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Essays, technical writing, and adapted talks spanning AI strategy, responsible data science,
and the less-charted territory where lived experience meets systems thinking.
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What the Data Doesn't Know About Me
On being a limb salvage patient, a defense AI strategist, and the gap between those two paradigms. The piece that started everything.
Started Mar 2025· ~12 min read
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RAG at Mission Scale: What Defense Gets Right (and Wrong) About LLMs
Lessons from architecting retrieval-augmented systems for the Navy HyperLink program and beyond. What transfers from enterprise RAG — and what doesn't when the stakes are operational.
Started Feb 2025· ~15 min read
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The Youngest Person in the Room: On Being a Military Brat in Federal Tech
Growing up Air Force, entering the workforce at 20, and what my father's standard — excellence without excuses — actually taught me about building things that last.
Started Jan 2025· ~10 min read
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On Grief and Systems: What Losing My Mother Taught Me About Failure Modes
A draft I'm not sure I'll ever publish. On catastrophic failure, redundancy, and what it means when the system you depended on most goes offline permanently.
Draft · Feb 2025· ~8 min read
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Toward a Framework for AI Governance in Limb Salvage Care
Early thinking toward my PhD proposal. What would responsible AI look like in a field where most patients are older men and the research reflects it?
Draft · Mar 2025· ~20 min read
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The IDEO Brace and the Iron Man Suit: On Assistive Technology and Ambition
From wanting to build the Iron Man suit as a kid to wearing an orthotic to walk. What assistive technology taught me about human-centered design before I had language for it.
Draft · Jan 2025· ~9 min read
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Resilience as a Practice — Full Transcript
Working transcript of the resiliency talk I've given at schools, bases, and fundraising events. Being adapted into a longer essay format.