Technologist & Strategist

I help organizations move from theory to practice across areas like artificial intelligence, emerging technology trends, data analytics, data safeguarding, cybersecurity, and platform modernization. The interesting part is rarely the technology itself. It is helping people decide what is worth doing, and passing along what other organizations have already learned the hard way.

I currently work with the Federation of Tax Administrators, the national organization supporting principal tax agencies in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and the cities of New York, Philadelphia, and Kansas City, Missouri. I also host FTA Tax Breaks, where we explore the people, ideas, and technologies shaping the future of tax administration.

A growing part of my work looks further out, following frontier AI capabilities as they emerge and working through what they mean for organizations that plan in multi-year cycles. I bring that research into talks and briefings built around a practical question: what is real today, what is close, and what is still further off than the headlines suggest.

Before FTA, I was a brand facilitator and lead project manager at a marketing agency, where I helped public, private, and non-profit organizations build stronger communities by creating compelling brands and memorable experiences. Earlier still, I worked in virtualization and custom application development. That combination shapes how I sequence the work: people, planning, and strategy come first, and the technical requirements take shape from there.

Outside of work, my partner Mike and I are rescue dog dads and unapologetic theme park enthusiasts.