Chapel Hill, NC · Full-stack · 20 yrs
I'm just a creator who likes to create.
I build software things that help our culture move forward.
My work lives at the intersection of enterprise engineering and community empowerment. I've built distributed microservices at scale for Fortune 500 companies, and I've built cooperative economics platforms for families trying to create generational wealth.
The technical complexity is the same — what changes is who benefits. Every project I take on serves a larger purpose: moving our culture forward.
Two worlds, one standard
I'm a full-stack developer with 20 years of experience, specializing in Java, Spring Boot, and modern web technologies. My work spans enterprise systems and community-focused platforms — and I bring the same rigor to both.
Business Platforms
Complete operations systems — membership management, QR check-in, space booking, tenant portals, admin dashboards, automated testing. Recent builds have exceeded 52,000 lines of production code.
Community Platforms
Cooperative economic tools that help families and communities build generational wealth through structured, role-based workflows and secure payment processing.
Resource Libraries
Centralized knowledge hubs connecting entrepreneurs with funding, tools, and community — with content management, progress tracking, and performance-optimized retrieval.
Artist Experiences
Branded digital spaces where creatives showcase work, sell merch, and connect directly with their audience — without platform middlemen.
Fast. Tested. Built to last.
I build fast. Using modern tools and AI-assisted development, I deliver complete web applications in weeks, not months — recent projects have gone from concept to deployment in 4–6 weeks, fully tested and production-ready.
I'm equally fluent in server-side rendering for fast, SEO-friendly content and React frontends for complex interactive apps — whichever fits the problem. Deployed via GitLab CI/CD to Digital Ocean, with comprehensive test coverage using JUnit 5, Mockito, and Testcontainers on every production project.
Technology should serve people
I build with intention — prioritizing transparency, trust, and long-term sustainability over quick wins. Beyond production work, I explore bigger ideas in my Labs: Self Oriented Design inspired by Ma'at and African wisdom systems, truth-provenance algorithms for reclaiming narratives, and AI tools rooted in Hip Hop sensibilities.
Every line of code I write is guided by a simple question: how does this help our culture move forward?