
I build tools that replace what I can't trust — starting with my own ear.
I have a perforated right eardrum. About 50% hearing loss on that side. When I decided to learn to sing, I couldn't reliably tell if I was hitting the notes. So I built a measurement system that replaces the feedback loop my ear can't provide. I didn't set out to become an audio engineer. The constraint made me one.
That pattern keeps repeating. A disability creates a gap. I build something to close it. An audio quality system replaced my ear. A haptic learning tool helps me feel rhythms I can't always hear. A reading accessibility app adapts to the reader instead of asking them to adapt. Three products. One pattern. Constraint in, invention out.
I'm rebuilding after a hard chapter — the engineering and the music are the same discipline. The day job is that discipline at enterprise scale. A decade of data pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and AI tooling — at U.S. Bank, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and in my own projects. I zoom out to see the whole system, then zoom in and ship clean execution.
Everything I build leaves a trail you can verify. Audit logs, integrity checks, test reports, plots. I don't ask you to trust my work — I give you the evidence. Here's why.
Work
- Company
- U.S. Bank
- Role
- Site Reliability Engineering Manager
- Date
- 2021–Present
- Company
- Anheuser-Busch InBev
- Role
- Director, Cloud Operations
- Date
- 2021
- Company
- U.S. Bank
- Role
- Cloud Solutions Architect
- Date
- 2020–2021
- Company
- U.S. Bank
- Role
- Data Engineering Manager
- Date
- 2016–2020
Education
- Institution
- University of Illinois Springfield
- Degree
- M.S. in Computer Science
- Year
- 2019
- Institution
- Eastern Illinois University
- Degree
- B.A., Communication Studies (Corporate Communication Option)
- Year
- 2013
Volunteer
- Organization
- Impartial, Inc.
- Role
- Creative Director, Music
- Date
- 2025–Present
Criminal justice advocacy nonprofit. I create and direct music for educational games designed to raise public awareness of wrongful convictions — working with university students from programs across the country who develop the games.
Music
Currently writing and recording Gravel & Grace — a confessional country / Americana album about sobriety, fatherhood, and hard-won grace. 12 tracks across three acts. A custom measurement system was built to record it.
Want to collaborate?
I'm open to full-time roles, contract work, and interesting side projects. Reach out and let's talk.