Sacramento grown

Based in Sacramento, California — a tech enthusiast and vibe-coder. I don't write code and I don't know a single programming language. I direct AI agents to build the software and make the calls on architecture, taste, and what ships. My strengths are the systems around the code: networking, infrastructure, architecture, and CI/CD.

Folsom-raised, with computers always around — a Nintendo kid with a SNES and GameCube never far from reach, weaned on MS-DOS classics like Stunts, The Incredible Machine, and Lemmings. My dad kept the commands to launch Stunts on a sheet of paper taped next to the kitchen computer. Knee-deep in PCs and desktop customization ever since — and always a gamer, from a 2004 GameFAQs review of Ninja Gaiden to mostly Rocket League now.

Downtown Sacramento and the Tower Bridge at dusk — Downtown Sacramento at dusk — the Tower Bridge over the river.

Folsom State Prison east gate and guard tower — Folsom State Prison — the hometown landmark. Yes, *that* one.

Career

Customer-facing, engineering-first. I live on the technical side of the relationship.

Optimizely

| Customer Success

Experimentation for enterprise customers — web + feature experiments, DOM- and SDK-based implementations, wired into their products, plus the Opal AI layer and the Experimentation MCP server.

Aqua Security

| Technical Account Manager

Aqua is enterprise Trivy. Helped customers like Amazon, Tesla, American Airlines, Union Pacific, and Philips drive their container & Kubernetes security posture — image scanning, runtime protection, and policy.

BigPanda

| Value & Adoption Advisor

Drove technical adoption of the AIOps platform — integrations, event correlation, and monitoring pipelines.

NEC Biometrics

| Project Implementation Lead

Enterprise biometrics & thermal systems at venues like Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, and Hard Rock Hollywood — multi-server, GPU-accelerated, Docker-based, from physical install to remote support.

Full resume →

Off the clock

Endurance sport is the obsession — triathlon and cycling on a Canyon Aeroad CF SLX 8 Di2, logged on Strava with a Garmin Edge 1050 and Fenix 8. Training has me 100+ lbs down, and these days I lift on a 4-day PHUL split.

I bleed black and yellow with a side of purple — Pittsburgh sports to the core (Steelers, Penguins, Pirates) plus the Sacramento Kings out west, which is exactly why I built Light the Beam. I'm limited on every major sportsbook (turns out they don't love a winner), never miss a UFC card, and I'm always tinkering with smart-home automation and AI. You'll also find me on Steam and Twitch.

The bike, the training & the numbers →

Battlestation

My happy place — multiple displays, too many dials, and a self-hosted homelab humming away in the background. Over-engineered and wired together in a way that probably shouldn't run as well as it does.