Brent successfully transitioned from the role of developer to product manager, with roadmap responsibility for one of CNN’s most distinct and popular international properties: CNN Travel. He proved to be an ideal fit for the role — not only technically savvy, but driven to make the product a powerful destination for consumers and advertisers.

Brent joined my team at an early stage in the development of CNNGo, spearheading the technical production aspects of the product, and directly managing the engineering team. Brent was able to quickly take the lead in the planning and execution of our product development, which included upgrading and migrating the product to a considerably more robust and scalable state, and using his extensive Drupal experience to its fullest. Brent has a detail-oriented and logical approach to his work, meaning that you can count on him to capture and prioritize tasks, plan systematically, and manage the delivery of customer value consistently. He has a strong knowledge of the SDLC and web development methodologies, as well as the important human factor required to get the best out of diverse and distributed teams. He makes a great lead for any kind of digital production team.

Brent is one of the best technical managers I have ever worked with and his knowledge of Drupal is second to none. He was instrumental in implementing the SCRUM agile process at CNNGo / CNN Travel and in making continuous performance improvements to the stability and responsiveness of the site. I appreciated his keen sense of being able to prioritise and execute large backlogs of work with highly constrained resources. I wouldn’t hesitate recommending him for both large and small projects.