Bio
Scholar. Bon vivant. Champion of the oppressed.
- Target Lead AI Engineer
- Meta Mesh Wireless Communities Board President
- Code & Supply Managing Director & Scholarship Fund board secretreasurer
Formerly of:
- IBM Watson Software Engineer
- Imagine Careers Talent Advisory Team
- Vivísimo Applications Engineer
- Arcadia.io (formerly Arcadia Health Solutions) Director of Software Engineering
Events I’ve organized:
- Heartifacts 2018 & 2020
- Abstractions 2016 & 2019
- Uptime 2017
- devopsdays Pittsburgh 2014 & 2015
- Steel City Ruby 2012-2014
- The GXL 2013 & 2014
- Pittsburgh LAN Coalition 2006-2013
- Western PA Youth Leadership Seminar, 2002-2006
My Talks
Code Review is an Architectural Necessity
This talk looks at Code Review from an architect's viewpoint, arguing that Code Review is an essential component of a product's architectural plan because of the quality attributes it may provide. ...
Mosh when you're in the pit
Mosh is the mobile shell, a wrapper around SSH that mitigates latency and disconnections problems. This lightning talk will introduce folks to Mosh and leave everyone immediately wanting to use it ...