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Engineering leader and full-stack developer in California's Central Valley. I've spent 25 years building software and the last decade-plus leading the teams that build it, and I still ship side projects for the fun of it.
My story
I started writing software professionally in the late 2000s at Decipher, building survey-platform SaaS, and I never really stopped. At Bitwise Industries I went from teaching the next generation of developers at Geekwise Academy, to running that program, to serving as CTO, owning technology across the whole company. Along the way I co-founded Tatstat, an online booking platform for tattoo artists.
These days I'm an engineering manager at Aligned, leading teams that build real products in the AI era. Most of that work ships under a client's name: I helped stand up the AI safety layer behind Gabb Messenger, and I'm now leading a ground-up rebuild of Parsec's edtech platform. Different teams, different stacks, same job, ship something people can actually trust.
When I'm not doing that, I'm usually still building: a Mac automation app, an AI coach for a board game I love, a website for a podcast, or a little study game for one of my kids. This site is where I keep the things I'm proud of.
And in 2025 we welcomed home our fluffiest teammate, Ojai, who supervises every deploy from the floor of my office and keeps firm opinions about when it's time for a walk.
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Okay, the donut
Most engineering portfolios look the same: gray, tasteful, forgettable. I wanted the opposite. A donut is warm, a little playful, and impossible to scroll past without a small smile. You'll remember it, which is sort of the point.
And it's true to how I actually am. Twenty-five years deep and I still get a kick out of building things. Serious about the work, not precious about myself. If a donut makes this place feel a bit more human, it's doing its job.
Get Glazy on GitHub →I'm open to interesting projects and good conversations. The fastest way to reach me is email.