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AI Engineer with roots in professional aviation and enterprise data systems. I design and ship production AI — from autonomous agents to modular cognitive architectures. My open-source work has been submitted to Anthropic's skills repository.
About Me
I am genuinely grateful for every opportunity that has led here. My path has not been linear — aviation, enterprise data analysis, and now AI engineering — but each chapter built something the next one needed.
Aviation gave me systems thinking and a deep respect for what happens when precision fails. The FAR-AIM — a massive cross-referenced regulatory framework governing all U.S. flight operations — became my earliest model for information architecture. That principle carries into everything I build.
Data analysis grounded that thinking in real-world complexity: multi-year anomalies, cross-jurisdictional investigations, SLA risk, and the weight of getting it right for teams depending on accurate data.
AI development gave me a new medium to build things that genuinely help people work better. I believe the most valuable thing an engineer can do is understand a system well enough to make it trustworthy — whether that system is a flight regime, a data pipeline, or an autonomous agent.
B.S. Aviation Sciences, 2010
Google Professional Data Analytics Certificate
Technical Skills
AI & Agentic Systems
Data Engineering & SQL
Software & Infrastructure
Projects
Designed and published a modular, open-source cognitive AI architecture spanning six interoperable repositories. Each module is independently deployable and composable — submitted for inclusion in Anthropic's public skills library, reviewed against their contribution standards for structure, documentation, and reusability.
| aurelion-kernel-lite | 5-layer cognitive structure templates for organizing complex reasoning |
| aurelion-memory-lite | File-based persistent knowledge graph (Python) |
| aurelion-advisor-lite | Strategic planning templates and methodology library |
| aurelion-agent-lite | 100+ AI collaboration prompts and agentic thinking protocols |
| aurelion-nexus-lite | Story-agnostic NPC and world simulation framework (Python) |
| aurelion-hub | Central orchestration hub and documentation index for the suite |
Architected, built, containerized, and deployed a fully-functional autonomous AI agent with persistent memory, contextual reasoning, and semantic lore retrieval (ChromaDB). Concept to production in under five hours.
- Lazy indexing: cold-start reduced from 30s to <2s
- Three-tier character resolution fallback for zero-downtime operation
- Cross-platform encoding hardened (Windows dev → Linux container)
- GPT-4 → GPT-3.5-turbo cost routing: ~$0.02–$0.05/query
Five-layer knowledge architecture: 35+ interconnected documents, 15,000+ lines of structured content, Python-powered search library, and semantic knowledge graph (JSON). Modeled on FAR-AIM indexing principles. Accepted for organizational pilot across a 17-analyst team.
- 4-week peer-to-peer training curriculum (team-adopted)
- Multi-stage investigation decision tree (validated in production)
- Enterprise data governance framework — 10 sections
- Zero-cost knowledge system deployed without additional budget
Experience
- State Subject Matter Expert for four U.S. states — responsible for data quality, feed health, SLA compliance, and operational continuity across departments
- Resolved a multi-year data volume anomaly in 8 days through systematic SQL investigation across 3M+ records; engineering team confirmed root cause and deployed fix, restoring accuracy across multiple jurisdictions
- Delivered 30%+ query performance improvements through execution plan analysis and indexing strategy; optimization patterns adopted as team standards
- Reduced team manual processing workload by 20%+ through Python automation scripts
- Built and maintained 3+ Tableau dashboards for live feed health monitoring and SLA risk tracking
- Proactively designed and deployed an enterprise-grade data governance framework (10 sections: data sourcing, PII compliance, lifecycle management, emergency procedures, audit trail)
- Contributed to resolution of a critical QA tooling outage through rapid system-level diagnosis; provided immediate workaround that restored team productivity within minutes
- Completed mandatory Information Security training 24 days ahead of organizational deadline; integrated requirements into team governance documentation
- Identified and proposed a zero-cost team knowledge management system using existing tooling; leadership approved for organizational pilot
- Designed and delivered a formal 5-week analyst onboarding program including structured curriculum, hands-on tool training, and a standardized QA competency assessment
- Mentored 14 analysts through complex investigations, technical troubleshooting, and cross-team research methodologies
- Facilitated 9.5+ hours of formal training delivery; all participants transitioned to independent assignments upon completion
- Converted undocumented operational processes that existed only as tribal knowledge into reusable, versioned SOPs
- Promoted from contractor to full-time employee based on demonstrated technical performance and initiative
- Self-directed learning of SQL and Python applied directly to production workflow automation and data quality improvement
- Developed reference documentation and QA methodology guides later incorporated into team-wide SOPs
- Advanced from initial onboarding to independently conducting multi-jurisdictional investigations within the first year
Education & Certifications
B.S. · Professional Pilot Aviation Sciences
Aviation training established a foundational principle applied to every engineering project since: in safety-critical systems, navigability and clarity of information architecture are not optional — they are the system. The FAR-AIM became the direct architectural model for every knowledge framework built since.
Certifications
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CS50p: Introduction to Programming with Python Harvard University / edX · Oct 2022
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Google Data Analytics Certificate Google / Coursera · Aug 2023
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Python for Data Science Coursera · 2024
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Querying SQL Databases: Learning SQL Using Prompt Engineering Skillsoft · Aug 2025
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JavaScript — Data Structures & Algorithms freeCodeCamp · Feb 2023
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Advanced SQL · 60% complete DataCamp · Target: Mar 2026
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Advanced Python Data Science · 30% complete Coursera / DataCamp · Target: Jun 2026
Contact
Open to AI Engineer, Gen AI Engineer, and senior data roles. I respond to thoughtful messages — feel free to reach out directly.