Welcome

Hello, my name is Urban. I’m a systems-oriented engineering leader focused on modernizing software delivery, product platforms, and design systems across startups, consulting environments, and large enterprise organizations. My work centers on building scalable technical systems that improve engineering velocity, maintainability, and delivery consistency, helping teams move faster and ship more reliably.

I’ve helped organizations navigate major technology transitions spanning the early web, mobile, cloud platforms, design systems, and now AI-assisted software development. At Oracle, I led platform modernization initiatives across OCI and JET while remaining deeply hands-on in architecture, implementation, developer experience, and testing infrastructure. Earlier in my career at frog, I worked on everything from early enterprise design systems at GE to operating system prototypes and gesture-based interaction models for Nokia and Qualcomm during the early capacitive touchscreen era, as well as in-field research and mobile communication concepts for the Nike Foundation’s Girl Effect.

My background spans engineering, architecture, design systems, and organizational transformation, with a consistent focus on reducing friction, accelerating iteration, and modernizing how teams build and ship software. More recently, I’ve been integrating AI-assisted workflows into prototyping, architecture exploration, development, and software delivery while maintaining high standards for technical quality and system design.

Specialties: Product Platforms • Engineering Management • Software Development • Design Systems • AI-Assisted Software Delivery

Work Experience
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  • Oracle

    7 yrs

    • Senior Manager - JET

      Sep 2021 – Oct 2025 · 4 yrs 1 mo

      Greater Seattle Area - Remote

      • Led the modernization of Oracle’s JET platform and platform infrastructure used across OCI, Fusion Applications, and GBU product organizations serving thousands of enterprise customers.
      • Defined and executed a multi-year platform modernization roadmap focused on scalability, developer experience, engineering velocity, and long-term maintainability.
      • Led the migration of core platform infrastructure to TypeScript and a VDOM architecture, improving maintainability, delivery consistency, and long-term platform flexibility.
      • Owned engineering quality and testing standards across the platform, implementing visual regression testing, interaction testing, accessibility testing, and standardized CI quality gates that significantly improved release confidence while reducing build times by more than 80%.
      • Introduced organization-wide engineering processes and ownership models, including DRI and RACI frameworks, reducing ambiguity and improving cross-functional execution across platform initiatives.
      • Remained deeply hands-on in architecture, implementation, testing infrastructure, and platform modernization efforts while mentoring senior engineers and technical leads.
    • Senior Manager - OCI

      Nov 2020 – Sep 2021 · 10 mo

      Greater Seattle Area - Remote

      • Led the technical direction of OCI’s enterprise design system and shared platform infrastructure supporting multiple cloud services across a large distributed engineering organization.
      • Helped evolve OCI’s micro-frontend architecture toward a federated service model that improved organizational scalability, team autonomy, and delivery velocity across cloud engineering initiatives.
      • Built scalable component systems, shared UI infrastructure, and platform capabilities that reduced duplicated engineering effort and accelerated feature delivery across OCI teams.
      • Partnered across design, product, and engineering organizations to establish consistent platform standards, improve developer experience, and modernize shared engineering workflows.
      • Remained hands-on in architecture reviews, implementation strategy, and critical platform development efforts while leading cross-functional platform initiatives.
    • Principle Software Engineer

      Oct 2018 – Nov 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Greater Seattle Area - Hybrid

      • Led core platform architecture initiatives for OCI’s enterprise design system and shared UI infrastructure, helping establish the technical foundation for scalable cloud platform development across multiple services.
      • Designed and built foundational component systems, interaction patterns, and shared platform infrastructure focused on scalability, consistency, maintainability, and long-term platform evolution.
      • Helped drive adoption of modern platform architecture patterns, component-based development, and design-system practices across distributed OCI engineering organizations.
      • Established engineering standards and shared implementation approaches that improved consistency, maintainability, and developer efficiency across product teams.
      • Worked closely with engineering, design, and product organizations to solve complex workflow and platform challenges within large-scale cloud environments.
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