this site isn’t to impress. it’s to remember. to gather all the pieces of who i am and give them a home. whenever i come back to my personal website, i’m always wrestling with the question of who exactly is the target audience. these kinds of things always end up as part biography, part resume, part mirror. it’s for me and it’s for you, but i’ve come to the decision that it’s mostly for me. if you want my cv you have my linkedin.
i’m a software engineer, but that’s not the whole story.
my work focuses on building systems that help small businesses grow, automate thoughtfully, and connect with their communities through human-centered design. i draw inspiration from anime, games like chess and mmos, and the spiritual in art. to me, the best technology feels like empathy disguised as engineering.
the work i love most happens at intersections:
i build bridges. sometimes that looks like code. sometimes it looks like conversations. usually, it’s both.
learned to write clean code and think in systems. loved database systems, systems programming, and ethical & professional issues in cs
learned to design and implement elegant technical solutions for scale. built data pipelines and dashboards and drank a lot of coffee
learned to translate technical solutions into actual business value. businesses don't need a "web app," they need something that either saves money or makes money
putting it all together now! connecting growing businesses to enterprise technology they think is out of reach. translating between "we can't afford this" and "actually, you can"—bridging capability to budget, complexity to usability, ideas to implementation.
i’ve lived and worked across chicago, indianapolis, honolulu, seattle, silicon valley, and next is tulsa through tulsa remote. traveling is fun! new experiences are fun!
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