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About Me
CTO | AI Platform Architect | Technical Executive
I'm currently fractional CEO at Cognogent while actively seeking my next full-time leadership role. I'm particularly interested in:
I'm drawn to hard problems—companies scaling AI platforms, navigating complex technical architectures, or building teams that ship consistently.
With over 20 years as a technical architect and leader, I've delivered mission-critical systems across startups and Fortune 500 enterprises. My career spans co-architecting the world's first petaflop supercomputer to building modern agentic AI platforms serving enterprise customers.
I lead with both kindness and conviction—empathetic but not sentimental. My consulting and leadership work is built on creating clarity that protects people and empowers them to succeed. I demand structured thinking because ambiguity creates friction; I architect autonomous roles because high-agency teams scale. My fundamental belief: AI success requires deep understanding of infrastructure, performance, and reliability—but also of human systems and organizational clarity.
AI is all about delivering results—built on function, tools, and code delivered by a solid understanding of the underlying infrastructure. The systems I built a decade ago—like the Roadrunner supercomputer—laid the groundwork for today's AI revolution. That architectural rigor is what separates AI platforms that scale from those that don't.
“Vision-Driven Architect. Operator of Clarity. Builder of High-Trust, High-Agency Teams.”
I don't lead with abstract inspiration—I lead with architecture. I translate ambiguity into frameworks, roadmaps, and structured action. I move effortlessly between conceptual vision and technical implementation.
People do their best work when they understand the “why,” not when they're managed on the “what.” I architect roles that empower teams with clarity, autonomy, and accountability—enabling them to scale beyond individual bandwidth.
I push organizations toward higher leverage and throughput through intelligent automation. My cross-industry perspective—HPC, cloud, AI, enterprise—makes me a translator between deep tech and human impact.
Leadership is stewardship. I'm empathetic but not sentimental—I demand clarity because it protects people. Technology should amplify human capability and elevate others to operate at their highest level.
Founded first tech startup (Fusion Solutions)
Joined IBM as Enterprise Architect
Co-architected world's first petaflop supercomputer
Director, HPC Global Practice at Microsoft
Senior Cognitive Computing Architect at IBM Watson
Director, Federal Solutions Architecture at Penguin
Led COVID-19 HPC Fund global deployment
Director, HPC & AI at Microsoft
Founded Cognogent, Inc.