Hey, I'm Sam. Welcome to my world.

I build thingsthat matter.

7+ years turning complex systems into reliable products.From enterprise telematics to side projects that ship.

7+
Years Experience
5M+
Daily Messages Processed
5+
Side Projects Shipped

The Journey

From mining crypto on a laptop to owning enterprise platforms. Here's how I got here.

2015
Education

John Carroll University

Started pursuing a triple degree — B.S. Computer Science, B.A. Sociology, and an Associate's in Data Science. Where the foundation was built.

2017
Crypto

Fell Down the Crypto Rabbit Hole

Mined Stellar on a gaming laptop, started accumulating BTC/ETH. Learned wallet hygiene, self-custody, and how decentralized systems actually work under the hood.

2018
Internship

MRI Software — First Real Code

Internship building internal tools with Angular and SQL. Learned what production code actually looks like from senior engineers.

2019
Career

Joined Trimble

Started as a software engineer building cloud-based integration platforms. Quickly became the go-to person for FleetConnex — processing 5M+ messages daily.

2021
Crypto

DeFi Deep Dive & NFT Builds

Active in yield strategies, LP/staking/farming. Built an Ethereum smart contract for an influencer PFP project end-to-end. Learned smart contract development the hard way.

2022
Career

Sole Owner of FleetConnex

Became the sole developer, PM, and customer support for a mission-critical platform. Owned everything from Azure infrastructure to customer calls.

2024
Career

FleetHub & New Ventures

Led vendor integrations for Trimble's next-gen platform. Started Lake Effect Labs with friends — a micro software agency to build and ship fast.

2025
Now

Independent Builder

Went independent. Building Matte, Lock In, OnTheClockMock, and more. Exploring World Mobile nodes and decentralized telecom. Shipping on my own terms.

Selected Work

From enterprise platforms to weekend builds. Click any project to see the story.

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Matte

Job Management for Painters

An all-in-one operations board for painting businesses — manage jobs from quote to completion with a Kanban workflow, scheduling, and customer tracking.

SaaSOperationsSide Project
🎨Screenshot coming soon
🏈

OnTheClockMock

NFL Mock Draft Simulator

A real-time mock draft simulator that lets you play GM — plus AI-generated YouTube Shorts of NFL prospects with Whisper-powered voiceovers.

SportsAI ContentSide Project
🏈Screenshot coming soon
✂️

Clipppy

AI Clip Automation for Streamers

An AI-powered tool that listens to Twitch streams in real time, identifies viral moments, and automatically clips, edits, and posts them.

AIAutomationCreator Tools
✂️Screenshot coming soon
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Lock In

Fantasy Football Meets Fitness

Head-to-head fitness matchups that make workouts sticky through competition and accountability.

MobileFitnessExpo
💪Screenshot coming soon
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FleetConnex

Enterprise Telematics Platform

Mission-critical integration platform processing 5M+ messages daily for enterprise trucking and logistics.

EnterpriseCloudTrimble
🚛Screenshot coming soon

FleetHub

Next-Gen Fleet Platform

Trimble's next-generation fleet management platform — scalable, observable, and built for the future.

EnterpriseCloudTrimble
Screenshot coming soon

The Toolbox

7+ years of tools, frameworks, and hard-won expertise. These are the things I reach for.

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Languages & Backend

C# / .NET Core95%
TypeScript90%
Python75%
SQL90%
Solidity45%
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Cloud & Infrastructure

Azure Functions95%
Azure Service Bus90%
Azure Logic Apps90%
Cosmos DB / SQL85%
Datadog / App Insights85%
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Frontend & Mobile

React / Next.js80%
Angular75%
React Native / Expo70%
Tailwind CSS85%
Framer Motion65%
PM

Product & Process

End-to-End Ownership95%
Incident Response / RCA90%
Customer Discovery85%
Sprint Planning / Agile85%
Stakeholder Communication90%
AI

AI & Emerging Tech

LLM Integration / Prompting80%
AI-Assisted Development85%
NLP / Classification65%
Smart Contracts (EVM)50%
Decentralized Systems60%
OPS

DevOps & Tooling

Azure DevOps / CI/CD85%
Git / GitHub90%
REST API Design95%
Event-Driven Architecture90%
Supabase / Firebase70%

Where I've Worked

From intern to sole product owner. Each role taught me something different about building things that last.

Current

Independent Software Engineer

Independent

November 2025 – Present

Building products independently through Lake Effect Labs — a micro software agency I co-founded to ship fast.

Co-founded Lake Effect Labs with a team of 4 to build and iterate on side projects
Built a backend media-processing pipeline using speech-to-text, NLP, and LLM classification
Shipping Matte, Lock In, OnTheClockMock, and exploring decentralized telecom with World Mobile
Using AI-assisted development workflows to accelerate design and delivery
Next.jsReact NativeSupabasePythonLLMsExpo

Senior Software Engineer

Trimble Inc.

May 2019 – November 2025

Owned and operated mission-critical telematics platforms in a 24/7 production environment. Evolved from engineer to sole product owner.

Owned FleetConnex end-to-end as sole developer, PM, and customer support — processing 5M+ messages daily
Led the Isaac tablet integration for FleetHub, working directly with vendor engineering and customers
Contributed to FleetHub architecture using Azure Functions, Service Bus, and Datadog
Managed customer migrations from legacy to next-gen platforms with minimal disruption
Primary escalation point for production incidents — diagnosing issues and coordinating fixes
Drove incident → RCA → backlog loop; facilitated trade-off calls to ship smallest viable fix first
C#.NET CoreAzureAngularTypeScriptSQLDatadog

Software Development Intern

MRI Software

May 2018 – September 2018

First real engineering role. Built internal tools and learned production code practices from senior engineers.

Developed an internal tool using Angular and SQL-backed APIs to automate data management
Improved productivity and reduced manual overhead for internal teams
Learned software architecture, testing, and documentation best practices
AngularSQLAPIsTypeScript

Education

John Carroll University

B.S. Computer Science | B.A. Sociology | Associate's in Data Science

2015 – 2019

Thoughts

My brain on sticky notes. Drag them around. This is how I think.

The best products are the ones you build because nothing else exists for your problem.

drag me

Decentralized telecom is the next frontier. World Mobile is onto something.

drag me

Every time I use a bad SaaS tool I think about how I'd rebuild it from scratch.

drag me

AI isn't replacing engineers — it's giving the ones who ship fast an unfair advantage.

drag me

The best PM training is answering customer support tickets for a year straight.

drag me

If your side project doesn't make you stay up too late at least once, you picked the wrong idea.

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Vertical SaaS for trades is so underbuilt. Painters, plumbers, roofers — they all deserve better tools.

drag me

Every enterprise product is just a series of migrations held together by hope and documentation.

drag me

Cleveland will always be home. The lake, the food, the people who don't take themselves too seriously.

drag me

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drag me

Go ahead, rearrange my thoughts.

Let's Build
Something Together

Whether you've got a role, a project, or just want to talk shop — I'm always down to connect.

Say Hey 👋

Built by Sam with Next.js, Tailwind, and too much coffee. ☕