§ Experience
Where I've worked
Statistics, then enterprise healthcare software, then a decade elsewhere, then back to engineering — and now AI.
Phase Change Software
November 2023 – PresentSoftware Engineer
Hybrid · Full-time
- Building a neurosymbolic AI agent with autonomous A2UI integration.
- Developed harness-level evaluations with graders for accuracy and hallucination detection across agentic applications and MCP, integrated with LangSmith.
- Developed agentic and domain ontologies.
- Migrated the company website from WordPress to React/Next.js, raising Lighthouse scores from 60–80% to 99–100% and reaching top-10 search rankings.
- Fine-tuned small language models — Qwen, Llama 3.2, Granite, DeepSeek — for COBOL system understanding using Python and Hugging Face Transformers.
- Built ReasonReact components and established the unit testing framework; developed Angular prototypes with AI agent features.
- Managed the CI/CD pipeline with weekly deployments and 300+ Playwright tests.
edX
March 2023 – December 2023Instructional Specialist
Remote · Contract
- Supported classroom metrics and discussion facilitation.
- Managed student attendance and troubleshot student problems.
- Worked with a diverse classroom to enable high completion rates.
ATHENA Consulting
July 2023 – November 2023Web Development Intern
Golden, Colorado · Part-time
- Designed and developed a client website.
- Applied modern design principles to resolve mobile issues.
- Managed the project against deliverables and deadlines.
Epic
April 2011 – January 2013Application Coordinator, Implementation Services
Verona, Wisconsin
- Led the Epic implementation in Omaha, Nebraska.
- Coordinated the rollout across a team of five analysts.
- Owned day-to-day troubleshooting plus oversight and task management for the build team.
- Served as primary point of contact for customer questions and internal workflow support.