Projects

Leadership & Communication

• Speaking - Technical presentations and conference talks on API design, documentation best practices, Git workflows, and homelab infrastructure. Delivered to a variety of audiences and hundreds of attendees across multiple conferences and internal events.

Systems & Architecture

• Homelab - Home infrastructure for continuous learning and experimentation. Hosts multiple services including CI/CD pipelines, game servers, media servers, and web applications. A practical testbed for exploring virtualization, containerization, networking, and security.

• Home Automation - Comprehensive smart home system built on Home Assistant with local-first architecture. Integrates weather monitoring, security cameras, automated lighting, climate control, and power monitoring with custom automations and dashboards.

Hands-On Engineering

• Sump Pump Monitor - IoT monitoring system that evolved through multiple iterations to achieve reliable data collection and alerting for basement water levels.

• Campus Parking Availability System - Led a team of 6 students to design and deploy a real-time parking occupancy monitoring system for the University of Tennessee. Combined hardware and software to solve a real campus problem.

For Fun & Learning

• Double Monopoly - Monte Carlo simulation tool that solves late-game Monopoly standoffs with statistical analysis.

• Mealie Cookbook Generator - Python script that generates print-ready PDF cookbooks from Mealie’s API.

• Streams of Prayer - Cross-platform mobile app for prayer reminders (retired).

• Biologically Inspired Algorithms - Academic exploration of genetic algorithms, neural networks, and optimization techniques. Forms the basis for my understanding of modern machine learning.

• The Alligator Car - Early engineering project.

• YT Clips - YouTube clip sharing tool that lets you create shareable links with custom start and end times.

These projects reflect my commitment to continuous learning, technical depth, and practical problem-solving.