About

I'm a technologist and entrepreneur with a background in the arts.
I like making, breaking, and fixing things. 

I drifted from audio to tech - I ran a netlabel, played music, and mixed and mastered dozens of records. Curiosity pulled me deeper: I learned how to prototype circuit boards, network low-latency microcontrollers, craft public installations, organize teams, and published a paper. I've designed multiple interfaces in hardware and software. A decade in IT and AV and 4 years in information security gave me the technical depth to not just design solutions but implement and secure them.

My superpower is empathy - seeing from other perspectives to create delightful, useful experiences.

My strengths:

• Creative problem-solving - Years of breaking and fixing systems taught me to efficiently search for solutions

• Pragmatic execution - Startup experience taught me to put business survival over 'cargo culting'

• Human-first design - Systems that reduce friction win with users, see "curb cut effect"

• Clear communication - Tailoring complex technical info to stakeholders and keeping it real

• Adaptability and learning - I'm a voracious reader, curious autodidact, and stay up to date*

I thrive on messy, ambiguous challenges where time matters - and am convinced that technology should bend to people, not the other way around. 

I don't write emails with AI, but i'm happy for bots to code while we focus on what matters** 

* coding agent orchestration and assessing SWOT

Based in Durham, NC, currently consulting architect @ Cyberian LLC
open to contracting or collaborations