Identity & Purpose

A compass for how I build, decide, and solve hard problems.

Who I Am

I'm a founding/Principal Engineer who treats complex financial systems the same way I treat organizations: as machines that deserve clarity, pressure-tested design, and predictable behavior.

My work leans on one premise: complexity isn't the enemy—opacity is.

If a system is understandable, it becomes evolvable. If it's evolvable, it scales.

I build for that arc.

What I Actually Do

My primary job is simple to say and hard to execute:

Make systems reliable, legible, and change-ready—and grow people who can do the same.

That means:

  • Turning ambiguity into crisp decisions and interfaces
  • Reducing surprise surface area
  • Raising judgment across the team so quality becomes a shared standard, not a bottleneck

The Problem I Solve

Fast-growing companies drown in hidden complexity: undocumented standards, brittle workflows, naïve interfaces, and decision bottlenecks dressed up as heroics.

I solve the meta-problem: designing the environment where good decisions become the default outcome.

Fewer rescues. Fewer debates reopened. More people building with clarity and momentum.