About Me

I am curious about everything. Very few projects have ever captured my undivided attention, but here I introduce a few that have. As you can see, they are multi-dimensional—perhaps that's exactly why they captivated me.

The Journey of a Perpetual Tinkerer

I started out studying mechanical engineering because I love taking things apart to see how they work. There's something magical about peeling back the layers of complexity to discover the elegant logic underneath—whether it's the intricate circuitry of a radio, the mechanical symphony of an engine, or the invisible forces that govern motion itself. At Georgia Tech, I discovered that the entire universe is essentially one magnificent puzzle waiting to be solved, and I wanted to understand every piece.

But the mysteries of the physical world are only part of the story. I'm equally fascinated by the landscapes of human thought and expression—the way ideas evolve, cultures collide, and stories shape reality. So I went back to school and earned a Master's in Humanities, diving deep into the narratives we tell ourselves about who we are and why we're here. Literature, philosophy, history, art, music—these became my other set of tools for deconstructing the world, just with words, colors, and melodies instead of screwdrivers and oscilloscopes.

Building Bridges, One Person at a Time

Understanding how things work is only half the equation; the other half is helping people build better lives. That's why I became a tutor for older adults who dreamed of going to college—many of them the first in their families to pursue higher education. Picture this: a 45-year-old single father, hands trembling slightly as he holds his first college acceptance letter, or a grandfather who finally gets to walk across that graduation stage he'd imagined for decades. These moments aren't just about education; they're about rewriting life stories. The work was so meaningful that I received congressional commendations for it.

I was also drawn to mentoring youth who were veering in the wrong direction. Working with at-risk teenagers taught me that sometimes the difference between a life derailed and a life transformed is just one person who believes in your potential. These kids weren't broken—they were brilliant minds trapped in difficult circumstances. Helping them see their own power and possibility earned me awards, but more importantly, it showed me that the most sophisticated engineering happens when you help someone rebuild their relationship with their own future.

Where Imagination Meets Infinite Possibility

When I discovered software programming, it felt like finding the master key to reality itself. Here was a medium where my boundless imagination could finally run wild—where ideas could leap from the realm of pure thought into tangible existence through nothing more than logic, creativity, and determination. Programming wasn't just another skill; it was the universal translator I'd been searching for my entire life.

My mind has always been restless, creative, and visionary—constantly imagining futures that don't yet exist. While working at Applied Materials in the semiconductor industry, I envisoned something revolutionary: Phi Entertainment, a planetarium-themed entertainment venue that would transform itself to create diverse immersive experiences blending music, theatre, and visuals. This was many years before The Sphere in Las Vegas proved such dreams could become reality. I started building it, pouring my engineering expertise and artistic vision into creating something the world had never seen.

But as I dove deeper into Phi Entertainment, I discovered a critical void in the market. The technology wasn't quite ready for my ambitious vision, and more importantly, finding creative talent was extremely difficult. There was no one-stop shop where creative people could introduce their work, showcase their talents, and network with collaborators. So I did what any restless mind would do—I pivoted momentarily to fill that void with PhiTribe, a creative ecosystem that would encourage collaboration for the evolution of the arts and its contributors.

PhiTribe was more than just a portfolio platform; it was a living, breathing community where artists, designers, musicians, and creators could find their tribes and build something extraordinary together. I had envisioned presenting the project to Adobe once it was up and running. Surprisingly—and I say surprisingly because timing is everything—Adobe ultimately purchased Behance, which operates in a similar space but is, sadly, much less sophisticated and useful than what I had created. PhiTribe was designed to be the neural network of creativity itself, not just a showcase.

But life has a way of writing its own scripts. An unexpected turn forced me to abandon these projects before they could fully bloom. Though they never launched, they weren't failures—they were the crucible that forged my understanding that nothing is impossible to those who believe in themselves. They taught me the power of dreaming big and showed me I needed a more fluid medium to bring my imagination to life.

Now, that same visionary spirit drives my work at Pilot.com, where I solve complex puzzles with elegant code every day, and fuels FindTribe, my latest obsession: helping people and their loved ones never feel lost in large crowded events. FindTribe represents something deeper than just an app—it's about using technology to solve the fundamentally human riddle of connection. When 100,000 people gather for a festival, how do you help them feel less like needles in a haystack and more like stars in the same constellation? How do you turn a sea of strangers into moments of serendipity?

The Thread That Connects Everything

Looking back, there's a beautiful pattern here. Whether I'm analyzing sentencing data to fight bias in the criminal justice system (my work at B.C. McComas), designing systems to optimize semiconductor manufacturing (Applied Materials), or creating apps that help people find each other in crowds, it's all about the same fundamental quest: taking complex systems apart, understanding their true nature, and then rebuilding them to serve humanity better.

I believe technology should democratize opportunity and amplify human potential. Every line of code I write, every system I architect, every person I mentor is part of the same grand mission: making the world more navigable, more connected, and more just.

The kid who dismantled radios just to witness the magic hidden in their circuits has grown up, but the insatiable curiosity remains unchanged. I'm still taking things apart—now I just happen to reassemble them with software, powered by the unshakeable conviction that our most powerful tool for transformation isn't any single technology, but our capacity to imagine how reality could be better, and then code that better world into existence, one visionary project at a time.

Currently crafting the future at Pilot.com by day, and building FindTribe by night, because the most extraordinary adventures happen when boundless curiosity collides with infinite potential.