Building secure infrastructure in air-gapped environments.

My path through tech started in the cockpit, not the cloud. As a US Navy Avionics Technician, I learned that systems either work or they don't — and when they don't, it matters. That mindset followed me into DevSecOps, where I now build the pipelines that move classified workloads through air-gapped Azure Government environments.

I'm certified in Security+ CE and hold a Master's in UX Design from MICA — an unusual combination that means I think about both the security perimeter and the engineer who has to live inside it. Good tooling is invisible. Good security is also invisible. I aim for both.

Off-hours, I run Fedora Aurora as my daily driver, contribute to immutable OS projects, and tinker with custom compositors. Lately I'm building aurora-niri-noctalia, a custom Fedora image combining Niri, Noctalia Shell, and Catppuccin theming.