I'm an architect who never stopped building. I'm currently VP of Architecture & Innovation at NCR Voyix, where I lead architecture and still ship code - most recently a pair of agentic migrations that turned me into what people now call a Forward Deployment Engineer.

Before that I spent eighteen years at IBM in engineering and architecture roles, and collected ninety-plus patents along the way. Patents taught me how to write down an idea precisely. Agents are teaching me the same lesson all over again: the teams that win are the ones that make their decisions explicit.

I write regularly about agentic engineering - what changes when AI does the typing, and what doesn't. The short answer: judgment, verification, and governance matter more, not less.

Away from the keyboard: Atlanta Braves baseball, Carolina basketball, and a family that keeps my playlists honest.

Current

VP, Architecture & Innovation, NCR Voyix

Previously

Chief Architect, NCR Voyix · 18 years, IBM

Patents

90+ issued

Code

Mostly Go, agent-assisted, weekly

Education

Bentley University

Based in

Raleigh / Research Triangle, NC

Teams

Atlanta Braves · UNC Tar Heels