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Solo's Dad. Di's Husband. Banana Slug. Returned Peace Corps Volunteer. Pixar Alum. ESPN Alum. Lead Software Engineer @ Disney. ironman.
Welcome to my site—my little corner of the internet where I share what I’m building, learning, and experimenting with.
Notes on engineering, leadership, and building software. Just me thinking through problems out loud. Head over to my blog for the latest.
Building and shipping small, focused creations—like tools, games, or tutorials—gives me a real burst of energy. The feeling of greenfield coding is just so friggin awesome. I learn best by diving in and getting my hands dirty, turning ideas into working prototypes to truly understand how things tick. Honestly, these days I'm so all-in with work that side projects don't get the love they used to—but the ones below still hold up.
I’m a lifelong sci-fi fan, and these days I love “vibe coding” stories with ChatGPT. We do these creative jam sessions where I throw out ideas and the LLM riffs back with scenes, twists, and new angles. We take turns building the story — I edit, it generates — until a full narrative takes shape. Together, we craft fun, fast-paced, tech-driven sci-fi, basically writing exactly what I want to read.
Promoted from Senior Software Engineer to Lead Software Engineer
Building and shipping autonomous AI agents for the Disney Studios web platform that powers 100+ high-traffic sites including The Disney Homepage, StarWars.com, 20th Century Studios, and Disney Japan.
Developed a suite of internal tools to scale and streamline production workflows for ESPN.com, including:
Promoted from Unix Systems Administrator to Software Engineer
Prototyped and deployed Python-based tools to scale production workflows for Pixar films, including:
Promoted from Case Clerk to Technical Support Specialist
Provided front line tech support for attorneys and staff
Served in the Eastern Ukrainian village of Chuhuiv teaching English
After wrapping up my undergrad in History and spending a couple of years in the Peace Corps, I decided to make a hard left turn into software engineering—honestly, one of the best choices I’ve ever made (second only to marrying my wife). I went all-in at San Francisco City College, stacking my schedule with C++, Databases, Web Development, Software Engineering, Unix System Programming, and Data Science. Somewhere along the way, I even became a TA for Intro to C++, which was exactly as glamorous as it sounds (lots of debugging semicolons and “why won’t this compile?” moments).
While City College was my main base, I wasn’t shy about branching out. I picked up additional coursework at UC Berkeley Extension and later dove into online platforms like Coursera and Code Academy to keep sharpening my skills. Piece by piece, these classes added up to a “degree-ish” equivalent in Computer Science. Spoiler: it worked.
After more back-and-forth with Disney HR than I ever expected,
my patchwork of studies was officially good enough to land me
the engineering role I wanted. That mix of formal instruction,
side-courses, and hands-on teaching not only gave me the
technical foundation I needed—it also taught me that
persistence, curiosity, and a healthy sense of humor are just as
valuable in engineering as knowing your way around a
for loop.
Graduated with Honors