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SOFTWARE ENGINEER · COMPETITIVE ARCHER · CURIOUS GENERALIST

Curious by nature.
Deliberate by choice.

This is the part of the portfolio where the résumé ends: how I think, what I practice, and what I am still learning.

In a sentence

I like finding the structure hidden inside complexity.

At work, that means tracing where information breaks down, understanding the people and systems around it, and building a path that is easier to use and trust. It has taken me from connecting global shipment journeys at Amazon to building enterprise AI assistants and knowledge graphs at Charter.

Outside work, the pattern is surprisingly similar. I travel to encounter cultures and food on their own terms, play chess because one decision changes every decision that follows, and compete in archery because the target makes progress measurable. I enjoy becoming a beginner again, then learning with enough seriousness to move beyond being one.

A personal compass

Four ideas I try to carry into every room.

Not a motto on the wall—a practical sequence for meeting difficult work with honesty and composure.

  1. Dhriti

    Steadiness

    Stay grounded when the problem is difficult or the answer is uncomfortable.

  2. Drishti

    Perspective

    Step back far enough to see the system, the people, and what truly matters.

  3. Mati

    Judgment

    Think clearly, question assumptions, and choose with intention.

  4. Dakshyam

    Skillful action

    Turn understanding into capable work that improves the situation.

With a team

Make the thinking clear enough to share.

Studying organizational leadership changed how I show up in technical rooms. I learned to state a point of view without closing the conversation, invite useful disagreement, and translate complex choices into decisions that a broader team can make together.

Beyond engineering

A life should have more than one kind of ambition.

Olympic recurve archeryI began with barebow, reached two Missouri state podiums and a national competition in my first competitive year, then changed disciplines to master the bow style used in the Olympic Games.Read the archery story ↗
Travel, cultures and foodI travel to experience how other people live—not simply to collect destinations. Local food, language, and everyday routines are often the most memorable parts.
Chess, strategy and puzzlesI enjoy problems where the obvious move is rarely the whole answer and every choice changes the position that follows.
Languages and musicBoth offer a different way to understand culture: one through how people express meaning, the other through what can be understood without translation.
Film, television and gamesI’m drawn to immersive stories, carefully built worlds, and the craft behind experiences that hold attention for hours.
Planning the experienceI genuinely enjoy turning a trip or event into a thoughtful plan—the research, sequencing, tradeoffs, and small details that make it work.
Right now

Building at work. Rebuilding in sport.

Professionally, I’m developing AI assistants that help internal teams retrieve information and work with company data, along with a knowledge graph that connects people, projects, billing, Jira, and source-code information that previously lived in separate systems.

In archery, I have moved from barebow to Olympic recurve—the equipment style contested at the Olympic Games. The transition means rebuilding my shot around a sight, stabilizers, a clicker, and a more exact process. I’m not simply “training”; I’m deliberately starting a harder chapter after early competitive success.

See my results and the full story ↗