About Me¶

I'm a DevOps Tech Lead at Lincoln Loop, a software consultancy that builds custom web applications for organizations like NASA, Mozilla, PBS, and UNICEF. We're a senior, remote-first team — have been since 2007 — and we work primarily in the Python and Django ecosystem. I'm also one of the engineers behind AppPack, Lincoln Loop's platform for simplifying AWS deployments.

Before Lincoln Loop, I spent over seven years at Wayfair where I was a founding member of both the Python Platforms and Dev Acceleration teams. I helped drive the migration from monolith to container-based microservices, championed early adoption of tools like Backstage and Buildkite, and built the Docker and CI/CD foundations that thousands of engineers shipped on daily. Prior to that I was a Software Architect at CustomMade Ventures, where I modernized a Django backend and introduced infrastructure automation practices that cut onboarding time from weeks to hours.

I'm based in Vermont and have been working remotely for most of my career.

What I'm Working On¶

Right now I'm particularly interested in:

• Developer platforms — building paved paths that let product teams ship without thinking about infrastructure
• AWS simplification — making production-grade cloud infrastructure accessible without a dedicated platform team
• Deployment automation — GitOps workflows, progressive delivery, and making rollbacks a non-event
• Observability — getting from "something is wrong" to "here's exactly what happened" as fast as possible

Outside of Work¶

When I'm not writing code, you'll usually find me mountain biking, snowboarding, or hiking around Vermont with my kids. Typical 40-something Vermont dad stuff.

I'm a contributor to the open source ecosystem and believe in working in the open when possible — Lincoln Loop has been active in the Django and Python communities for over 15 years, and that ethos has shaped how I think about building software.