Consultant | Coordinator | Wandering Minstrel
Whoami
Generalist. Hippie. Technologist. Luddite. Wandering Minstrel. Pop culture Pavlovian dog. I make musical, professional, and artistic connections in the Seattle area with my friends and family.
About Me
Broadly speaking, I'm an avowed generalist, hippie, technologist, luddite, and pop culture Pavlovian dog. I discovered a love of piano and music around age 6, and computers shortly thereafter in the early 80's NE Ohio. My life path provided focused on software engineering (with a brief segue into restaurant management). After producing a musical (Man of La Mancha) for a community theater group , I realized my passion was coordination and connection. This epiphany changed my career direction, and I transitioned my day-to-day job role from engineering to portfolio, program, and project management, using my technical skills and background to inform decisions and to create tech-hacks for my day job.
Activities
My current activities are focused around:
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transforming neglected forest lands into healthy permaculture with my partner, friends, and family at Earthbound in Hoodsport, WA
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performing, composing, and collaborating with musicians in the Seattle Area, including BassicNerd's Piano Jam, Karyn Michaelson Band and Andrew Lee Mason.
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owneng and operating a plague-doctor themed ice cream and treats business at local Rennaissance Faires with our partners at Teamatorium.
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Building a multi-headed hydra of business and community initiatives with the Mercenary Muse in Highlands Castle Holdings
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traveling to, and obsessing over, cities and environments built for people (not cars)
Objectives
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Harmony - Seek balance and coordination between teams, groups, objectives, and capabilities. Remember that constraints can be liberating, and that harmony comes from diverse forces acting in concert.
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Sustainability - Implement patterns and practices that are repeatable, and that the level of capability being sought must be balanced against time and capacity, or quality will suffer.
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Scalability - If practices need to grow or be repeated (and they often do, or can benefit from doing so), understand the ways in which they scale efficiently, and inefficiently. Implement patterns and practices that can expand to future capacity and/or use cases
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Incrementalism - Recognize that all change, even ultimately helpful change, is disruptive at introduction. Limit change to the most important dimension or factors that needs influence, and focus on MVP-and-iterate mentality in all things
Skills
As noted above, I'm a generalist, and love data, so here's a categorical list of the different areas I've been exposed to.
⬤ Very Experienced | ◑ Somewhat Experienced | bold skills are currently practiced
Technical
⬤ AI Operation / Prompt Engineering
⬤ Google Sheets/Slides Automation
⬤ AppScript/JavaScript
⬤ Data Visualization/Presentation
⬤ Data/Information Architecture
⬤ Angular/TypeScript/HTML/CSS
◑ Permaculture Design
◑ Off-Grid Living (Wood/Electric/Water)
◑ Software Architecture
◑ Sustainable Urbanism
Coordination
⬤ Training Production & Facilitation
⬤ Productivity Tools
◑ Live Sound Production
◑ Food Service
⬤ Portfolio/Planning Management
⬤ Project/Execution Management
⬤ Release/Launch Management
⬤ Process Definition/Adoption
◑ Stage Management
Arts & Wellness
⬤ Theater Production (Youth & Adult)
⬤ Keyboard, Bass, and Vocal Performance
⬤ Bicycling
◑ Forestry & Land Wellness
◑ Kayaking
◑ Music Composition
⬤ Recognizing and Addressing Bias
◑ Mindfulness & Meditation
◑ Dancing
