WHO I AM
I am an engineering and IT leader with over a decade of experience building and operating high-reliability technical systems across fire alarm, ERCES/DAS, and safety-critical building infrastructure.
Currently, I serve as the CAD & IT Manager and Responsible Managing Employee (RME) at a national fire/life safety firm. My work focuses on improving system reliability, ensuring code compliance, and building automation and tooling that reduce operational risk and friction.
I am expanding my scope into AI systems and tooling, starting with LLM-assisted documentation and internal process automation.
CAREER TRAJECTORY & ROADMAP
CAD & IT Manager (RME)
2021 - PRESENTPYE-BARKER FIRE & SAFETY
- Responsibility: Final approval authority (RME) for life-safety system designs.
- Platform Eng: Managing IT infrastructure and modernization for 125+ users.
- Automation: Leading the pivot to automated QA and SOP generation tools.
Life Safety CAD Supervisor
2019 - 2021FIRE ALARM SERVICES, INC.
- Managed execution of 200+ code-compliant fire alarm and sprinkler designs.
- Coordinated with AHJs, engineers, and field technicians for high-quality submittals.
- Leveraged AutoCAD and SprinkCAD to enhance design precision.
Technical Foundation
2014 - 2018EARLY ROLES
- Layout Technician: Engineering calculations and NFPA compliance reviews.
- Asst. Project Manager: Permit management and field documentation coordination.
- IT Student Asst: Drupal web maintenance for CU Boulder.
TECHNICAL ROADMAP (LEARNING IN PUBLIC)
RAG Architecture
Building retrieval systems capable of accurately citing NFPA codes against natural language queries.
PlannedAI Evaluation
Applying QA principles to AI. Building eval harnesses to measure hallucination rates in technical outputs.
Planned
