Not a tech vendor. An operator.

I have always needed to understand how and why. It is what makes me a problem solver — and it is what led me to over 15 years as a systems builder and operator inside cooperatives, nonprofits, and community-led organizations. I have worked as a founding executive and hands-on operator, building financial systems from the ground up, supporting multi-stakeholder governance, and turning complex operational realities into structures teams can actually use.

For fifteen years I worked inside the organizations I now consult for — housing co-ops, community land trusts, Habitat affiliates, mission-driven nonprofits. I’ve written the grant reports. Prepped the board packets. Stewarded the audits. Sat in the governance meetings.

Through that work I learned something simple: good missions fail when the systems around them are too heavy, unclear, or disconnected from the people doing the work.

When I work with an organization, I know what their back office looks like before I ever open an AI tool — because I’ve been there. When I work with individuals, I bring the same approach: look at how things actually work, not how they’re supposed to, and find the place where energy is being lost.

I am a student of the Tao, and I care deeply about communication, connection, and community. I believe systems should serve people, not the other way around. And I am still, as ever, working on my biggest puzzle: myself.