I have been playing and working with computers since the mid 1980's. I studied at the University of Waterloo, graduating with an Honours B.Math in CS with an Applied Math minor in 1997. Since then, I have wandered the land of computer science, with experiences at packaged desktop software firms, high-pressure ecommerce web developers, Silicon Valley startups, handheld app shops, big consulting firms doing defence work, and a blockchain startup. I launched my own consulting company in 2003, and have been self-employed ever since. These days, I am pursuing certification of AI skills. My main focus is the art & science of building collaborative web and financial systems for commerce and community, and everything it happens to involve, from the nuts and bolts of server architecture to the nuances of screen flow and design. I can build an application on iOS, write the server side application that supports it, and design the computing cluster for high availability using either Amazon EC2 or real machines. My goal is positive collaboration with teammates I get along with. I'm here on linkedin to expand my network, and meet other sociable Internet roadies.