The path to what I’m building now

At Monmouth College in Illinois, I split my time between writing software and studying how societies change over time.

The combination still shapes my work: I enjoy the precision of engineering, but I am most interested in how technology changes the way people live and what societies choose to preserve.

After university, I moved to Melbourne and spent two years as a software engineer at ANZ.

It taught me how large systems are built, reviewed, and maintained. It also made me want to work closer to the problem, the customer, and the consequences of the decisions I was making.

I left ANZ in 2023 and spent nine months travelling through Peru and Mexico.

I studied pre-Columbian engineering, attended Inti Raymi, and spoke with Quechua artisans about materials, trade, and indigenous economic models. Those conversations became the starting point for The Human Archives.

I came home and started The Human Archives: a series of limited-edition garments built around chapters of human history and culture.

Each release is limited to ten pieces. An embedded NFC chip opens a digital archive with research, 3D scans, animation, and interactive historical material. I design the product, write the software, and work with makers to produce each chapter.

Alongside The Human Archives, I built a personal AI system to handle recurring work across my calendar, tasks, messages, and projects. Using it every day taught me where automation is genuinely useful and where it only adds complexity.

I am now applying that experience at Octomate, an AI Automation Agency I co-founded. We begin with an existing business process and build around the people already doing the work. Our first product turns inspection photos and voice notes sent through WhatsApp into annotated, approval-ready reports.