Applied AI · Solutions Architect
I use emerging technology to build systems that deliver.
I'm helping Customers use AI technology to build real solutions that people can actually rely on, at AirOps and in the tools and writing here. Bias for ownership and action.
I've spent my career focused on taking ownership of something complex and messy and engineering it into a system that delivers measurable value. It started in supply chain, industrial engineering, labor management, warehouse execution. Now it's AI agents, content engineering, and answer-engine optimization. The domain can change, but the process doesn't.
Projects
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Where Would Raleigh Put an MLB Ballpark?
An interactive map that scores every developable parcel in the Triangle to find where a Major League Baseball stadium could actually go, and drops a true-to-scale ballpark on each site.
CFB Recruiting Pipeline
An interactive map of college football recruiting offers, drawn as arcs from each school to every recruit it offered (built with D3 and public data).
CFB Recruiting Origins Map
See where any college football team's recruits come from on an interactive U.S. map: local fortress or national brand.
Recent writing
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The Two Apple Intelligence Models, and How Your Phone Decides
A plain-English tour of Apple's on-device model, Private Cloud Compute, and the ChatGPT tier, plus the surprising reason your iPhone and an expensive Mac aren't as far apart as you'd think. Part 3 of a 6-part series on local AI.
A Short History of Apple Intelligence (and the Siri That Kept Slipping)
How Apple Intelligence went from a big 2024 stage promise to what actually shipped, and why the personal-context Siri took until 2026. Part 2 of a 6-part series on local AI.
What Is Apple Intelligence?
A plain-English overview of Apple Intelligence (the on-device-first personal AI layer in iPhone, iPad, and Mac) and the kickoff to a 6-part series on why local AI is worth paying attention to.
Currently
AI Solutions Architect at AirOps, an AI-search and answer-engine-optimization platform, where I build the content systems and agent workflows that help brands get cited by AI. On the side, I build interactive data tools and write about what I learn. Based in Raleigh-Durham, NC.