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Engineering across software, platforms, security, and applied AI.

I build and support the systems around AI and data: applications, APIs, workflows, cloud infrastructure, security controls, evaluation, and operational handoff. My background spans enterprise engineering, production ownership, scientific computing, and current graduate AI work.

Career highlights

A few bounded facts from the work history, followed by the complete role chronology.

Engineering experience

6+ years

Software, platform, security, infrastructure, automation, and production-support work.

Platform modernization

50+ repositories

Led dependency, build-tool, and configuration modernization across repositories at Target.

Automation impact

Approximately 40%

Reduced manual operational effort for a recurring Python data-processing workflow at Securian.

Production ownership

Live since 2020

Own the VIFG platform across application delivery, infrastructure, deployment, accessibility, and support.

TargetGE AerospaceSecurianU.S. Bank

Current University of St. Thomas role

Graduate work paired with direct support inside the Department of Software Engineering and Data Science.

CurrentDecember 2025 to Present

Graduate Tutor / Computer Systems Support

Department of Software Engineering and Data Science · Saint Paul, Minnesota

Graduate tutoring and computer systems support within the Department of Software Engineering and Data Science.

Professional experience

Historical titles are preserved as recorded. Open any role for responsibilities, outcomes, and technologies.

Founder & Principal Software Engineer · People's Connection LLC

June 2020 to Present · Sole engineer responsible for the full delivery lifecycle of client-facing and mission-driven software systems: architecture, application development, infrastructure, deployment, security, and ongoing operational support.

New Brighton, MN (Remote)

  • Own the production VIFG platform across React, Docker, Nginx, AWS Lightsail, Route 53, SSL/TLS, accessibility validation, and ongoing support
  • Built GitHub Actions workflows for testing, security and dependency checks, Docker publishing to Amazon ECR, and repeatable AWS deployments
  • Delivered a QR-based wedding media platform, primarily provisioned with AWS CloudFormation, that enabled guests to upload photos and videos to Amazon S3 with Google Photos integration
  • Client and partner delivery has included time2move.io, ARK Landscaping, Outerly, 3C1S, and other initiatives
ReactNext.jsAstroNode.jsFastAPIAWSCloudFormationAmazon ECRAmazon S3DockerGitHub ActionsNginxRoute 53Redis

Treasurer · VIFG Nonprofit

Current role · Contribute to quarterly financial review, stewardship planning, and nonprofit oversight, helping support responsible operations and organizational accountability.

White Bear Lake, MN

  • Participate in quarterly meetings focused on financial review, stewardship planning, and organizational accountability
  • Support oversight of nonprofit operations so the public-facing work stays tied to responsible internal decision-making
  • Bring the same expectation of follow-through, transparency, and operational care into both board service and technical delivery
Financial ReviewStewardship PlanningNonprofit Oversight

Systems Engineer · U.S. Bank

November 2024 to February 2025 · Short-term contract focused on enterprise API integration support: testing, validation, troubleshooting, and cross-team coordination for internal system workflows.

Minneapolis, MN (Remote)

  • Validated and troubleshot REST API integrations using Postman across internal enterprise systems
  • Coordinated with external vendors and internal engineering teams to diagnose and resolve integration issues
  • Maintained technical documentation to support handoff and escalation workflows
PostmanREST APIsTechnical Documentation

Infrastructure Engineer · Securian Financial

October 2022 to March 2024 · Owned infrastructure automation and cloud application delivery across AWS environments, including configuration management, Kubernetes/EKS support, microservice development, and operational tooling.

St. Paul, MN (Remote)

  • Authored and maintained Ansible playbooks for AWS server provisioning, configuration, and application deployment
  • Supported Java and Spring Boot services in AWS EKS and Kubernetes environments using kubectl, Helm, deployment configuration, and workload-capacity settings
  • Deployed and operated applications across AWS EC2, S3, and RDS while supporting engineering tools including GitHub, SonarQube, and SauceLabs
  • Automated recurring data-processing workflows with Python, reducing manual operational effort by approximately 40%
AnsibleAWS EKSKuberneteskubectlHelmAWS EC2AWS S3AWS RDSJavaSpring BootPythonSonarQubeGitHub

Cybersecurity Engineer · General Electric Aviation

October 2021 to October 2022 · Owned application-level security hardening across enterprise web applications and OpenShift delivery environments: vulnerability remediation, secure API design, authentication enforcement, and platform-aware troubleshooting.

Cincinnati, OH (Remote)

  • Remediated vulnerabilities across Java and React applications using AVA, SAST, and DAST findings
  • Worked within OpenShift environments by editing deployment YAML and inspecting pods while coordinating application and platform fixes
  • Implemented CSRF protections, OAuth2/JWT authentication, and API endpoint hardening across internal systems
  • Designed and documented REST APIs through Swagger/OpenAPI to support secure integration patterns across distributed teams
JavaReactJavaScriptOpenShiftKubernetes YAMLPod TroubleshootingAnsibleAWSOAuth2JWTSwagger/OpenAPISAST/DAST

Software Engineer · Target Corporation

June 2019 to June 2020 · Built and maintained frontend, service-layer, and platform-delivery software for internal retail systems at enterprise scale: cross-repository modernization, microservice development, Kubernetes delivery, and distributed-team execution.

Minneapolis, MN

  • Built and supported React applications and Kotlin microservices used across internal operational workflows
  • Supported AWS EKS and Kubernetes delivery using kubectl, Helm, CircleCI pipeline configuration, and Ansible-based workflows
  • Diagnosed and resolved issues across 30+ repositories as part of platform support rotations
  • Led modernization across 50+ repositories through dependency upgrades, build-tool migration, and configuration standardization
ReactKotlinMicroservicesAWS EKSKuberneteskubectlHelmCircleCIAnsibleGitAgile

Software Developer · Graphic Systems LLC

July 2018 to November 2018 · Developed and maintained e-commerce and inventory management software.

Minneapolis, MN

  • Upgraded and maintained shipment and inventory software including storefront and API workflows
  • Improved inventory management workflows inside the existing system
  • Worked with Four51 batch upload integration
APIsFour51Adobe Creative Suite

Data Analyst (Space Physics Internship) · Augsburg University

May 2016 to August 2017 · Analyzed satellite and ground-based magnetometer data for magnetospheric-physics research, contributing to studies of EMIC wave events and space weather.

Minneapolis, MN

  • Used IDL and Python to ingest, transform, and analyze scientific data from satellite and ground-based magnetometer observations
  • Generated line plots and FFT-based spectral visualizations and spectrograms for large scientific datasets
  • Manually reviewed large volumes of resulting visualizations to identify candidate and anomalous events for research-team analysis
  • Contributed analysis used in conference research and the 2018 peer-reviewed JGR: Space Physics paper
IDLPythonFFTMagnetometer DataSpace Weather

Education and certification

Current graduate study builds on a mathematics, physics, and computer science foundation.

In progress

Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence

Department of Software Engineering and Data Science · Saint Paul, Minnesota

September 2024 to expected December 2026

Degree in progress with expected completion in December 2026, focused on applied artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and machine learning.

Graduate Certificate in Big Data

In progress · September 2024 to expected December 2026

The university is transitioning this program to the Data Engineering name.

Completed

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science

2014 to 2020

One Bachelor of Science degree with majors in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science.

Certification

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Issued April 2024 · Expires April 2027

Peer-reviewed and accepted research

The research record spans a published 2018 space-physics collaboration and accepted 2026 information-retrieval work, with each status kept explicit.

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The full career through-line

Five cumulative chapters connect scientific computing, enterprise software, security and platform engineering, production ownership, and applied AI.

Read the full career through-line

Start a role conversation

I am open to select engineering roles where software, cloud infrastructure, data, automation, and AI need to operate as one dependable system.