About

I'm an AI solutions engineer. My work is helping organizations figure out where AI genuinely belongs in what they do, and just as often where it doesn't. A demo can make almost anything look capable. What matters is how a tool performs in the hands of real people, on an ordinary Tuesday.

I came to AI from infrastructure. For years I built and ran the unglamorous systems that everything else depends on: networks, firewalls, configuration management, the automation that keeps a business running while everyone sleeps. That work taught me a habit of mind I still carry. Systems earn trust by being dependable and understandable. A tool that people can't predict or verify is a liability, however good the marketing.

I believe the most interesting questions about AI are human ones. What should people keep doing themselves, even when a machine could do it? How does a team stay sharp while delegating more of its thinking? I write about these questions here, and I build small, useful things to keep my opinions honest: civic tools, news readers, games.

Away from the keyboard I'm usually golfing, cooking, or reading.