A bit more about me

About

The story behind the resume.

I've always had two things pulling at me: how people communicate, and how systems work. Talent Development turned out to be the place where both could live at once - a role where understanding people and building the tools they use aren't separate skills, they're the same job.

That combination is a lot of what makes my work effective. Understanding how people actually experience a process - what confuses them, what they skip, what they need explained twice - is what makes the tools I build worth using. It's one thing to automate a workflow; it's another to design it so people actually adopt it. I've found that's usually the harder problem, and it's the one I'm most interested in solving.

Right now, that means building GenAI tools that plug into the systems people already use, running training that gets adopted company-wide, and asking a lot of "does this actually make someone's day easier" questions before "can we build this." I'm based in Boston, obsessed with my hydroponic garden, and always looking for the next process that's begging to be automated.

Interests & hobbies

What I'm up to when I'm not automating something.

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Amigurumi crochet

Crocheting small stuffed animals and characters, amigurumi-style.

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Hydroponic gardening

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Home barista

Making coffee at home, including a few hand-crafted syrups.

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Vanilla maple

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Vanilla maple 1:1 sugar and water, simmered with a split vanilla bean and 2 tbsp maple syrup for 10 min. Cool and strain.

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Blackberry lavender

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Blackberry lavender 1:1 sugar and water, simmered with 1 tsp dried lavender for 10 min. Stir in freeze-dried blackberries blended to a powder off heat, steep 10 min, then strain.

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Strawberry

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Strawberry 1:1 sugar and water, simmered until dissolved. Stir in freeze-dried strawberries blended to a powder off heat, steep 10 min, then strain.

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Mango

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Mango 1:1 sugar and water, simmered until dissolved. Stir in freeze-dried mango blended to a powder off heat, steep 10 min, then strain.

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Black sesame

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Black sesame 1:1 sugar and water, whisked with 2 tbsp toasted black sesame paste over low heat for 5 min. Strain through a fine mesh.

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Coconut

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Coconut 1 cup sugar dissolved into 1 cup coconut milk over low heat for 8 min, stirring constantly. No straining needed.

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Almond

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Almond 1:1 sugar and water, whisked with 2 tbsp almond paste over low heat until smooth. Strain and cool.

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Cinnamon

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Cinnamon 1:1 sugar and water, simmered with 2-3 cinnamon sticks for 10 min, then steeped off heat for 20 min. Strain.

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Polymer clay miniatures

Sculpting miniature objects out of polymer clay, mostly fruits and vegetables.

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Vegan cooking

Cooking vegan meals at home.