Welcome to my new website. And blog, I suppose.

I’m working hard behind the scenes to put together more details about some of the system integrations I have completed previously.
This might take a bit of time to complete.

Meanwhile, I want to briefly explain how to best work with me. You know, just in case you stumble across this first post.

Modus operandi

I tend to put generated value front and center of any system that I design and/or build.
“Value” in this context typically is tied alleviating a pain point for customers or the business.

The next important part is understanding which measure are in place to track progress towards good outcomes.

Having good, agreed-upon metrics telling me whether we are likely to meet those outcomes or need to pivot is absolutely key to that approach.

The final piece is adaptability. If our chosen metrics tell me the plan is not working, we’d better revisit our path. This requires the willingness to be have data tell me that “the hypothesis is wrong.” And accept that message.

Experience

I have spent over 20 years of my career creating, designing, and building software.

The projects I found myself having a natural inclination of doing well at had almost all to do with integrating various systems. Making them share data with each other, or process information from another system into a useful, new form.

I’ve coded in more languages than it’d be useful to list. The list doesn’t really matter, either. It doesn’t matter whether we’ve built an extension in C++, or a service using Java and Springboot, or put together a few lambdas strapped together with SQS and SNS; heck, maybe even a NoSQL DB and steps thrown in the mix. None of those details were really important in the end.
The only thing that always mattered were business outcomes. What value did we provide? What did the value look like? How were customers served better? Did we improve workflows and save time for internal teams? Those are the questions worth asking.

(Update: See also the about page)

Final note

I am fairly inexperienced when it comes to posting blogs, articles, etc. I completely expect to be a bit rough around the edges when writing content in this form. Please cut me some slack while I continue to learn and (hopefully) improve over time.
Having said that, though, feedback is always welcome.

(Update: Don’t hesitate to head over to my contact page if you’d like to start a conversation with me.)