Today's focus
I help guide operations teams to bring automation in cloud misconfigurations and enhanced security to the forefront, by freeing up their work schedule from repeatable maintenance tasks (shipping new code, infrastructure, and tooling) so they can focus on what matters most: growing the business.
Persona
I'm driven by shipping products, generating substantial value, strategically solving real business problems with technology, and building teams to make it happen.
Affiliations
Current tech stack
- Go, TypeScript, React, Postgres, AWS, Temporal, NATS, GitHub
Hobbies
- Podcasts, Working out, Scuba diving, Playing guitar, Roasting coffee, Indie games, Poker, Traveling, NYT crossword puzzles, Photography
Season of Yes
Coffee chats, craft beer & greasy bar food
Coffee order
Pour-over coffee
Fun fact
I’ve performed mostly improv in theater productions in Chicago, including musicals like Billy Elliot, The Wedding Singer, The Wiz, and Heathers.
Role models
Adam Savage, Mitchell Hashimoto, Steve Lukather
Why Seattle?
I like Seattle.
Praise received
Mise en place? Once had a boss comment on how clean my desk was compared to everyone else’s and how he figured my work was probably treated with similar attention to detail and standards.
Featured
Activity
Tradecraft
Areas of expertise
- Multi-cloud infrastructure architecture (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Enterprise API architecture, security, and integration
- Security frameworks, compliance, and risk mitigation
- DevOps & CI/CD pipeline automation
- Site reliability engineering & operations
Areas of expertise
Collaborative values
- Transparency
- Humility
- Enthusiasm
- Impact
- Bias for action
- Ownership
- Adaptability
- Resilience
Collaborative values
Decision drivers
- Alignment to the mission & vision
- Integrity
- Innovation
- Trust & collaboration
- Accountability
- Active listening
- Sustainability
Decision drivers
Lifelines
Lifelines
Legacy
I want to be remembered for the foundational platform engineering work I built, work that started at the startup level and scaled to enterprise-level impact, just like when I occasionally receive texts from people who discover my code I wrote is still running in production... 10 years later.
