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Making software and software development teams. Mostly the people parts.


Now

Late 2022

Director of Engineering at AllStripes Research, a Series B healthcare tech startup working on advancing treatments for rare disease. Coming up on two years now... still a newb in health tech, coming around and still lots to learn every day.

Living in Portland, Oregon for 13 years now... long enough to love the place, not nearly long enough to shed the Californian label.

What's happened recently: Mom reached the end of her adventure. Those who know me personally likely know how close Mom and I were, and how committed I was to helping her have high quality time at the end of her journey. She's home now, and I'm finding in a strange way that I can appreciate her more now that I'm removed from the day to day management of her care.

What's exciting: Despite it being my third decade now, I still find myself excited by tech and the opportunities it creates. So many of us would be working in factories just a generation or two ago. And now in the After Times, with so many remote opportunities, you can be in Columbus, OH or Greenville, SC or Wichita, KS (to name a few tertiary cities I've spent time in during the last decade) and have access to the best jobs in the world. Tech isn't perfect - far from it - but I remain adamant that the good far outweighs the bad.

What am I digging in on:

  • Healthcare and health tech. I've been in sponge mode for nearly two years now, not wanting to write much because I was still learning, and also experiencing the journey as caregiver for my mom during her final years.
  • Quantified self. Starting on January 1, 2020, I've been recording every day what I do at a high level, what I focus on, and a rating of my day -2 to 2. Recently added an Apple Watch for additional health metrics, and pumped to start getting quarterly testing added to the mix. Where it's all going is a set of outcomes and the inputs put into the system to hit those outcomes...
  • Travel. Or getting excited about travel again. I've really gotten to know Portland so well over the last 3 years. Now it's time to get into the world again...
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