About An exploration of the art and
craft of software development

Software Architect/Engineer

With nearly 12 years of web development and software experience at various start-ups and consulting companies, I can comfortably say I’ve found my passion. Having worked with computers since a young child, being a professional software engineer/architect has been a dream come true. I especially enjoy helping clients clarify their product’s vision and implement their ideas as efficiently as possible. I’ve determined that at my core I love to build things whether it’s with legos growing up or complex software applications today. Since the mid 90s I’ve worked in the Minneapolis, Kansas City and Front Range metros. These days my clients clients come from communities on both coasts and in between.

Open Source Software

I really enjoy the open source community. I’ve been using OSS for many years now, several where it was vital to my work. I also give back to the libraries I’ve worked with. I have contributed to the Script.aculo.us, ActiveWarehouse, YUI4Rails and Radiant CMS projects. To view some of my other libraries, please visit my Github profile.

Community

I enjoy volunteering my time in my community. I run the Boulder Ruby Group, a group of Ruby enthusiasts that meet monthly to discuss all things for the Ruby programming language. I also helped organize the first two years of the Mountain West Ruby Conference in Salt Lake City. My most recent venture has been starting the Boulder Lean Startup Circle. It is a group of early stage entrepreneurs that meet regularly to work with Eric Ries’ Lean Startup principles.

Personally

I live in Longmont, Colorado with my lovely wife and two young children. I’m an active father but still manage to get in some after hours coding. I also thoroughly enjoy the mountains whether it’s skiing, hiking, fly fishing or camping. In my former life I was a professional musician and audio engineer but left that world for the more supportive world of IT work. In an even further life I served in the 101st Airborne as an infantryman.