Software engineer · IT · moving into product
I build and ship products.
An engineer and IT pro on the product track. Find the problem, design the fix, then ship the solution. Forever iterating, forever learning.
About
Builder first. Engineer by degree. Product by choice.
I've been writing code and building things since I was a kid. That's what took me to Kennesaw State where I studied for a B.S. in Software Engineering.
I started full-time IT support during college at Cherry Creek School District, then transitioned to EchoStar. Fixing the thing in front of me and noticing the pattern behind it became second nature. Working that close to how systems break, and how people actually use them, pulled my attention toward the root problem instead of the symptom.
By the end of my junior year, I was able to give that pull a name: Product. Now I’m here, pursuing the path.
Selected work
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CruxTrack
Full-stack platform · agile team of 4
Climbing-gym management platform. I lead product discovery, authoring the SRS and Requirements Traceability Matrix. Advocated for role-based access control, and pivoted from JavaFX to a Spring Boot + Angular architecture.
Angular · Spring Boot · Spring Security · SQLite
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Specter CRM
In progressSolo build · PM case study
A personal CRM for busy professionals. Solo project being self-hosted on a VPS, but scoped like a product with formal artifacts so each decision is traceable.
Angular · Spring Boot · PostgreSQL · Self-hosted
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Ford Trim Level Selector
Team lead of 6 · full lifecycle
Led a six-person team through a full-semester product lifecycle including sprint planning, standups, stakeholder comms. Shipping a data-driven app for querying Ford trim configurations. Earned a 100% project score.
Web app · database-driven · responsive frontend
2,000+ tickets
EchoStar · IT Technician I · using LLM assistants and automation scripts to streamline support and turn recurring issues into improvements.
$5,000+ / semester saved
Cherry Creek School District · repaired devices in-house, cutting turnaround ~50%.
Write Ups
Notes from building in public.
Working through the IT-to-product transition. Showing what I'm building, what's breaking, and what I'd do differently.
- Specter CRM - Early Stages Product discovery, user stories, and PRD creation.
- Using Tableau for Product How I am using Tableau to transition into product.
- Faceless Instagram Page - Marketing Case Study Distribution, audience, and what the numbers show.
Contact
Hiring for product, or building something worth talking about? Let's talk.