About

I exist at the intersection of technology, leadership, and exploration. From scrappy startups to Fortune 100 giants, I’ve led teams, launched companies, and nudged ambitious ideas into the real world — always driving toward progress, impact, and the next frontier.

I’ve picked up a few degrees along the way — engineering at Purdue, an MBA at UW — but the real education has come from building things that matter. I’ve chased AI and computer vision before they were buzzwords, steered teams through industries as different as telecom, storage, and music, and even dabbled in gluten-free bakeries (ask me later). The common thread isn’t titles, it’s momentum: I like to create, to lead, and to make things work better than they did yesterday.

I believe leadership isn’t about micromanaging. It’s about finding great people, giving them the tools and conditions to thrive, and creating a vision they actually want to chase. High-performing teams beat lone geniuses every time, and my job is to make sure the team wins — and has fun doing it.

Giving back matters to me as much as building. I served on the board of the Northwest Avalanche Center, wrangling technology and partnerships that helped save lives in the mountains. My door’s been open to entrepreneurs — whether they’re pitching AI systems or custom cat-scratch posts — because mentoring is one of the best ways to multiply what you know.

Outside of work, I climb, ski, and occasionally pretend I’m still in a Seattle grunge band. I tinker endlessly in my home lab to stay sharp as tech keeps reinventing itself, and I chase my toddler around enough to count that as a daily workout.

This site is where I drop essays, notes, and experiments. They’re not theory — they’re lived, tested, built, broken, and rebuilt. If you’re an engineer looking for inspiration, a leader looking for perspective, or just curious about how tech collides with everyday life, you’re in the right place.

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