About
Multidisciplinary engineer with hands-on experience designing, building, and maintaining offshore oil platforms. I also run a small independent tech studio where I enjoy turning messy, real-world workflows into clean, scalable digital products for a wide range of clients.
Experience
Engineering Experience
Marine Engineer
2023 - Present
Chevron, Louisiana
- Lead annual inspections of ballast tanks on floating platforms in compliance with USCG and ABS regulations.
- Interpreted inspection data to prioritize structural maintenance and asset integrity decisions.
- Identified and deployed next-gen robotic inspection tools to enhance field safety and data capture (e.g. mini robotic submarines).
- Featured Speaker at 2024 Deepwater Ops & Topsides Conference in Galveston, TX ? "Employing Technology & Robotics to Deepwater Asset Inspections".
Offshore Structural Engineer
2018 - 2023
Chevron, Texas, Africa
- Delivered Phase 2 conceptual design and Pre-FEED deliverables for the South N'Dola jacket for Chevron Angola.
- Performed structural analysis for company's global portfolio of fixed and floating platforms using ANSYS, Abaqus, and SACS.
- Supported loadout, transport and offshore installation of the SLGC jacket in Angola Block 0 as client rep site-based engineer.
Project Engineer - "Bigfoot" Platform
2014 - 2018
Chevron, Texas
- Coordinated with global vendors to manufacture and deliver mooring system components to the fabrication yard on schedule.
- Supervised fabrication and loadout operations at Kiewit Yard in Ingleside, TX, ensuring compliance with technical and safety standards.
- Client rep onboard deepwater construction (crane) vessel during platform installation 200 miles offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.
Tech Experience
Founder & Technical Lead
2020 - Present
Deepwater Digital LLC, Remote
Building Custom Full-Stack Applications for Diverse Clients
- Chainview Capital (Hedge Fund Fintech): Designed and deployed full-stack cloud infrastructure for a quantitative hedge fund. Built automated trading bots executing strategies driven by proprietary ML models.
- Custom Tournament Solutions (Event Tech): Developed a full-stack web platform for managing fishing tournaments, including real-time scoring, registration, sponsor tools, and betting pots. Expanded initial MVP into a scalable, hands-off SaaS product used by 400 participants.
- Field Sense Al (Ecology): Built an end-to-end system for collecting and analyzing wildlife audio recordings using machine learning. Enabled a dual-tier experience for free and paid users with real-time visualization of model outputs.
Education
MSE, Structural Engineering
2014
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Men's Volleyball, Steel Bridge Team
BSE, Civil & Environmental Engineering
2013
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Men's Volleyball, Steel Bridge Team
BS, Computer Science
2020
Regis University, Remote (at night)
Certifications
Licensed Professional Engineer (PE)
Civil Engineering - TX #123268
Active
Spanish Language
DELE C1
Registered for Nov-2025 exam
Technical Skills
Programming & Frameworks
- JavaScript/TypeScript (React, Node.js, Express.js)
- Python (Flask)
- SQL, NoSQL
Cloud & Infrastructure
- GCP, Heroku, Firebase
- Stripe React Integration
- Hubspot (for automated marketing campaigns)
Data & Machine Learning
- Python ML Libraries (various)
- H2O.ai, Hugging Face
- Daily workflow includes ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor
Engineering & Operations
- Structural/Marine Engineering
- ANSYS, Abaqus, and SACS
- Field Deployment & Project Management
Links & Contact
Connect with me for job opportunities, project requests, or just to chat!
Business Website
Phone
630.991.3012