👋 About
I'm the Head of AI at Honor Education,where I build multi-agent systems and integrate AI into our educational platform while helping the company figure out how to actually leverage AI effectively. I'm not interested in impressive demos—I'm focused on shipping tools that work and cutting through the hype to find what moves the needle. With 15+ years of engineering experience, I stay close to the code while leading AI initiatives, working with LangGraph applications, MCP integrations, and everything in between.
My journey in eng started in 2010 when I got curious about "viewing page source" and fell in love with not only designing for the web, but building it. Since then, I've progressed through companies ranging from large enterprises to innovative startups, including Ameriprise Financial, VSCO, and DocuSign.
These days, I spend my time working at Honor Education—from native clients to Java backends, with TypeScript, Python, and AI models in between. I'm passionate about the intersection of engineering leadership and cutting-edge AI technology.
When I'm not writing code or thinking about transformers and attention, you can find me on my bike exploring Minneapolis, MN, or discovering great coffee shops and frequenting breweries with excellent IPAs.
💼 What I Do
AI Leadership
Leading research and development of AI solutions that transform educational technology.
Full-Stack Development
Architecting and building scalable systems from native apps to backend services.
Research & Innovation
Exploring cutting-edge technologies and translating research into production systems.
Ride My Bike
Gotta ride my bike. It's good for my health (and all my relationships).
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2025-Present
Head of AI - Honor Education
Working as a head of AI with Honor. Sorting out how to leverage AI effectively on the platform and in our day to day work.
2024-Present
Principal Software Engineer - Honor Education
Working as a principal software engineer with Honor. Working across the entire stack and leading the team in building out the Honor platform.
2022-2024
Lead Web Engineer - Honor Education
Working as a founding web-engineer responsible for building the apps that instituions use to craft their course content as well as building the apps students use to consume. Spent most of my time building in Next with TypeScript and crafting APIs using Node and Java hitting a Postgres DB all deployed on AWS infra.
2020-2022
Lead Web Engineer - DocuSign
Leading a team of engineers who built a React component library used to power apps across the enterprise. Led the transition to TypeScript which led to easier refactors with less regressions. Also, implemented a robust CI/CD pipeline that reduced developer effort required for releasing as well as making it easier for the flaghsip apps to upgrade. Build out a hiring pipeline and helped build the team culture.
2019-2020
Senior Engineering Manager - VSCO
Led migration from Flow to TypeScript. Led integration of new HR software into website to automate job postings. Worked with product/creative to implement custom CMS for company blog.
2013-2019
Director - Front End Engineering - Ameriprise Financial
Started as only front-end engineer in organization and grew team to 25 engineers. Team was responsible for building out all advisor facing applications used to create and maintain business. Led migration to SPA architecture. Implemented hiring best practices. Worked with staff engineers to utilize TypeScript in the codebase. Led enterprise in choosing React as the standard framework.