I’ve been working in distributed systems and big data for more than a decade. My goal is to help analysts, engineers, managers, executives improve their software development skills.

I love helping people grow and develop, both in their careers and in their lives. I began mentoring interns early in my career, and soon began to lead more junior developers as well. I’ve helped managers understand their teams better, and helped teams understand more about what their manager needs from them. I’ve helped executives better understand complex technical initiatives from their cost, to scope, staffing, and direction.

Large format presentations on complex systems or problems are one of my favorite challenges; past talk topics have included Apache Spark, Spark Streaming, expert systems, a series on event driven systems including Kafka, a series on data mesh architectures, domain driven design, and change data capture. I enjoy targeting the information for each audience, making sure to capture details of value for everyone.

I enjoy helping dreamers reach their goals and helping them build actionable plans to achieve them, whether technical or personal. If you’re trying to learn a new software language, framework, design pattern, or tool, I’d love to help you achieve your goal. If you’re trying to build a project or product, I’d love to help you keep moving in the right direction.

Technology careers frequently have side effects outside of work. Work life balance can be difficult to maintain, and managing stress is a real issue. I also like to help people focus on creating environments that help them work in healthy ways to avoid unnecessary stress and burnout.