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Product engineer and technical leader
Apple Valley, Minnesota
I build products and scale teams.
I’ve spent more than two decades turning rough ideas into useful products and helping technical teams grow. I write about the decisions, tradeoffs, and judgment behind that work.
How I work.
Most of my work sits between product and engineering. I help teams understand the problem, decide what is worth building, and turn that into software that holds up in the real world.
Writing code is part of the job. So is asking better questions, explaining tradeoffs, and noticing when a reasonable answer does not solve the actual problem.
Good leadership gives people enough context to make decisions without waiting for permission. It also makes disagreement easier because everyone understands what the team is trying to accomplish.
The kind of team I want.
I do my best work with people who communicate with empathy and clarity, collaborate with enthusiasm and purpose, and put people before profits.
The four Fs that guide my life.
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Fitness
Taking care of my body and mind helps me show up with energy and patience.03
Family
I want to be present for my family, not just available.04
Finances
I want to manage money well so it supports the life my family and I want to live.Recent writing.
01Technically correct can still be completely wrong.Why a reasonable technical solution can still miss the real problem.02As AI carries more of the work, we have to carry more of the context.Why teams need to keep the reasoning behind the work.03AI is good at producing. We need to get better at choosing.Why judgment matters more when producing work gets easier.
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