About Me
I'm a Staff Data Engineer & Systems Architect with 11+ years bridging high-throughput streaming platforms—Prometheus, Kubernetes, Airflow, and Typesense—with applied AI and ML systems including Model Context Protocol (MCP), Prophet forecasting, Isolation Forest anomaly detection, SNR clustering, and SOC2-ready governance automation.
The Aspects of My Job I Enjoy Most:
- Designing high-throughput telemetry and incident systems
- Shipping production ML with rigorous validation
- Automating governance and operational noise reduction
- Mentoring engineers on platform and data craft
- Building agentic architectures with clear boundaries
- Driving initiatives that create durable operational leverage
Technical Competencies:
- Distributed Telemetry & Event Buses
- Kubernetes & GitOps (ArgoCD)
- Production ML & Forecasting
- Agentic Systems & MCP / RAG
- ETL, Orchestration & Search
- Infrastructure-as-Code & CI/CD
- Relational Modeling & Schema Evolution
- SOC2 Governance & PII Discovery
- APIs, Integration & Observability
- Mentorship & Technical Leadership
Great engineering is about collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning. My work is guided by a mission-driven approach, seeking opportunities where I can contribute to meaningful projects that make a difference.
Outside of work, I enjoy cooking, gardening, and spending time with my family. I have a wonderful wife and three beautiful stepdaughters who keep life exciting. Our home is also shared with a quirky mix of pets—Epona the dog, cats Ember and Ash, a tank full of fish, and Sunny the snake, who's currently on an unauthorized adventure.
I Live My Core Values By:
- Fostering mutually enriching relationships
- Humbly sharing knowledge
- Promoting self-improvement
- Practicing self-care
- Cultivating independent creativity
- Nurturing an adaptable, positive mindset
- Embracing leisure time
- Exploring the world
Let's connect and build something impactful together!