About

I am a retired Staff Software Engineer based in Portland, Oregon. My career in software spanned more than four decades, from the early eras of personal computing through the growth of the commercial internet and into today's shift toward AI-assisted development.

Most recently, I worked at Squarespace as a Staff Software Engineer. My work centered on domains and registrar systems, APIs, platform infrastructure, and large-scale migrations involving millions of customer domains. Across my career, I worked in startups, public companies, and private-equity-owned organizations, contributing to internet-scale systems and earning several patents related to printing and mobile technologies.

My formal education began with a B.A. in Political Science, followed by graduate study in Computer Science and Engineering. That combination still feels relevant: technology is never only about machinery. It is also about institutions, incentives, communication, and the people living with the systems we create.

After the career

Retirement has changed the constraints, but not the instinct to build. I now have more freedom to explore ideas because they are useful, surprising, or simply fun. I can spend time learning how a local model behaves, prototyping a publishing workflow, documenting a bike ride, or cooking something that takes all afternoon.

I live in Portland and have two adult children. The current chapter is about learning, creativity, adventure, and making good use of the time available.