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Cloud Architect · FinOps Lead · Product Builder
I run cloud at mission scale, and I ship my own products.
Lead FinOps Engineer and cloud architect with 9+ years on AWS supporting the USGS Landsat program at KBR. Outside the day job I design, build, and operate my own production software: eight live products, end to end.
- 9+ yrsAWS in production, USGS Landsat program
- 8Products I built and run, live today
- FOCP · CDMPFinOps Foundation & DAMA certified
- 2×B.S. degrees, Augustana University
Selected work
Products I designed, built, and run
Everkinly
Private family memorials, funeral planning, and keepsakes in one calm place.
FastTrack U
Practical AI, technology, and certification-prep courses for small business owners.
DakotaBuilt
Property maintenance, turnovers, and facility support around Sioux Falls, with checklists and reports.
What I do
Three disciplines, one person who connects them
Cloud architecture
Serverless and cloud-native AWS systems with infrastructure as code (CloudFormation, CDK, SAM, Terraform), CI/CD, and security designed in from the first commit.
- AWS
- Serverless
- IaC
- CI/CD
- Security
FinOps
Cost visibility, forecasting, rightsizing, and governance that engineers actually adopt. I turn cloud bills into decisions leadership can act on.
- Cost optimization
- Forecasting
- Governance
- Reporting
Data & AI
Data governance and analytics at enterprise scale, and AI features in real products: document analysis, drafting assistants, and automation with guardrails.
- Data governance
- Analytics
- LLM apps
- Automation
Experience
KBR: Progressive technical leadership roles supporting the Landsat / USGS mission
2018 – Present. Eight years growing from software engineer to Lead FinOps Engineer on one of the world's longest-running Earth observation programs.
- Lead FinOps Engineer2025 – Present
- Senior Landsat Data Manager2022 – Present
- Data Scientist IIEarlier role
- Cloud DevOps Engineer IIEarlier role
- Systems Engineer IIEarlier role
- Software Engineer IIEarlier role
Writing
Notes on cloud, cost, and building
A FinOps teardown of my own AWS bill
My side projects' AWS bill jumped this month. Here's how I traced every dollar, what was actually a problem, and the Graviton migration that turned out to be more than an instance-type change.
How I ship eight products on nights and weekends
The boring, repeatable stack and habits that let one person run eight live products for a few dollars a month each: static-first, serverless where it counts, and audits that run before every deploy.
Hiring for cloud, FinOps, or data & AI?
I bring enterprise-scale AWS and FinOps experience, plus the habits of someone who ships and runs his own products. Let's talk.