Then

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Now

This page is inspired by the /now page project, which focuses on life updates that are more generalized than social media status updates or posts, and instead cover things you’d tell a friend you hadn’t seen in a while.

Work

I’m currently an engineering leader at McDonald’s focused on a few interesting product and technology challenges that few other companies have. These include:

  • Globalization for mobile payments and delivery services
  • Using real-time location to automatically prepare orders
  • Productizing generative AI for conversational commerce

I’m learning a ton about cloud-native technologies and deployments, cultural and industry differences internationally, and leading a product transformation within an enormous enterprise environment.

Personal

I’m currently years old and counting.

Outside of work, I’m focused on life in the Chicago suburbs with my wife Abby and three-year-old son Miles. I’m increasingly (trying to) focus on my health, and I’m coming up on ten months sober.

You can find the latest movies I’ve watched, rated, and reviewed on my Letterboxd profile. Most nights I like to watch awful movies that Abby and I can make fun of together.

I’m reading a few books in fits and starts, including All of the Marvels by Douglas Wolk and The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells.

“Thens,” or archived now pages