Creating real impact for customers
What excites me most is helping customers get time back. When monitoring becomes easier to deploy and manage, teams can:
- Meet more deadlines
- Take on more projects
- Reduce operational overhead
- Focus on what actually matters
That shift has a direct impact on how successful a project, and a business, can be.
A background built on understanding customers
My interest in this field started early, during an archaeology dig in college. That experience sparked a lasting interest in the geo-sciences space.
Later, at Esri, I deepened that connection by helping organizations understand the value of thinking spatially and using data to drive better decisions.
Throughout my career in enterprise analytics, one thing has stayed consistent:
Start with understanding the customer. Then align technology to create meaningful outcomes.
What makes the work rewarding
For me, it comes down to people.
I enjoy building real connections and bringing useful knowledge into conversations. The most rewarding moments are when you can clearly see that something you introduced is making a customer’s work easier or more effective.
That is what motivates me every day.
Outside of work
Outside of work, I spend my time working on cars, driving them, playing disc golf, and making or listening to music.
I am also always reading something, usually older science fiction.
A fun coincidence: I moved from Atlanta to Minneapolis in 2010, and years later, adopted a cat from a local shelter, only to find out he was originally from Atlanta, too.
And while I can appreciate both, I am definitely more of a night owl.
