Navigating hype has always been part of my career. In the 1990s, while the web was young, I helped bring web technologies to the US Navy. Wading through hype was paramount during the Dot-com boom; I had to find the signal in the noise and determine what capabilities were real. This experience gave me insight that is important for our current age of AI.

In the 2000s, I expanded that skillset to include architecture, design, systems work, and evaluation. Working on the nuts and bolts of software engineering taught me the universal lesson that people are as important as the tech. The Navy was dedicated to the stability of an old tech stack, thus freezing my tech skillset. In the 2010s I began to thaw that skillset by entering computer science research. Being part of Old Dominion University's Web Science and Digital Libraries Group and later Los Alamos National Laboratory's Information Sciences Division brought me new tech stacks as well as new skills in data science, web science, information retrieval and artificial intelligence. My new path led to Google where I help developers apply the current generation of tech.

Currently living in Seattle, I still jam to 90s hits from Wu-Tang Clan and Nine Inch Nails as well as more modern music. I share my home with my wife and two cats: Malala (Chaotic Neutral: playful, curious, and in-charge) and Marjon (Lawful Neutral: stronger, food loving, and more etiquette-focused). We watch everything from Wings to Pluribus. I still work towards Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. In Seattle, I eat at places like Elliott Bay Brewing and Magic Masala and am also always on the hunt for new culinary experiences.

Feel free to contact me on Mastodon, Bluesky, or LinkedIn. I'm always looking for new recommendations for food, entertainment, or software.