Engineer of Unconventional Paths
I did not start in a computer lab. I started in a small town with a lot of energy and a hunger to figure things out. At 17 I traded uncertainty for structure and found myself in the U.S. Air Force, operating radar systems and running command and control for a satellite constellation. It was my first real taste of what it means to be responsible for something that cannot fail.
The path after that was not straight. I spent years in construction, landscaping, and waiting tables. I know what it feels like to work a job that demands everything from your body. That time taught me something the classroom never could — that showing up and grinding through difficulty is its own kind of education.
When I went back to school for computer engineering I approached it the same way I approach a long run. Put your head down, ignore the noise, and keep moving forward. That mindset carried me through an ECE degree at Northeastern and into a technical career that has taken me from the deep end of enterprise storage engineering at Dell Technologies to cloud infrastructure and customer architecture at Wasabi Technologies.
Running has been the constant through all of it. I ran my first marathon and never looked back. A 2:48 personal best later, I can tell you that distance running and engineering have more in common than people think. Both demand patience, both punish shortcuts, and both reward the people who keep going when it gets uncomfortable. My morning run is not a hobby. It is how I think, how I reset, and how I show up better for everything else.
I am at my best when the problem is hard and the stakes are real. I do not just fix systems. I outlast them.
Technical Arsenal
- Storage: S3/Object Storage, Dell Unity, Midrange Block/File, Bare Metal
- Cloud: AWS Certified Solutions Architect (SAA-C03), CloudFront, IAM, Route 53
- Systems: Linux Administration, Technical Support Engineering, Automation and Scripting
- The Grit: Marathoner (2:48 PB), Avid Golfer, Problem Solver