// now · updated November 2, 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 sovereign AI for banks, asset managers and government — EAGLES2, our independent rating on every FDIC-insured bank (not a supervisory rating), Bank Assay, and the rest of the applications on our Kundi and Limni platforms. 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
Just out at CSIS: "Is the U.S. Banking System Ready for a Post-Quantum Future?" — the federal government set itself a 2030–2031 deadline to migrate off vulnerable cryptography, then left the banking system it supervises on an advisory timetable, with no supervisor collecting readiness data consistently. Otherwise: 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.