Built and led the Authentication and Authorization function at Grafana Labs, growing it from zero to a cross-functional org owning core auth systems across all Grafana products. Started with no team, bootstrapped engineering efforts hands-on, and scaled up to a 15-person org across multiple squads, delivering mission-critical features such as Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Unified SSO, and identity primitives for machine authentication.

Key Achievements

• Joined as a manager without a team; onboarded as an engineer to identify problems and build trust.
• Hired and grew the team to 8 engineers in the first year, later scaling to a 15-person org with PM, UX, Docs, and embedded security engineers.
• Designed and shipped the initial RBAC system in 2 months with 2 engineers, previewed at GrafanaCon, and still in production 5 years later.
• Proposed and created the Grafana AuthNZ team to consolidate fragmented auth efforts across product areas.
• Unified 3 platform teams under one Identity and Access group, aligning technical direction and team strategy.
• Split the org into two squads and mentored a senior engineer through transition to EM.
• Introduced RFC-driven decision making and strong documentation culture through team wiki.
• Facilitated workshops and internal trainings on unconscious bias, performance, and communication.

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