WhoIAm

I'm a design-minded frontend developer with Iowa roots, a love of visual craft and motion design, and a soft spot for weird, memorable web experiences.

I grew up on a corn, soybean, cow, and pig farm in southeast Iowa. I loved farm life, but I also loved technology. As a kid, I was hooked on using, upgrading, and tinkering with our custom-built computer. That combination still shapes how I work today: practical, curious, resourceful, and always interested in how things are made.

These days, I live on a small you-pick blueberry farm with two pet llamas. I love the taste of fresh blueberries, the rhythm of rural life, and the joy of being around animals.

Outside the Job

When I'm not working, I like making things with my hands — or at least with machines that make things with their nozzles. I design and print 3D lamps using Blender and my Elegoo Neptune 4 Max, and I also 3D print molds for casting objects in concrete.

I'm drawn to projects that combine digital tools with physical materials: printed lamps, concrete objects, strange little sculptures, and anything that lets me experiment with form, texture, and process.