Serial Entrepreneur · Engineering Executive · Platform Architect
Building technology that protects people, scales organizations, and solves problems others won't touch.
About
I've been building technology since before I could drive — managing servers and building networks for my school district at 13, developing websites and SaaS platforms for businesses at 16 during the dot-com boom. By my early twenties, I'd launched my first company. By the time most people finish their CS degree, I had a decade of production experience.
That unconventional foundation is why I approach problems differently. When a national SaaS company brought me on as a developer, I became their Director of Engineering within 30 days. I scaled that team from 5 to 25 across distributed locations, managed the full AWS infrastructure, and led the engineering organization through a major bank acquisition.
I serve on the board of Online Policing Solutions, the company behind NPS-AID — a national public safety platform that protects disabled and vulnerable people during law enforcement encounters. It's deployed across 31 states with 600+ agencies, and OPS maintains federal partnerships with the FBI and DHS.
Six businesses founded across e-commerce, tattoo, technology, public safety, and beyond. Zero venture capital. Every venture built on strategy, execution, and an unwillingness to work on things that don't matter.
What I Do
Technology leadership, public safety innovation, and the realities of scaling engineering organizations. Talks grounded in two decades of building — not theory.
View TopicsFractional CTO engagements, platform architecture, SaaS strategy, and AI integration for organizations that need senior technical leadership without the full-time overhead.
Let's TalkMulti-tenant SaaS platforms for public safety, government, and regulated industries — architected for compliance, scale, and real-world adoption. Built through Scrypster.
See My WorkImpact
Agencies on platform
States deployed
Engineers scaled
Years building
Companies founded
Track Record
Launched in my early twenties — before Shopify existed and while Amazon was still selling books. A 10,000-SKU e-commerce operation with dropship fulfillment nationwide. The retail model pivoted to B2B when car dealerships began sourcing inventory through the platform. Built entirely on internet presence and relationship-driven sales.
14 years building software and infrastructure across education, beauty and wellness, and law enforcement. This cross-industry foundation — understanding how fundamentally different organizations adopt and resist technology — became the strategic advantage behind everything that followed.
Born from a Rowan University business plan competition where I engineered a next-generation tattoo machine — complete with SolidWorks designs, prototypes, and a provisional patent in progress. The brand I built had top search rankings in tattooing before the shop ever opened. Evolved into a successful studio that proved the model: engineer the product, build the brand, then commercialize.
Launched my own studio under sole ownership. Still open, consistently top-rated. Built on the operational lessons from Hydravolve with full creative and business control.
Founded as a technology consultancy and education platform. 10K+ YouTube subscribers, SaaS development practice, and the consulting engagement that would lead directly to national-scale public safety technology.
Board member and technology architect. NPS-AID is a CAD-integrated national public safety platform protecting disabled and vulnerable people during law enforcement encounters. 600+ agencies across 31 states. OPS maintains federal partnerships with the FBI and DHS.
Speaking
Keynotes, panels, and workshops for technology conferences, law enforcement summits, leadership events, and entrepreneurship forums.
How a grassroots disability safety program inspired a national technology platform. The journey from the Blue Envelope concept to a CAD-integrated system deployed across 31 states and 600+ agencies.
Why most GovTech fails before it reaches a single user — the 18-month procurement cycles, the meeting before the meeting, and the product strategy that got a platform adopted by 600+ agencies across 31 states.
Five engineers became 25 — and the team became a freight train. The blueprint for building a high-performing engineering organization: hiring that compounds talent, culture that creates force multipliers, and the leadership alignment required to sustain it.
$30K in debt after a market crash wiped out my first company. The story of 16-hour days across two jobs, flipping houses at midnight, and grinding from negative to 6 companies across 5 industries.
How a self-taught builder navigated the AWS ecosystem over 10+ years — what I got wrong, what I'd do differently, and how I landed on an architecture that runs a national platform. No jargon. No PhD required.
AI had a memory problem. I built the fix. The story of how one builder is using AI to ship faster, solve harder problems, and stay ahead — and why adapting now isn't optional.
Content
Technical deep dives, platform architecture breakdowns, and strategic perspectives. 10K+ subscribers on the Scrypster YouTube channel.
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Get In Touch
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