Products shipped to real customers. Initiatives rescued from years of stall. Billions in hardware validated.
Multi-Instrument Test Workflows
Desktop application for multi-instrument test workflows. I defined and launched InstrumentStudio Professional Edition from scratch, directly developed/recorded the training/sales enablement content and delivered the launch keynote at NIConnect.
gRPC Measurement Plugins
Plugins written as gRPC services for developing measurement logic that spans languages, products, and systems. I developed the direction, behaviors, priorities and deployment strategy.
Enterprise Test Data Management
Cloud and on-prem platform for managing test data at scale. I drove the PostgreSQL migration (50% faster queries) and replaced proprietary dashboards with Grafana. When the Parametric Data Viewer stalled, I used domain knowledge from my test framework background to cast direction and provided daily guidance through iteration. My team shipped the viewer in one quarter and it became the product's most customer-loved feature.
Image Acquisition Drivers
Image acquisition drivers for NI's framegrabbers and smart cameras. Developed the kernel and user drivers, shipped 8 releases as project manager over 4 years.
The theme across all of it: making other people faster and more accurate.
Joined a project 3 years in at 50% complete. Assessed state, designed phased rollout, shipped to all of NI manufacturing in 1 year with zero downtime. Still validates billions of dollars in hardware.
Identified the need, persuaded leadership to invest. Designed abstraction making tests reusable across validation/production phases, different product families, and different instrumentation. Saved thousands of hours of engineering time.
Took over an initiative stuck in concept and negotiation for 2 years. Created phased approach, shipped NI's first desktop gRPC ecosystem in 1 year with multi-language support and early adopters actively using it.
Test station image switchover required removing hard drives and hours at a dedicated imaging station. Took the initiative to explore the problem, learn the technology, and build a solution in one quarter, reducing imaging time to minutes. Rolled out the change to manufacturing and saved thousands of hours over the last decade.
A senior architect wrote he'd "hire me in a second to fix any wayward project, but especially to make a product line thrive."
AI-assisted development has unlocked a golden era for my side projects. These shipped in months while working full-time—each started with a real problem I understood deeply.
Sherman's Circular Gallifreyan Design Platform
The most sophisticated automated implementation of Sherman's Circular Gallifreyan writing system. Over a decade of refinement on the algorithm that started in 2011.
10+ years perfecting the algorithm. The obvious stuff (placing circles, following rules) is straightforward. The hard stuff—connective line aesthetics, corner cases, word circle arrangement, 100% reproducibility—took years. I couldn't let it go unfinished.
Multiplayer Browser Games
A monorepo hosting multiple tabletop-inspired multiplayer games, built collaboratively with my son. He has the game design ideas; I handle the implementation and teach him engineering along the way.
My son wanted to play his multiplayer tabletop games online with friends and share his creations with the world.
Publisher-Author Collaboration Platform
A B2B SaaS platform for small publishers to manage author relationships, royalties, and project workflows.
My wife runs a small publishing business and wanted help automating royalty tracking/calculation as well as project tracking. The existing software is either enterprise-priced or doesn't work in all the ways she wanted. I built what she actually needed in a way that could also scale to serve other publishers.
Voice-Driven Interactive Fiction
Play classic text adventures using voice. Neural TTS and STT models bring interactive fiction to life, while Gemini translates natural speech into proper game commands and answers questions about the game world mid-play.
I wanted to experience classic interactive fiction in a new way—hands-free, anywhere. Voice interaction makes these games accessible while driving, walking, or just relaxing.