about.engineer
From Arcada in '94 to AI integration today —
architecture, leadership, and hands-on engineering.
The Person
The same curiosity that drove a kid to take apart a Commodore 64 now fuels 10,000 skydives and a workshop full of half-finished projects.
career_history
Federal cybersecurity infrastructure supporting critical national defense systems. Current engagement includes an ongoing project with Travelers Insurance, delivering enterprise architecture and platform modernization for one of the largest insurance carriers in the US.
Over a decade of engineering leadership, building and scaling products from inception to maturity.
Early career foundation in systems-level software, backup and recovery tools.
Philosophy
The best architects stay close to the code. Leadership means understanding what your team faces, not directing from a distance.
Elegant solutions are wonderful. Shipped solutions are better. I chase both, but I know which one pays the bills.
Whether it's a new framework, a watch mechanism, or the physics of freefall, the drive to understand deeply is what separates good work from great work.
The industry moves fast. The moment you stop feeling like a beginner in some corner of the field, you're falling behind.
skill_matrix
Building practical AI-powered tools: knowledge builders, career coaches, intelligent document analysis. Focused on augmenting human capability, not replacing it.
System design at enterprise scale. Microservices, event-driven architecture, API-first platforms. Leading teams from planning through delivery.
Deep experience across the entire stack. .NET roots, evolved through Node.js, React, and cloud-native development. Strong in both greenfield and brownfield contexts.
Incremental transformation of legacy systems. Strangler fig patterns, gradual migration strategies, and the patience to do it right without breaking what works.
AI Projects
When I'm not building for clients, I'm building for myself. These are the AI-powered side projects that keep the creative engine running.
An AI-powered tool for organizing, connecting, and surfacing personal and professional knowledge. Building a second brain that actually works.
An intelligent career advisor that understands your full history, goals, and market conditions to provide genuinely personalized guidance.
The Full Picture
Technology is what I do. But the breadth of interests outside the screen — martial arts, skydiving, horology, woodworking — is what keeps the work fresh. Discipline from the dojo. Calm under pressure from freefall. Patience from the workshop. It all feeds back in.