Technology has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. My dad was a VAX/VMS programmer (along with plenty of other geeky pursuits), so I grew up around computers. I started on a TRS-80 and Commodore 64, graduated to a Macintosh around 1986 to learn MacDraw, and never really stopped exploring. The pattern was set early: find a real problem, use the tools available, and build something that works.
Since the mid-1990s, I've designed and led technology initiatives across multiple industries. Whether I was building applications, leading IT organizations, modernizing operations, or untangling complex systems, the work has always centered on the same goal: using technology to solve business problems. I moved into IT leadership in 2002 and spent the next two decades guiding teams through growth, transformation, and the occasional turnaround.
I'm a systems thinker by nature. I enjoy connecting ideas, simplifying complexity, and building practical solutions that move from concept to execution.
Journey grew out of my own long-term recovery, which began in 1993. Making recovery more visible became the problem I wanted to solve, so I built the systems, partnerships, and media platform to help more people find hope and resources.
PracticalTech comes from that same mindset, applied to a different challenge. I help leaders make better technology decisions and use AI and modern tools in practical ways — without getting distracted by hype, complexity, or unnecessary noise.
Whether the work is technology or recovery, I'm ultimately interested in the same thing: building systems that make people's lives better.
