AI Engineer & Software Architect | 25+ years building production systems | Now focused on LLM applications, RAG, and AI agents
Principal-level architect with deep AWS serverless expertise and a track record of leading cloud migrations, building ML pipelines, and scaling engineering teams. Currently building AI-powered products across education and hospitality.
Production RAG system deployed on AWS. Upload documents, ask questions, get cited answers.
AWS Lambda OpenSearch Serverless Claude Bedrock SAM CloudFormation
Autonomous AI agent that researches any topic and produces comprehensive reports with citations.
Claude Tavily AWS Lambda AI Agents
Voice-powered AI assistant. Speak your question, get a spoken answer from the knowledge base.
Whisper ElevenLabs ChromaDB Claude Gradio
A full-stack adaptive testing platform built from the ground up, spanning multiple services:
IRT-based engine that selects questions in real-time based on student ability estimation.
IRT Psychometrics FastAPI Adaptive Testing
Event ingestion, routing, and pub/sub system powering real-time test delivery.
FastAPI WebSocket Pub/Sub Event-Driven
Server-authoritative timer for proctored testing with real-time WebSocket sync.
FastAPI WebSocket Proctoring Real-time
Additional platform services: Question Bank MCP · Student Progress Tracker · Learning Curriculum Builder · Simple Quiz Engine
MCP server that enables Claude to act as a hotel concierge — reservations, service requests, and guest information.
Python MCP Claude Anthropic
| Capability | Technologies |
|---|---|
| RAG Systems | OpenSearch, ChromaDB, Bedrock, embeddings |
| AI Agents | Tool use, multi-step reasoning, autonomous workflows |
| Voice AI | Whisper, ElevenLabs, real-time speech |
| MCP Servers | Claude Desktop integrations, custom tools |
| Real-time Apps | WebSockets, FastAPI, React, Pub/Sub |
| Adaptive Learning | IRT, psychometrics, ability estimation |
| AWS Serverless | Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, SAM |
| Observability | OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana |
- 25+ years in software engineering, 10+ in architecture and leadership roles
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Associate
- Production ML systems with Amazon Comprehend and human-in-the-loop review
- Led data center → AWS cloud migrations and serverless transformations
- Scaled engineering teams from founding members to 100+ engineers
- U.S. Navy Veteran — E4 Sonar Technician, Search and Rescue Swimmer, USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51)
- Education — Assessment tools, learning analytics, adaptive learning (Renaissance Learning, Amplify)
- Hospitality — AI concierge, hotel operations management (Actable)
- Media & Publishing — Real-time content distribution, ML-powered classification (Business Wire)