About
The long version, in order
Three threads that look separate on a résumé and are not separate at all.
Bio
Who I am
Biography
I’m a software engineer in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. I started writing code in a high-school Java class in 2018, discovered I could put things on the App Store, and never really stopped. Most of what I do now sits somewhere in machine learning: vision models, OCR, and the unglamorous engineering that makes them usable on real, messy input rather than a clean benchmark.
These days that splits two ways. I founded Vantix Strategies, a boutique firm of forward deployed engineers who embed inside client teams and ship production AI systems, not strategy decks, in under six weeks, with the client owning the IP. And I’m an AI Engineer at UnitedHealthcare, where I built an observability platform spanning legacy and cloud-native systems, and a benefits API that lets internal agents retrieve member data in natural language through MCP servers.
Outside of that I run, far enough that it requires planning rather than enthusiasm, and I ski, hike, and play a fair amount of pickleball, usually somewhere I haven’t been before. The ultras in particular are not a sideline to the engineering. A hundred-mile race and a multi-year project reward the same narrow skill: staying with something whose payoff is a long way off, and managing yourself well enough to still be functional at the end.
I studied computer science at the University of Minnesota: a BS in 2024, then a master’s alongside full-time work, finished in 2025. Before all that I built apps for my high school, won the Congressional App Challenge for Minnesota’s third district, and spent an unreasonable amount of time on a 3D iOS game.
Timeline
All three threads
In order
Work, activities, and travel on one line rather than three. This is the clearest argument the site makes: it is one chronology.
- Work
- Activities
- Travel
2026
Travel
Iceland.
Travel
Two weeks in Japan: Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka.
Work
Observability work prevented over $1M in annual losses by cutting mean time to recovery.
Work
Founded Vantix Strategies, a firm of forward deployed engineers shipping production AI systems in under six weeks.
2025
Work
Became an AI Engineer at UnitedHealthcare, building the enterprise AI observability platform.
Activities
Ran Grandma's Marathon as a double: finish to start, then the race back. 52.4 miles.
Work
Finished the master's in Computer Science.
Activities
Finished my first hundred at Massanutten Mountain Trails, in 34:45:24.
2024
Work
Moved to cloud migration at UnitedHealth Group, containerizing 52 APIs with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
Work
Earned a BS in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota, and started a master's.
2023
Work
Built the TikTok watermark remover, combining object detection and inpainting.
Activities
First trail marathon, at the Superior Fall Trail Race in the Sawtooth Mountains.
Work
Interned at UnitedHealth Group, building computer-vision models for medical documents.
Work
Got properly interested in AI, and trained a Flappy Bird agent with a genetic algorithm.
2022
Activities
Started a run streak: at least one mile every single day. Still going.
Work
Built an appointment app's API in Ruby on Rails.
2021
Work
Joined Jed Mahonis Group as an Android engineer, including work on the Little Free Library app.
Work
Won the Congressional App Challenge for MN-03 with the COVID-19 information site.
Work
Released Target Practice Mania on the App Store.
2020
Work
Took iOS development and built the EPHS app.
2018
Work
Learned Java in a high-school class. That was the start.
Contact
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