About

I've spent my career in the gap between people who don't understand each other — engineers and executives, computer scientists and marketers, code and customers. In the 1990s, my professional career began with technical writing before I moved into software programming, spending fifteen years in the software industry as a full stack developer for both large corporations like Allied Signal and American Express and small startups.

In 2010, I committed to starting my own business, and in 2011 opened FilmBar, a small single-screen cinema and bar featuring independent, foreign and cult films. Beyond the everyday tasks of running a brick and mortar business, I relied heavily on skills I developed in my professional career: web development, network administration, and system administration. I also wrote everything for the business — weekly newsletters, internal procedural documentation, social media copy. I learned how to be the voice of a brand without losing my own. I also developed leadership skills and, crucially, identified my limitations — whether due to personal shortcomings or simply burnout. I gained a deeper understanding of both the importance of working as a team and the discipline of knowing when to stop.

The financial strains of COVID forced me to close FilmBar in 2022. That loss taught me more than any success ever did.

In 2023, I returned to Arizona State University to finish the degree I'd started over three decades earlier, majoring in philosophy. In 2025, I was awarded a B.A. in Philosophy, graduating summa cum laude. Then came the deep dive. I was accepted into the MSc (Epistemology, Ethics, and Mind) program at the University of Edinburgh and finished my dissertation on AI consciousness in the summer of 2026.

Now I'm back to where I started — with words. What's different is what the words are about. After a career bridging the gap between engineers, executives, and customers, and a master's degree spent synthesizing neuroscience, mathematics, computer science, and philosophy, I know where technical communication breaks down, and how to fix it.