About Me
I'm an Information Technology professional and a United States Marine Corps veteran, currently completing an M.S. in Product Management and Information Technology at Western Governors University. My foundation was built in high-pressure, zero-fail operational environments, and I bring that same discipline to how I approach systems: clear architecture, deliberate tradeoffs, and decisions that can be explained and defended — not just shipped. This site itself is built and documented in that spirit; see the engineering case study below for the full technical breakdown.
Projects & Current Work
This site doubles as a working systems-engineering exercise for me to hone my skills in a controlled environment. Beyond the page itself, as practice for submitting upcoming techincal publications required by my degree plan, I have published a full technical case study covering this websites architecture, the design decisions behind it, and a couple of real defects I found and fixed along the way — documented with the same rigor I'd apply to production software, not just portfolio copy.
Published:
- Engineering Case Study — a technical report covering the site's static production architecture, a fully built (but deliberately unshipped) LLM integration, the risk analysis behind that decision, and a postmortem on a keyword-matching bug in the embedded assistant.
📄 View Technical Build Case Study (PDF) - Simple DIY electrolyte calculator (Below)
Currently in the pipeline:
- Additional custom web applications
- Interactive product roadmaps
- Expanded technical documentation as new projects ship
More live links and write-ups coming as they're published.
DIY Electrolyte Calculator
I'm big into cycling and wanted an easy way to make DIY electrolytes, so here is a simple electrolyte calculator. It uses table sugar, sodium citrate, and potassium chloride, all easy to find at a grocery store, and works out exact amounts for a single dose or a full 5 lb bag.
Per-dose targets
Total electrolytes per dose: 400 mg (sodium + potassium, elemental).
Ingredients & batch
Flavor values are estimates. Check your product's label and edit grams/tsp and carb % to match.
One dose
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Full batch
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Weigh sodium citrate and KCl on a 0.1 g (ideally 0.01 g) scale. Mix them into the sugar in stages, then shake or tumble for a few minutes. If the powders settle, run the mix through a blender or sieve once, and give it a shake before scooping.
Informational only, not medical advice. Potassium chloride in excess can be dangerous, especially with kidney disease or certain blood pressure/heart medications. Talk to your doctor if that applies to you, and don't exceed your intended per-dose amounts.
Education, Certifications & Expertise
Core Expertise
- AI-Augmented Engineering: Using AI tools deliberately to accelerate development — and knowing when restraint, not automation, is the right engineering call. This mindset is documented directly in the case study above.
- Strategic Focus: Specializing in complex IT architecture and driving end-to-end product lifecycles, from initial system design through iterative refinement and documented decision-making.
Certifications
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CCP)
- CompTIA SecurityX
- CompTIA Security+
- ITIL 4 Foundations