training data — including 500+ training modules, 54,000+ answered questions, and 1,500+ SAMI bundles. Delivers real-time sales coaching, competitive insights, market analysis, and workflow automation to sales agents and home builders nationwide. Trusted by Maronda Homes, M/I Homes, Hayden Homes, and more.
    Website
    IBS Award
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    Amazon Alexa API Contest (Placed in top 50 apps)

    Chicago, IL

    Competed and placed in the Hackster.io Amazon Alexa API Mashup competition. Developed a "Places" skill that allows you to ask Alexa for directions to a location (stores, restaurant, etc.) and also provides info like phone number, and hours.
    Website
Blog

Check out my latest posts

Here are a few of my favorite posts.

What Building Internal AI Agents Taught Me About Scaling Technology Operations

What Building Internal AI Agents Taught Me About Scaling Technology Operations

LLM
LangGraph
NodeJS
Microservices
DevOps
An Overview Of ECMAScript 6 Features

An Overview Of ECMAScript 6 Features

ECMAScript 6 to the rescue!

JavaScript
ES6
ECMAScript
NodeJS
Building Facial Detection Software With JavaScript

Building Facial Detection Software With JavaScript

Yeah, you heard right. Javascript is awesome!

JavaScript
Artificial Intelligence
Image Processing
5 Ways To Speed Up Your Website

5 Ways To Speed Up Your Website

Improve your overall page speeds and keep your visitors happy

Apache
CDN
Cache
Getting Started With Apache Virtual Hosts

Getting Started With Apache Virtual Hosts

Run Multiple Websites On A Single Server Using Virtual Hosts

Apache
HTTP
Web
Virtual Hosts
Reverse Proxy
Getting Started With WebRTC

Getting Started With WebRTC

Building A Simple WebRTC Peer-To-Peer Connection

JavaScript
WebRTC
P2P
Contact

Get in Touch

Want to chat? Just shoot me a dm with a direct message on LinkedIn and I'll respond whenever I can.

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