I work on systems: Linux, C, and Rust, drivers and embedded targets. I started in technical work with DARPA-funded research at Penn State's Applied Research Laboratory, writing Python and MATLAB against custom NI instrumentation. Between then and now I built and operated production software and the cloud infrastructure under it on AWS, Azure, and GCP, owned delivery from architecture through release automation, co-founded two startups, and co-led a six-person product team. Today I run my own consultancy.
I finish a B.S. in Network and Cloud Engineering at WGU in 2027, and I start Georgia Tech's M.S. in Computer Science, on the Computing Systems track, in fall 2027.
2022–now
Samwise Development, founder & principal engineer
My consultancy. I own each client engagement end to end: scoping, architecture, the full-stack build, and the cloud infrastructure it runs on.
Current work: school safety infrastructure with ELS911. I turn LiDAR scans of K-12 buildings into floor plans that police, fire, and EMS can open in seconds.
2021–2022
Google I/O (contract, remote), full-stack developer
Through Left Field Labs, I built and shipped production pages for Google's annual developer conference: headless Preact front end, Jinja and Python build pipeline.
2020–2021
Distributron, co-founder & engineer
On-demand alcohol delivery company. A founding team of three built the platform: Vue front end, geofenced delivery routing, automated build and deploy pipeline. We took it as far as a Y Combinator interview.
2019–2020
Treetz, co-founder & lead designer
Indie studio. We made an 8-bit space game for mobile in Unity; I co-led the team of six developers and artists and directed the art and design from first concept to production builds.
2019–2020
Safety+, software developer
Built a real-time factory safety incident tracking platform on React and Firebase. Coca-Cola was one of the first clients.
2018–2019
Scorpion (formerly 1SEO), software developer
Shipped and maintained web applications across a portfolio of client accounts, and built the CI/CD and release automation the team deployed through. React, Laravel, and the PHP and JavaScript needed to hold it together.
2010–2013
Penn State Applied Research Laboratory, data analyst
Underwater Acoustics Department, on DARPA-funded work. Data analysis in Python and MATLAB for autonomous underwater vehicles, and embedded work on custom NI instrumentation. Held a DoD Secret clearance (since lapsed).
starts fall 2027
Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S. Computer Science, Computing Systems
2027
Western Governors University
B.S. Network and Cloud Engineering
2011–2014
The Pennsylvania State University
Coursework in Computer Engineering and Security & Risk Analysis