A little about me.
Professionally
- 24+ years of digital creative experience as an individual contributor, team lead, and manager, as:
- information architect (IA)
- interaction designer (IxD)
- usability and accessibility resource
- user experience (UX) designer
- 5+ years as a software developer/engineer before that, working on desktop and embedded applications.
- I continue to keep up my development skills where possible, because I enjoy it and I strongly believe in craftsmanship—we should be able to build what we design.
- I prefer and enjoy designing and building complete solutions, working end-to-end on a project.
- I adapt quickly to new challenges, domains, and opportunities. My education and experience required me to do so: picking up new tools and technologies while solving nuanced and difficult problems.
- I've worked for small, medium, and large companies—local, national, and international—in a variety of domains:
- embedded technology
- telecommunications
- agricultural technology
- Linux/OS services
- custom construction
- consulting
- At home, I'm an avid system administrator for local and remote Linux servers and networks, and can administer macOS and some Windows boxen.
Personally
My pronouns are he/him.
My hobbies include:
- my rescue pups, Gracie [2008–2023 ❤️] and Boone
- music, primarily collecting
- linguistics, including past studies in Latin, German, and Japanese
- programming languages
- knot tying—past IGKT member
- writing
- photography (digital and film), and photo developing
- modern art and art history
- current events and international news
Volunteering and charity work
- Animal rescue and welfare
- Atlanta Boxer Rescue (ABR): fostering, volunteering, and donations
- Laskey's Lucky Ones & Volunteers (LLOV): fostering, adoption, and donations
- LifeLine Animal Project: donations and temp-fostering
- Local arts groups
- Atlanta Photography Exhibition: exhibition setup and participant