just now
The freezer was fine, the fridge wasn't
Our refrigerator was set to 37 °F and sitting at 65. The freezer was at 0, exactly where it should be.
I’m a problem solver at heart with foundations in software development and team leadership. I have over a decade of experience leading product and strategy for organizations ranging from startups to public companies.
I love working in cross-functional teams of product managers, engineers, user researchers, designers, services and support staff. You can find a full copy of my resume here.
I like to hone and build new skills by working on high-impact products while keeping a beginner’s mindset. You can read more about my thoughts on product development & management, which includes many references to great material put together by wonderful product leaders I’ve followed over the years in Practice of Product. I’ve built an agent-friendly version on github (contact me for access).
I care about helping others, particularly those whose basic rights are being challenged and those impacted by poor public policy. Over the years, I volunteered my time with organizations like Human Rights First, Veterans for American Ideals, Team Rubicon, Operation White Stork and the Veterans Collaborative, which I co-founded. In 2011 I developed an application called FastTrack that helped track vaccine distribution during the H1N1 outbreak as part of my work with Cosanta. I’m currently a member of the Veterans Advisory Council for Everytown for Gun Safety where I focus on suicide prevention and developed Tracer, a tool to track illegal guns. You can learn more about some of these here in Projects.
I was born in Tralee, Ireland and served in the US Marines for 12 years in the reserves and on active duty. I now live in the Boston area with my wife and twins.
If you want to stay in touch, find me on the platforms listed below or via email. You can also follow what I’m reading and thinking about on my news feed.
Our refrigerator was set to 37 °F and sitting at 65. The freezer was at 0, exactly where it should be.
Tracer is a site I built that surfaces ATF firearms-license violation data, so people can see which dealers are breaking the law. It had an AI feature that drafted outreach scripts, and the Gemini key for it sat server-side in a Google AI Studio deployment...
I volunteer my time with organizations like Vet The Vote which is a national campaign to recruit veterans and military family members to become the next generation of poll workers. Here’s a video from 2023:
My agent fleet picks its foundation model every week, and switching costs me almost nothing.
If you are still looking for some #Halloween fun tonight, look no further than this Rocky Horror Show on @npr.org Tiny Desk. It's just a step to the left...
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