Build for consequence
Prioritize reliability, safety, and the outcome—not the novelty of the stack.
Software engineer · Founder · AI builder
Building safe, effective AI systems for the real world.
I enjoy turning AI workflows and data pipelines into useful products. Proud to be among the builders shaping the AI revolution.
Chicago, IL
AI security
Full-stack systems
Cloud architecture
Product strategy
Machine vision
Data engineering
01 About
Engineer at the intersection of intelligence, security, and product.
I’m a software engineer who likes difficult problems with tangible outcomes: safer AI, faster data systems, and products people choose to use.
My work moves comfortably between technical depth and product ownership. I’ve led AI red-teaming for Toyota, improved computer-vision and data systems at John Deere, and built Fapply from first idea to a platform serving more than 500 active users.
I earned my B.S. in Software Engineering with a Data Science minor from Iowa State University, where my team won the 2024 Senior Design Project award.
Own the full loop
Move from user research and architecture through delivery, measurement, and iteration.
Make complexity useful
Translate sophisticated systems into clear, dependable experiences for real people.
02 Experience
A track record of shipping, scaling, and strengthening systems.
From founder-led product development to enterprise AI and high-performance data infrastructure.
2025—Now
Fapply
Founder
Founded and scaled an AI-powered job search platform and browser copilot to $2,500 in monthly recurring revenue and 500+ active users.
- Architected a full-stack serverless product across AWS Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, and Stripe.
- Integrated Gemini and ChatGPT APIs with vector search for intelligent job matching and application support.
- Owned product strategy, CI/CD, analytics, user research, brand, and go-to-market execution.
AWSNext.jsTypeScriptTerraformPostHog
2025
Toyota
Generative AI Developer
Led AI security strategy for conversational and agentic systems, hardening production workflows against emerging adversarial threats.
- Built adversarial simulation frameworks for prompt injection, jailbreaking, and data-exfiltration testing.
- Developed production guardrails with Python, AWS Lambda, Serverless, and Terraform.
- Fine-tuned red-team and guardrail models using PyRIT, Bedrock, and SageMaker while contributing to AI governance standards.
LangGraphPyRITBedrockSageMakerPython
2023—24
John Deere
Data Scientist
Improved machine-vision quality and engineered high-performance data workflows for Automation & Autonomy teams.
- Evaluated 30+ AI algorithms to improve image-anonymization efficiency by 300% and detection accuracy by 100%.
- Built standardized validation tests with global teams to strengthen GDPR compliance.
- Engineered Databricks, SQL, and PySpark pipelines that cut execution runtime by more than 1000×.
PySparkDatabricksPyTorchOpenCVTableau
Earlier engineering & teaching experience 5 roles
John Deere
Software Engineer Intern
Led development of a .NET Core telemetry application, automated AWS authentication, and built C# geospatial tools for 300+ connected machines.
Danfoss
Software Developer Intern
Built React interfaces for virtual-machine management and Python/PowerShell automation for access and internal IT workflows.
Iowa State University · ECpE
Head Teaching Assistant
Progressed into a lead role supporting foundational computer engineering instruction and coordinating hands-on lab guidance.
Proplanner Inc.
Software Developer Intern
Refactored legacy systems, improved application runtime by up to 10×, and remediated SQL injection and XSS vulnerabilities.
Iowa State University
Teaching Assistant
Guided students through foundational C programming and led lab sessions involving hands-on PS4 controller programming.
03 Expertise
Technical range, organized around the problems it solves.
01
AI engineering & security
Building and testing intelligent systems for safety, predictable behavior, and real-world performance.
02
Product & full-stack
Shipping complete products from interface and API design through payments, analytics, and iteration.
03
Cloud & delivery
Designing resilient infrastructure and repeatable delivery paths that support fast, confident releases.
04
Data & performance
Turning high-volume data into fast pipelines, reliable analysis, and decisions teams can act on.
Languages across the stack
PythonTypeScriptJavaScriptJava
C#C++CSQLSwift
04 Selected work
Products and systems built to create measurable change.
01
Founder-led product · AI job search
Fapply
An AI-powered job-search platform and browser copilot that turns a fragmented application process into a focused, intelligent workflow.
500+ active users
$2.5K MRR
- Next.js
- AWS
- Gemini
- ChatGPT
- Stripe
02
Mobile fitness platform
FitBandit
Built the real-time calorie-tracking backend and cloud infrastructure for a mobile app published to the Google Play Store.
- Java
- Spring Boot
- MySQL
- Docker
- AWS
03
Award-winning senior design
Machine to Human Vision
Led a six-person engineering team building a wearable navigation system that translated stereo vision and object detection into touch and sound for people with visual impairments.
6 engineers
2024 class winner
- Python
- OpenCV
- YOLO
- Intel RealSense
05 Education
Grounded in engineering. Expanded through practice.
Iowa State University · Ames, IA
B.S. Software Engineering
Minor in Data Science · GPA 3.6 / 4.0 Software Engineering Advisory Board Member August 2020 — May 2024
Senior Design Project
2024 Class Winner
2024 Class Winner
06 Contact
Have an ambitious problem?
Let’s build what’s next.
I’m always interested in thoughtful conversations about AI, product, security, and technically ambitious work.