I build software, architect systems, lead development teams, teach the next generation of software engineers, and help organizations make better technology decisions.

I'm an Assistant Professor-Educator at the University of Cincinnati and a Faculty Fellow / Technical Lead at the Information Technology Solutions Center (ITSC), where I work with student development teams to deliver production software for industry, government, education, and research partners.

I'm also the founder of Clearbound Consulting, where I work directly with organizations on technology strategy, software architecture, custom software, AI & automation, and team enablement.

My work sits at the intersection of software architecture, applied AI, data systems, developer tooling, technology strategy, and experiential learning.

I like taking complicated problems and turning them into systems that are practical, maintainable, and understandable.

• 🤖 Applied AI & Agentic Systems
  Exploring AI agents, RAG, MCP, LLM-powered applications, structured tool use, and practical ways to integrate AI into real software systems.

• 🗄️ AskDB
  An open-source toolkit for building natural-language-to-SQL applications. AskDB includes schema introspection, database-specific adapters, retrieval, a development studio, and an extensible architecture for bringing AI to relational data.

• 🏗️ Software Architecture & Engineering
  Designing production applications, APIs, data architectures, development workflows, deployment strategies, and the technical foundations that help teams build reliably.

• 💡 Technology Strategy & Consulting
  Helping organizations understand the problem before committing to technology, then connecting strategy, architecture, and implementation through Clearbound Consulting.

• 🎓 Software Engineering Education
  Teaching software development, web development, data technologies, analytics, and applied AI while building course environments that emphasize real-world engineering workflows.

• 👥 Experiential Learning
  Mentoring student software teams through architecture, Git workflows, code review, testing, CI/CD, releases, client demonstrations, and production delivery.

I'm the founder and Principal Consultant at Clearbound Consulting, a boutique technology consultancy built around a simple idea:

Understand the problem before reaching for the technology.

Through Clearbound, I work with organizations that need senior technical thinking paired with hands-on execution. Engagements span:

Technology Strategy · Software Architecture · Custom Software · AI & Automation · Roadmapping · Team Enablement

I especially enjoy problems that sit between business and technology, where the challenge isn't simply writing code, but understanding what should be built, why it should exist, and how a team can successfully own it afterward.

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Languages & Platforms
C# · .Net · TypeScript · JavaScript · Python · SQL

Application Development
ASP.NET Core · React · Next.js · Node.js

AI & Data
LLMs · AI Agents · RAG · MCP · NL→SQL · Data Architecture · PostgreSQL · SQL Server · MySQL · MongoDB · Redis

Engineering & Infrastructure
Docker · GitHub Actions · CI/CD · Software Architecture · Automated Testing

Testing & Quality
Playwright · vitest · Jest · pytest · Automated Testing · Code Review

I don't believe the technology stack is the interesting part. The interesting part is choosing the right tools, architecture, and engineering practices for the problem.

Natural language → database intelligence

A modular toolkit for building schema-aware natural-language-to-SQL applications across relational databases.

TypeScript AI NL→SQL RAG PostgreSQL SQL Server MySQL Prisma

Software Architecture
├── Distributed & Data-Driven Applications
├── API & Integration Architecture
├── Developer Experience
└── DevOps / CI/CD

Applied AI
├── AI Agents
├── Retrieval-Augmented Generation
├── Model Context Protocol
├── Natural Language → SQL
└── AI-Native Applications

Technology Strategy
├── Architecture & Roadmapping
├── AI Adoption
├── Process Automation
├── Custom Software
└── Team Enablement

Engineering Education
├── Experiential Learning
├── Student Development Teams
├── GitHub Classroom & Autograding
├── Professional Software Practices
└── Curriculum & Course Design

One of the things I care most about is closing the gap between learning software development and practicing software engineering.

That means giving students opportunities to work with the same concepts they will encounter professionally:

Git · Pull Requests · Code Reviews · Issues · Testing · CI/CD · Architecture · Documentation · Production Releases

I believe students learn software engineering best when they have the opportunity to build real things, for real users, as part of a real team.

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_{Always building. Always learning. Usually teaching someone what I just learned.}