Creative Technologist, Systems Thinker & Recovering Musician. 30+ MTV/VH1 syncs. BA Anthropology. Head down somewhere in the intersection of AI, Music, Code & Culture. I tinker for me, I sculpt for you. Firstborn to a Broadway dancer and an Ivy-League-educated English teacher. You can imagine. I turned down a full-ride theater scholarship to study Anthropology and make music with my brother—in my mom and dad’s basement. They loved it. We didn’t. The curse of overly supportive parents? Nobody says no. So off we went, publishing 30+ ASCAP syncs across MTV and VH1 and sharing stages with bands like Walk the Moon.
Yeah, yeah, cool, cool — but…
Honestly, a part of me felt like I was cheating. Music was instinct, not training—I couldn't read it, couldn't write it, but there it was, inside me. And the scorekeeper in me wanted proof I could wield a skill I actually earned. So I set out to find the thing that had to be earned. It was time to code.
My Numbers Don't Lie:
I'm who CTOs hire when they need someone who can both build the thing and understand why the thing matters.
TheRestaurantPassportStory
Execution Speed Test: The 'Restaurant Passport.' I challenged myself to architect, design, and deploy a fully verticalized loyalty platform for 40 businesses solo. No team. No meetings. Just execution.
Week 1 Metrics:
The Stack:The Battle Stack: Next.js, TypeScript, Supabase, Drizzle ORM, Clerk Auth, and WebSocket validation. Chosen for maximum velocity and stability.
The result: 3,557 users in Week 1. This project proves I can handle full-cycle product velocity—from the first line of code to the high-traffic reality of a Friday night service.
TheWeirdPart(WhyIt'sMySuperpower)
The X-Factor: AI & The Unknown. Here is where I diverge from the standard engineer. I maintain a philosophical framework called 'Render Glitches'—treating reality as a computational system. I built 'Ultraterrestrial,' a sophisticated AI research platform that tracks Non-Human Intelligence (NHI) patterns globally. Why does this matter to you? Because if I can architect a system to synthesize the world's most chaotic, unstructured 'UFO' data into clear insights, I can certainly handle your business logic.
I hold a B.A. in Anthropology and have spent a decade in the commercial music industry (MTV, VH1, ASCAP). This non-traditional path is my competitive moat. I don't view engineering as a silo; I view it as a tool to solve complex human coordination problems. I speak the languages of artists, executives, and machines with equal fluency.
I also maintain a "Cognitive Trackboard"—a sophisticated personal knowledge management system that tracks research paradigms, project threads, and cross-disciplinary connections. This isn't just organization; it's systems design applied to consciousness itself.