I got called a nerd once. Then, kind of owned it.

In 2001, a high school friend in our library computer lab introduced me to the Harry Potter fan page and role playing game she build on Geocities. I was shaken by the idea that I too could publish content on the world wide web for everyone to see. Little did I know that 25+ years later I would have built a long career in internet software and technology.

I accelerated quickly. By the time I was studying engineering and computer science at Georgia Tech, I had already developed, managed and implemented web-based applications for enterprise clients including NBC Universal, the US Military/3rd Army, and the NFL Network along with small and medium businesses in the media, medical, construction, banking, aviation and academic fields.

Through my own experience and academia, I gained expertise in a long list of programming languages and systems, but I have a special affinity for the Python and PHP stacks, clean user interfaces and shrewdly optimized database queries, algorithms and data flow.

Also a licensed pilot, I lead the technology efforts as CTO of entrepreneurial upstart ImagineAir. Grueling yet rewarding work grew the company from a 3-aircraft $500K operation to a 15-aircraft $8M company.
In addition I joined on as CTO and senior programmer for Fitness Interactive Experience while also moonlighting as a lecturer and software development instructor at The Creative Circus in Atlanta.

In 2019, I dove back into aviation working with Kittyhawk (then owned by Larry Page) developing autonomous electric air taxis, learning the rigors of software under strict verification standards. In 2023, after the company was bought by Boeing and became Wisk Aero, I transitioned into the role of leading operational software – the kind that airlines use to interface with and manage their fleets – a true blend of my past experiences.

Along the way I’ve picked up a variety of AI/ML projects and side gigs. I trained my own language model from scratch using pytorch… but with the computing power of an consumer GPU, the most I got it to do was respond hello, and how are you doing :). Then I started fine tuning a digital replica of myself that you can talk to today on my home page. In 2023, I becoming the Core AI engineer for a company called Magic Data. We turned unstructured data into actionable insights. A trope yes, but something we actually did very well. In 2026, I began and still work today on a project called Spark… a harness for open weight models to live and grow indefinitely, research based on their own (or operators) goals and fine tune their own weights. A project that attempts a light version of recursive self improvement.

In my spare time, I work on a list of adrenaline pumping skills including skydiving, flying planes, caving, rappelling, scuba diving, rock climbing and snowboarding as well as the playing of the piano and tasting of as many dark rums (and Belgian beers) as possible, although I’d like to stress… not all at the same time.

My schnauzer Tucker is around most of the day, but despite being a constant presence has failed to learn programming – or flying – despite my best attempts.