Born in Rockford, Illinois, I studied maths 🤓 and economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, proceeding then to earn a law ⚖️ degree at Lewis & Clark in Portland, focusing on Intellectual Property Law. After law school, I made a u-turn ↪️ and dove headlong into the startup scene in Palo Alto, and started designing experiences and writing code 👾. So began my present career.
Over the years I've worked with teams from 1 to 50, in companies from pre-seed to Disney 🐭, wearing many 🎩👒🧢 like they're going out of style, sometimes playing the IC, sometimes the team lead, and almost always the glue.
Recently I've been focusing on helping early-stage companies get off the runway 🛫 by bringing their ideas to life on the web 🕸 through rapid prototyping and nimble iteration. This is rewarding, energizing work, but in the next phase of my career I intend my work to have a broader 🌳 impact.
A lifelong autodidact 📚, I'm constantly picking up new and old toys and 🛠 tools, taking them apart 🪛 to see how they work and what new wonders or smoother flows we might create. This site, for example, took less than 8 hours to build, thanks in part to SvelteKit.