// now · updated August 28, 2026
What I'm actually doing.
Not a status feed. Just the current shape of the work, told without the LinkedIn filter.
Building
Most of my week is Frontier Foundry. We're shipping secured-AI platforms — Kundi and Limni — for financial services, life sciences, and U.S. federal law enforcement. I'm hands-on with product and architecture; the team is doing the work that matters.
Advising
A small number of Virtova engagements. Current focus: AI adoption inside regulated balance sheets, and what "secured AI" actually means when the regulator walks in. On the policy side, non-resident work at CSIS — Economic Security and Technology — on AI, cybersecurity, and financial resilience.
Writing
Essays on Substack, mostly about the collision of AI, national security, and the banking system. Slow cadence, high conviction.
Reading
A rotating mix of declassified cable traffic, papers on post-quantum cryptography, and — for sanity — history of the Cold War.
Not doing
Not on boards I don't believe in. Not giving free advice before we've agreed on the number the work is meant to move.
Home
Mostly — and best — a husband, a father, and a border collie dad. The dog runs a tighter sprint cadence than most startups I've worked with.
For fun
Chicago Bears fan, which means I have already developed the emotional resilience to lead an AI startup. Formula 1 fan, which means I understand that telemetry and milliseconds win races — and that the pit stop is the whole product.