Engineering experience
6+ years
Software, platform, security, infrastructure, automation, and production-support work.
Experience
I build and support the systems around AI and data: applications, APIs, workflows, cloud infrastructure, security controls, evaluation, and operational handoff. My background spans enterprise engineering, production ownership, scientific computing, and current graduate AI work.
A few bounded facts from the work history, followed by the complete role chronology.
Engineering experience
Software, platform, security, infrastructure, automation, and production-support work.
Platform modernization
Led dependency, build-tool, and configuration modernization across repositories at Target.
Automation impact
Reduced manual operational effort for a recurring Python data-processing workflow at Securian.
Production ownership
Own the VIFG platform across application delivery, infrastructure, deployment, accessibility, and support.
Graduate work paired with direct support inside the Department of Software Engineering and Data Science.
University of St. Thomas
Department of Software Engineering and Data Science · Saint Paul, Minnesota
Graduate tutoring and computer systems support within the Department of Software Engineering and Data Science.
Historical titles are preserved as recorded. Open any role for responsibilities, outcomes, and technologies.
June 2020 to Present · Sole engineer responsible for the full delivery lifecycle of client-facing and mission-driven software systems: architecture, application development, infrastructure, deployment, security, and ongoing operational support.
New Brighton, MN (Remote)
Current role · Contribute to quarterly financial review, stewardship planning, and nonprofit oversight, helping support responsible operations and organizational accountability.
White Bear Lake, MN
November 2024 to February 2025 · Short-term contract focused on enterprise API integration support: testing, validation, troubleshooting, and cross-team coordination for internal system workflows.
Minneapolis, MN (Remote)
October 2022 to March 2024 · Owned infrastructure automation and cloud application delivery across AWS environments, including configuration management, Kubernetes/EKS support, microservice development, and operational tooling.
St. Paul, MN (Remote)
October 2021 to October 2022 · Owned application-level security hardening across enterprise web applications and OpenShift delivery environments: vulnerability remediation, secure API design, authentication enforcement, and platform-aware troubleshooting.
Cincinnati, OH (Remote)
June 2019 to June 2020 · Built and maintained frontend, service-layer, and platform-delivery software for internal retail systems at enterprise scale: cross-repository modernization, microservice development, Kubernetes delivery, and distributed-team execution.
Minneapolis, MN
July 2018 to November 2018 · Developed and maintained e-commerce and inventory management software.
Minneapolis, MN
May 2016 to August 2017 · Analyzed satellite and ground-based magnetometer data for magnetospheric-physics research, contributing to studies of EMIC wave events and space weather.
Minneapolis, MN
Current graduate study builds on a mathematics, physics, and computer science foundation.
University of St. Thomas
Department of Software Engineering and Data Science · Saint Paul, Minnesota
September 2024 to expected December 2026
Degree in progress with expected completion in December 2026, focused on applied artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and machine learning.
Graduate Certificate in Big Data
In progress · September 2024 to expected December 2026
The university is transitioning this program to the Data Engineering name.
Augsburg University
2014 to 2020
One Bachelor of Science degree with majors in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Issued April 2024 · Expires April 2027
Research signal
The research record spans a published 2018 space-physics collaboration and accepted 2026 information-retrieval work, with each status kept explicit.
View ResearchDeeper context
Five cumulative chapters connect scientific computing, enterprise software, security and platform engineering, production ownership, and applied AI.
Read the full career through-lineI am open to select engineering roles where software, cloud infrastructure, data, automation, and AI need to operate as one dependable system.