About
Some Executives Manage the Work. I've Always Done Both.
I started as a systems analyst and have spent my career getting closer to the hard problems, not further away. ERP implementations, financial system splits, supply chain overhauls, platform modernization, and now product strategy and enterprise AI. The work that takes years to get right and costs real money when it doesn't. That's where I've spent my career, and it's what I bring to every role.
Strategy without execution is just a deck.
I've been on both sides of the table. I've sat in the C-suite conversations where the roadmap gets set, and I've been the person who had to make it work when the reality didn't match the plan. That experience shapes how I approach every engagement.
I don't hand off a strategy document and disappear. I stay in the work. I manage the team, make the technical calls, and partner with your internal stakeholders to get things across the line. At my level, that combination of executive judgment and hands-on delivery is not common. It's what IES is built around.
I'm also direct. If a project is heading in the wrong direction, I'll say so. If the budget doesn't match the scope, we'll figure that out before we start. I'd rather have a hard conversation early than a harder one later.
Why I went independent.
I spent three years at Cognizant doing work I was proud of, but it came with a fly-in, fly-out lifestyle that wasn't sustainable for my family. When a consulting opportunity came along that offered better work and significantly better compensation, the timing was right. I founded IES in 2019 and haven't looked back.
IES is a specialized firm. We focus on ERP strategy, digital transformation, and platform modernization for mid-market companies. I lead a delivery team across onshore and offshore resources and take on engagements where the complexity is real and the stakes are high. We've worked across financial services, ecommerce, aviation, retail, and wholesale. In every case, the work involved systems the business couldn't afford to get wrong.
AI changed what one person can build.
I've been paying attention to AI for years, but paying attention and actually building are different things. Over the past year I've built New Compass, a governed multi-agent product platform that runs product ideas through a full discovery-to-launch lifecycle with human-in-the-loop governance gates; AdmitKit (admitkit.co), a full-stack college-application platform with admission-probability modeling; Roam & Fetch, an AI travel planner; and a job-search agent that runs my own pipeline daily. The AI/POC Lab on this site documents the work.
This matters professionally for two reasons. First, AI is changing what a single operator can deliver, and I want to understand that from the inside, not from a conference recap. Second, the executives who figure out how to use AI as a force multiplier are going to have a real advantage over those who don't. I'm working on being in the first group.
From Systems Analyst to Founder. Same Work, Bigger Scope.
Brooklyn. Photography. Woodworking.
I've lived in Brooklyn for years and have no plans to leave. Outside of work I shoot photography, mostly concerts, mostly from 15 to 20 years ago when getting close to the stage was easier than it is now. I've also been teaching myself woodworking, which turns out to have a lot in common with software: measure twice, cut once, and the joints either fit or they don't.