Engineering

Background ✨

Hey everyone! I was born and raised in warm, sunny, beautiful…Ohio. I grew up a few minutes from the Pro Football Hall Of Fame down in Canton. I spent summers in my buddy’s garage building random things that we thought were cool. Nothing particularly exciting or practical, but it was fun to tinker and it sparked my passion for building/engineering. I bounced around northeast Ohio for college/work/fun until buying a home in Cleveland in 2021. I was lucky enough to get a great interest rate, which basically means I’m trapped here for good.

I initially was undecided between management info systems & computer science when I started college. I had done some coding prior but also was (still am) super interested in business/finance. Before my first semester, I started working for the uni as an analyst. The role largely consisted of signing into a bunch of different platforms, taking screenshots and downloading reports, and then dumping those into a word doc to be presented during a weekly meeting. It didn’t take long until I had a vast majority of the process automated. I formally declared my computer science major shortly after 😄. Since then, I’ve worked in both web & mobile engineering across consulting, insurance, bev-alc delivery, and most recently, sports betting.

Outside of engineering, I’m passionate about music and being active. I’ve been playing guitar for almost 10 years and just joined my first band this past January! I love lifting weights and moving, I aim for 10k steps a day and 5-6 lifts per week.

My favorite meals 🍽️

• Wings - I could probably eat wings everyday. Big fan of the medium-hot range or a good garlic parm. “Blue cheese or ranch?” Both. The answer is both.
• Macro-friendly homemade stuff - I like finding ways to make traditionally indulgent foods more macro-friendly. I’ve got quite a lengthy list of recipes (reach out if you want me to share) that I’ve either found from TikTok or have come up with myself. My best work is probably carne asada tacos or yogurt crust pizza.

What I’ve been learning and reading about lately 📝

• Reading - Some of my recent favorites are: East of Eden, Greenlights, Steve Jobs (by Walter Isaacson), and The Stranger.
• Drums - I’ve been very lazily attempting to learn the drums over the past year or so. It’s going……..okay.

Get to know me a little better

Got to see a total solar eclipse last year before the Guardians home opener!

Needs more cowbell

The fam!