Professional Summary

AI systems architect with 20+ years of hands-on engineering — from hand-coding websites in the early 2000s, through a decade of enterprise and federal front-end architecture (T-Mobile, Capital One, HHS, Nike), to designing and operating systems where AI agents do the building. The architecture work is the deliverable: deciding where a model sits in a system and where it must not, decomposing work across agents, designing the tools and MCP surfaces they call, engineering the retrieval and context layer that feeds them, routing tasks across model tiers on cost against quality, and building the evaluation sets that turn “it got better” into a graded result. Founder of the 1vsM Network, where the operating philosophy is one person, many systems — a portfolio of live web platforms spanning business management tools, directories, community networks, and games. The engineering depth underneath is the point: an AI system is still a production system, and it fails in the ordinary ways.

Technical Expertise

AI Systems Architecture

  • Design the architecture of AI-operated systems end to end: where the model sits, what it is permitted to touch, how work decomposes across agents, and which parts must stay deterministic rather than generated.
  • Set the build/buy line deliberately — direct model APIs and MCP over orchestration frameworks, on the position that an abstraction layer over a fast-moving API costs more than it returns.
  • Design model-routing strategies across tiers (small models for validation and scoring, mid for implementation and transforms, frontier for reasoning and synthesis), holding cost against quality over hundreds of weekly dispatches.
  • Engineer the context layer as a first-class concern: persistent cross-session memory, scoped instruction files, and explicit context budgets, so long-running systems keep state instead of re-deriving it every session.
  • Design for failure first — fail-closed gates, idempotent writes, and reversible operations — because an autonomous system produces its mistakes faster than a human reviews them.

Agent Orchestration & Tooling

  • Build multi-agent workflows with deliberate topology: parallel fan-out for coverage, adversarial verification for confidence, and pipelines that move items through stages without synchronizing on the slowest one.
  • Author and integrate MCP servers that expose internal data and operations to agents as typed, single-purpose tools — treating tool design as API design, because an ambiguous tool is a reliability defect.
  • Build directly on the Claude API and Anthropic SDK: tool use, structured output, prompt caching, streaming, citations, and document processing.
  • Govern autonomy explicitly — permission modes, command allowlists, and lifecycle hooks — so an agent's blast radius is a design decision rather than a discovery.
  • Run AI pipelines in production for data enrichment, competitive audit, content governance, and automated code review at a scale that would otherwise require a full team.

Evaluation, Acceptance & Reliability

  • Design acceptance sets from real records — a bank of cases each paired with the answer it should produce — so that “the change improved it” is a graded result rather than an assertion, and every subsequent change is regression-gated against it.
  • Verify the guard, not just the result: mutation-test the rule a passing suite claims to enforce, on the principle that a test which still passes after the guard is removed proved nothing.
  • Instrument for silent failure — the expensive defects return HTTP 200, render a healthy page, and log nothing; detection has to be designed in rather than inferred from the absence of errors.
  • Calibrate confidence in AI-produced output with overlapping verification tiers that are allowed to disagree, because a single high-confidence signal from a corrupt upstream source is indistinguishable from a correct one.
  • Enforce TDD on shared code, where a single change fans out to every consumer — the test lands before the change, not alongside it.

Data, Retrieval & Context Engineering

  • Prove data-source viability before committing to an architecture — benchmarked a 19M-record catalogue expanding to 63M relationship edges and retired the graph-database plan on a measured p95 of 0.5 ms in plain indexed SQL.
  • Design retrieval against the real access pattern rather than the fashionable one, and size the storage engine to measured latency instead of to the shape of the data.
  • Build entity resolution across dirty upstream sources using deliberately overlapping match tiers, so tiers can contradict each other and expose corruption that an exact identifier match cannot.
  • Build persistent knowledge systems — a file-backed memory indexed into every session, bridged bidirectionally to a working knowledge vault — so context compounds across months instead of resetting.
  • Operate at the prompt and retrieval layer by policy: no fine-tuning, no LoRA, no bespoke training pipeline — the leverage is in context design, tool surface, and data quality.

Platform & Backend Engineering

  • Build production PHP 8 backends at scale: 150+ live sites, shared-kit architecture, 36+ REST endpoints per site, PDO + prepared statements, DB-backed sessions, CSRF protection on all mutations.
  • Design and manage multi-file SQL migration systems for zero-downtime schema evolution on shared hosting (cPanel/Bluehost), including idempotent migrations safe to re-run without a ledger.
  • Architect multi-tenant systems with federated auth (JWT + HMAC), role-based access (admin/employee/member), per-site branding, and centralized API key management.
  • Integrate external APIs at scale — NHTSA vPIC, Google Places, Google Calendar, Twilio SMS, PayPal, PHPMailer SMTP — wrapped with DB caching layers to hold latency and cost down.
  • Implement security-first defaults: bcrypt cost 12, session_regenerate_id on login, cryptographically random tokens, XSS-safe DOM construction, WCAG AA throughout.

Front End & Accessible Interfaces

  • Build modern, accessible, responsive interfaces with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, React, Svelte, and Angular.
  • Lead front-end architecture around component-driven design systems and design tokens, with a verified token contract per site rather than an assumed shared vocabulary.
  • Implement accessibility to WCAG and Section 508 for enterprise and federal platforms — including contrast verified at the worst case, not the average.
  • Optimize delivery across browsers and devices: Core Web Vitals, lazy loading, code splitting, and cache-busting bound to content hashes so a deploy cannot serve a stale bundle.
  • Translate complex business and data requirements into interfaces a non-technical operator can actually run their day on.

DevOps, Delivery & Infrastructure

  • Experience with cloud platforms including AWS and Azure, alongside deep production experience on constrained shared hosting.
  • Implement Git-based workflows and CI/CD pipelines supporting rapid, reversible deployments — with post-deploy verification by file hash rather than by a completion message.
  • Manage hosting, DNS, SSL/AutoSSL, and mail authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) across a large domain portfolio.
  • Design modular, scalable infrastructure with shared libraries whose blast radius is understood before a change ships.
  • Apply performance optimization, caching strategy, health-check gating, and uptime reliability standards.

Blockchain & Web3

  • Design and deploy smart contracts, tokens, and NFT systems using modern blockchain frameworks.
  • Build decentralized applications (dApps) integrating wallets, Web3 APIs using Next.js, and blockchain authentication.
  • Implement secure wallet connectivity and transaction workflows across multiple blockchain ecosystems.
  • Architect Web3 platforms which combine front-end interfaces, back-end services, and on-chain logic.
  • Lead blockchain-based projects from concept through production deployment.

What I Build

Every engagement is scoped around a business outcome — not a technology. These are the systems I design and ship:

Shop & Business Management Systems

Custom platforms for service businesses: appointment booking, job tracking, digital inspections, estimate approval, invoicing, and automated customer communication — all in one system on your own hosting.

Oregon Tires Auto Care, Home Depot Aurora Promotions, T-Mobile Payment Center

Business Directories & Data Platforms

Neighborhood and industry directories with competitive pricing intelligence, rich business profiles, sponsorship tiers, and a data pipeline that keeps content accurate at scale.

PDX Directory, U.S. Energy Information Administration geospatial dashboard

Community & Artist Platforms

Full-featured community sites for regional networks, artists, and organizations: member auth, event calendars, artist profiles, merch integration, and messaging — deployed with per-brand customization on shared infrastructure.

hiphop.world, dmvrap.com, bars.gives

Enterprise & Government Applications

Section 508 / WCAG-compliant web applications for regulated industries: data visualization dashboards, grant submission workflows, financial tools, and accessible interfaces for high-traffic federal platforms.

HHS Accelerate Platform, Capital One, U.S. EIA, Guidehouse, NIH

AI Systems & Agent Architecture

Design the system around the model, not a feature bolted onto one. Agent topology and hand-offs, MCP tool surfaces over your own data, the retrieval and context layer that feeds them, model routing on cost against quality, and an evaluation set built from your real records so every change is graded rather than asserted.

1vsM Network (multi-agent methodology), competitive intelligence pipelines, automated data enrichment, retrieval architecture at 63M edges

Selected Work

Live systems, built solo end-to-end. Every one is running in production — click through and see for yourself.

Oregon Tires Auto Care

Custom business platform · live

Bilingual (EN/ES) shop-management platform for a real Portland auto shop: online booking with NHTSA VIN decode, a 14-state repair-order workflow with Kanban, digital inspections, per-item estimate approval, invoicing, analytics, and a competitive map of 976 area businesses. 320 API endpoints, 290 migrations.

PHP 8.3 · MySQL · Tailwind v4 · HTMX · Leaflet
View live → oregon.tires

hiphop.world

Music & community platform · live

Full-stack music platform and regional network hub: artists claim a profile, attach music from any platform, and get discovered by region with follow/play, playlists, and a first-come claim funnel. 609 API endpoints, 255 migrations — and it powers external regional sites from one shared codebase.

PHP 8 · PDO/MySQL · Tailwind · OAuth2
View live → hiphop.world

Hip Hop Hero

Browser DJ rhythm game · live

A 4-lane DJ rhythm game built from scratch with no game engine — Web Audio API timing, a Canvas 2D audio-reactive DJ booth, a three.js overworld, and a librosa beatmap pipeline that makes adding a song data-only. Online leaderboards, campaign progression, 303 automated tests.

TypeScript · Web Audio API · Canvas 2D · three.js · Python/librosa
Play it → hiphop.world/hero

PDX Directory

Neighborhood business platform · live

Portland neighborhood directory with a polygon-truth geolocation pipeline that re-assigned ~2,000 of ~2,426 listings to their real neighborhood via point-in-polygon, a tiered sponsorship-monetization engine with PayPal, and source-cited Census/Wikipedia data. 97 endpoints, 91 migrations.

PHP · Tailwind v4 · HTMX · Leaflet · PWA
Case study — pdx.directory

PDX Show

Events & ticketing · live

Events platform with a from-scratch RSVP/ticketing engine: atomic capacity plus an auto-promoting waitlist, pure-PHP SVG QR tickets, RFC5545 calendar export, transactional emails, and a mobile QR door check-in. A 6-type participation funnel auto-provisions member accounts. 140+ test assertions.

PHP 8.2 · MariaDB · Tailwind v4 · GD image pipeline
Case study — pdx.show

1vsM Network

The system behind the sites · live

One person, many systems: a 90-domain portfolio on a 14-kit shared-library architecture (auth/SSO, member, forms, commerce, events, music, directory, blog, analytics, notification, brand, dashboards, MCP, component engine), a federated SSO broker across ~20 domains, and a Phase-1 multi-tenant SaaS platform — all operated solo with AI-agent workflows.

PHP 8 · MySQL · Shared kits · Federated SSO · Claude Code
View live → 1vsm.com

Highlights of Qualifications

AI systems architecture, not AI assistance — agent topology, MCP tool surfaces, model routing across tiers, and persistent context engineered to compound across long-running projects

Shared-kit platform architecture — auth, forms, payments, and directory functionality ship as reusable libraries; new clients inherit a proven, battle-tested foundation

End-to-end ownership — takes a business problem all the way to a deployed, tested, maintained production system; no handoffs, no gaps

Business model fluency — competitive analysis, pricing strategy, and revenue modeling before writing a line of code; systems built to generate value, not just function

Enterprise-grade security defaults on every project — PDO prepared statements, CSRF protection, bcrypt, session hardening, WCAG AA accessibility

Bilingual platform experience — built production EN/ES systems serving Spanish-speaking customer bases; accessible to a broader audience out of the box

20+ years of full stack depth — from Backbone.js to React/Angular to AI-first PHP systems; breadth across frameworks without losing engineering rigor

Test-driven discipline — every feature ships with a test suite; TDD is non-negotiable on shared code that affects multiple clients

Professional Experience

One vs Many — 1vsM Network

1vsM.com — Founder & Lead Engineer

10/2020 – Present
Washington, DC
Founder · AI Systems Architect

Platform Architecture & Shared Systems

  • Designed a shared-kit architecture where common functionality — auth, forms, payments, directory listings, events, and music — ships as independent, versioned libraries; new clients and projects inherit a proven foundation rather than starting from scratch.
  • Built multi-tenant federated SSO via a central auth broker: one users database, per-site branding, and role-routing (admin/employee/member) — a single auth system serving an entire portfolio of sites with minimal per-site configuration.
  • Codifies every project's business logic, data model, and AI context in a structured SOUL file before engineering begins — ensures alignment between business goals and technical decisions throughout the lifecycle.
  • Maintains production-grade standards across every site: clean URLs, PDO prepared statements, DB-backed sessions, CSRF tokens, bcrypt, WCAG AA accessibility, and automated health checks as a hard launch gate.

AI-First Engineering with Claude Code

  • Uses Claude Code as a primary development environment — multi-agent parallel execution, custom MCP server integration for programmatic codebase access, and a persistent memory system that retains full project context across sessions.
  • Builds AI workflows that replace entire team functions: parallel audit agents, competitive intelligence pipelines, automated data enrichment, and architecture validation — all running while writing feature code.
  • Applies a model-routing strategy (lightweight models for validation, capable models for implementation, reasoning-optimized models for architecture) to match AI capability to task complexity.
  • Every UI change flows through a structured pipeline: design tokens → component spec → accessibility audit → performance check → documentation — consistency without a design team.

Case Study: Oregon Tires Auto Care — Shop Management Platform → oregon.tires

  • Client had no digital system for managing repair orders, customer vehicles, or estimates. Built a complete bilingual (EN/ES) shop management platform: appointment booking with VIN decode and license plate lookup, digital vehicle inspections with photo attachments and traffic-light condition ratings, repair order lifecycle from intake through invoicing, and customer-facing estimate approval with per-line-item decisions.
  • Replaced the need for multiple separate tools with one integrated system running on the client's existing hosting — no new vendor contracts, no monthly SaaS fees.
  • Added automated appointment reminders, Google Reviews integration, and Google Calendar sync — reducing manual staff follow-up while improving the customer experience.
  • Entire customer-facing experience renders in English or Spanish based on browser preference, making the shop accessible to Portland's Spanish-speaking community without a separate site.

Case Study: PDX Directory — Portland Neighborhood Business Platform

  • Identified a gap in Portland's business directory market: established associations charging hundreds of dollars per year with broad city-wide focus and no neighborhood-level depth. Built a directory anchored in neighborhood specificity at a fraction of the price.
  • Conducted a full competitive analysis across Portland's business associations before writing a line of code — used findings to validate the pricing model, define sponsorship tiers, and identify which neighborhoods had the most unmet demand.
  • Built a neighborhood data pipeline with Wikipedia-verified population data, anchor/tenant business classification, and automated data quality checks that catch errors before they reach production.
  • Designed to expand: the same codebase powers separate branded properties for Portland restaurants, catering, retail, and community — each with its own identity, all sharing one infrastructure.

Hip-Hop Platform Network

  • Architected hiphop.world as the central hub for a regional hip-hop platform network — a single auth system and shared codebase powering independent regional sites with per-region branding, events, artist profiles, and community features.
  • Built regional community platforms for the DC/MD/VA market (dmvrap.com), the Buffalo/Albany/Rochester/Syracuse market (bars.gives), and Portland — each with independent identity on shared infrastructure.
  • Shipped complete single-artist platforms from one engagement — electronic press kit, merch store, community hub, sponsorship tiers, and event calendar — reusing the shared kit to deliver a full web presence fast.

T-Mobile & Sprint

t-mobile.com | Harman | Trinity Globaltech

11/2019 – 10/2020
Washington, DC
Full Stack UI Lead

Engineering & Performance Optimization

  • Spearheaded front-end enhancements for T-Mobile's enterprise-scale Payment Center for millions of subscribers.
  • Architected scalable React components and refactored legacy codebases, improving load times by 20%.
  • Engineered mobile-first, responsive interfaces using HTML5 and CSS3, achieving 100% compliance with accessibility standards.

Security & Data Integrity

  • Fortified application security by implementing JWT-based authentication layers within a Node.js environment.
  • Managed end-to-end bug tracking and version control, ensuring 99.9% integration success rates.

Dept of Health and Human Services

hhs.gov | Aurotech

06/2019 – 11/2019
Washington, DC
Full Stack UI Lead
  • Spearheaded a team for the "Accelerate Platform," managing goal-oriented sprints and mission-critical features.
  • Architected a dual-framework front end using React and Angular to automate grant proposal submission.
  • Developed financial modules, including a custom calculator engine for real-time totals.
  • Implemented secure data workflows by integrating AWS services with Blockchain.
  • Engineered serverless logic using AWS Lambda (Node.js) for backend processing.

Guidehouse

guidehouse.com

03/2019 – 05/2019
Washington, DC
Full Stack UI Lead
  • Served as Frontend Subject Matter Expert (SME), translating government RFP requirements into technical specifications.
  • Authored the VPAT, guaranteeing full Section 508 and WCAG compliance.
  • Engineered an interactive data visualization suite using React and Google Charts with multi-level Treemaps.
  • Developed drill-down logic bridging graphical data with PrimeNG DataTables.

Capital One

capitalone.com | Artech Information Systems

09/2018 – 03/2019
McLean, VA
Full Stack UI Lead
  • Developed high-traffic credit card application and landing pages using Angular, React, and TypeScript.
  • Spearheaded architectural planning and migration of legacy web modules to React.
  • Architected robust state management solutions using RxJS within Angular using Redux-inspired patterns.
  • Implemented SEO best practices and performance optimizations for financial products.

U.S. Energy Information Administration

eia.gov | IMG-Crown

03/2018 – 09/2018
Washington, DC
Full Stack UI Lead
  • Spearheaded digital transformation of legacy federal systems, migrating PHP applications to Angular 5 and TypeScript.
  • Architected an interactive geospatial dashboard for the DoE using jVectorMap and RESTful APIs.
  • Developed high-performance data grids and visualizations using D3.js and ag-Grid.

Traveler's Insurance

travelers.com

09/2017 – 03/2018
Hartford, CT
Full Stack UI Lead
  • Engineered enterprise-grade solutions transforming Jira user stories into performance UI components using Knockout.js.
  • Architected a dynamic grid system leveraging Bootstrap to manage 30+ template views.
  • Facilitated seamless data delivery by consuming RESTful API states for real-time synchronization.

Union Pacific Railroad

up.com

05/2017 – 09/2017
Omaha, NE
Full Stack UI Lead
  • Spearheaded development of mission-critical web applications, transitioning technical requirements into digital solutions.
  • Architected and deployed dynamic platforms using Angular, Node.js, and HTML5/CSS3.
  • Developed advanced data-driven table components with dynamic headers and complex filtering.

AgencyQ

agencyq.com

12/2016 – 05/2017
Washington, DC
Full Stack UI Lead
  • Spearheaded frontend for global DuPont Innovations campaign, transforming PSDs into pixel-perfect pages using VanillaJS and jQuery.
  • Developed and integrated frontend components within Drupal CMS.
  • Engineered mobile-first architecture using adaptive breakpoints for flawless cross-device experience.

The Home Depot

thehomedepot.com

04/2016 – 12/2016
Atlanta, GA
Full Stack UI Lead
  • Engineered "Aurora Promotions" platform to automate retail discount campaigns.
  • Architected modular UI components and custom directives using AngularJS (1.7) and Node.js.
  • Optimized data discoverability using custom sorting and filtering directives.

Social & Scientific Systems (NIH)

s3.com

10/2015 – 04/2016
Silver Spring, MD
Full Stack UI Lead
  • Engineered dynamic SPA for NIH using Backbone.js and jQuery with MVC architecture.
  • Architected data-driven logic using Backbone Models and Collections.
  • Implemented event-driven UI system managing dynamic view states for non-refreshing experience.

Nike, Inc

nike.com

07/2015 – 10/2015
Beaverton, OR
Full Stack UI Lead
  • Engineered bespoke solutions within Alfresco ECM, customizing DMS for complex workflows.
  • Modernized legacy frontend resulting in efficient digital experience.
  • Spearheaded technical audits identifying bottlenecks and proposing UI/UX enhancements.

SNI Companies

snicompanies.com

06/2012 – 07/2015
Washington, DC
Full Stack Developer
  • Spearheaded mobile-first apps for high-profile clients using Bootstrap's fluid grid.
  • Engineered pixel-perfect layouts using HTML5 and CSS3 from concept to production.
  • Developed SPAs using Backbone.js, Underscore.js, and RequireJS (AMD).
  • Hardened security implementing rigorous validation for XSS mitigation.

Merrick Towle Communications

merricktowle.com

12/2011 – 03/2012
Beltsville, MD
User Interface Developer
  • Transformed high-fidelity PSD designs into fully functional data-driven apps using PHP.
  • Architected pixel-perfect interfaces ensuring complex design specs were translated accurately.
  • Engineered dynamic suites parsing XML datasets for interactive charts and maps.

O'Brien Garrett

obriengarrett.com

10/2008 – 12/2011
Washington, DC
New Media Campaigns Manager
  • Spearheaded web platforms for NAACP and other advocacy organizations.
  • Engineered hand-coded Section 508 compliant interfaces using HTML5, CSS3, and JS.
  • Engineered SEO/SEM campaigns securing #1 Google rankings for hundreds of keywords.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

eeoc.gov

12/2005 – 10/2008
Washington, DC
Document Control Clerk
  • Engineered centralized tracking system using Microsoft Access for telecommunications.
  • Spearheaded digital transformation initiative migrating legacy archives into secure systems.
  • Architected data entry workflows for categorization of sensitive records.

Trio Consulting & The Center for Applied Linguistics

trio-consulting.com | cal.org

Woodbridge, VA / Washington, DC
Full Stack Developer / UI Developer
  • Orchestrated enterprise marketing automation and email distribution systems.
  • Engineered interactive solutions including custom booking engines and secure portals.
  • Mastered high-velocity collaboration in distributed (80% remote) environments.
  • Spearheaded technical R&D identifying and integrating emerging technologies.
  • Conducted rigorous code audits of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for syntactic precision.
  • Engineered dynamic interfaces leveraging jQuery for DOM manipulation and event handling.