About
I started my career in construction with a degree in Building and Construction Technology from UMass Amherst, working as a structural component designer and project coordinator. The work was rewarding, but I was frustrated with how slowly things moved. New techniques took years to adopt, code advancements crawled, and the whole industry felt resistant to change. I wanted to build and experiment faster, to iterate without waiting for the world to catch up.
Code gave me that freedom. I taught myself through YouTube tutorials and side projects, then completed a bootcamp at JRS Coding School in Charleston, SC in 2019. Since then, I've worked as a web developer, integration specialist, and now software architect. My construction background taught me how to think about systems. I learned how components interact under stress, how to identify load-bearing structures, and how to anticipate where things might fail. Those same principles apply when I'm designing software architecture. The medium changed, but the thinking didn't.
When I'm not working
I serve as the Beach Cleanup Coordinator on the board of the Surfrider Foundation Space Coast Chapter. The ocean matters to me, and I spend as much time on or in it as I can: swimming, paddleboarding, surfing, snorkeling. It's where I think clearly.
Let's work together
If you're looking for someone who thinks about problems differently, I'd like to hear from you.