About
I started in Photoshop, then Illustrator, then InDesign at a print newspaper. I moved into UI/UX, then frontend styling, then full product development. Seventeen years of picking up the next tool and refusing to stop until I owned it.
I spent years on the visual side. Graphic design, marketing campaigns, ad graphics, WordPress sites, print layouts. I worked at agencies, at the World Bank, at a GIS consulting firm. I managed design systems, reviewed UI for internal teams, and shipped web products and mapping applications. All of it gave me a front-row seat to how software gets built.
When AI arrived, I saw the leverage. I had spent years working alongside developers at agencies and consulting firms. I understood architecture, data flow, and product thinking. I just didn't write the code myself. AI changed that equation. I made it my development team and became the architect, orchestrator, and coordinator. Now I build the whole thing: frontend, backend, database, deployment, 3D renders, video, brand identity.
I'm based in Washington, D.C.. I work in React, TypeScript, Python, and Rust. I build AI agent systems, web platforms, iOS apps, and desktop tools. I went from Blender's default cube to photorealistic product renders in under a year. The thread through all of it: I like building real tools that help people get things done faster.
Learned Photoshop, then Illustrator. Took a job at a print newspaper, picked up InDesign on the job. Print layouts, logos, brand collateral.
Print layouts for a magazine. Graphic design, marketing, ad campaign graphics. Managing WordPress sites and designing content for them.
UI designer at the World Bank, reviewing internal designs for their teams. Then contracting at GMMB, a creative agency, sharpening UI/UX output.
Five years as lead designer. Web products, internal apps, and mapping applications. Working alongside developers daily, absorbing architecture and product thinking.
Started as a frontend designer styling websites. Leveraged years of architecture and workflow understanding alongside AI to become a full code engineer. Picked up Blender, went from default cube to photorealistic renders in under a year.
Published Fitted AI on the App Store. Shipped Printer AI as a web platform. Built full backends with FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and Redis.
Launched Backdraft AI in March. Building AI agent work groups, desktop tools, and multi-device orchestration systems. 10+ active projects across web, iOS, AI, 3D, and video.
Frontend
Backend & AI
Design & Media
Education
Morgan State University, 2007 - 2012
Certification
Stanford University School of Business, 2021
Awards
Pennsylvania Media Association, 2025
"A Flight Along the Delaware River" - Delaware Currents
Social Campaign, 2018
Defeat DD Campaign - GMMB
I'm open to full-time roles, contract work, and interesting collaborations.
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