About

The story so far.

From New Port Richey, Florida to a desk in San Francisco, by way of an island in the Pacific and a winter or two in Boston. Here's how I got here.

43
Years
4
Cities
2
Degrees
13
Milestones
Chapter I1983–1991

Florida

Where it began.

  1. 1983

    Born

    Hello, world.

    New Port Richey, Florida
Chapter II1992–2015

Guam

An island childhood, and the start of music.

  1. 1992

    Moved across the Pacific

    Family relocated from Florida to Guam.

    Guam, USA
  2. 2001

    Graduated high school · George Washington High School

    Guam
  3. 2008

    B.F.A., Music · University of Guam

    Guam
Chapter III2016–2018

Boston

Grad school. First lines of production code.

  1. 2016

    Moved to Boston

    Started a master's at Boston University.

    Boston, Massachusetts
  2. 2016

    First full-stack role · iFactory

    Boston, Massachusetts
  3. 2018

    M.A., Music Education · Boston University

    Boston, Massachusetts
Chapter IV2018–present

San Francisco

Where the work and the music both live.

  1. Sep 2018

    Moved to the Bay Area

    Started at Okta as a full-stack engineer.

    San Francisco, California
  2. Sep 2018 – Aug 2020

    Full-stack Drupal Developer · Okta

    Led the migration from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8 and built features on the platform powering okta.com.

  3. Aug 2020 – Feb 2023

    Staff Web Developer · Okta

    Scaled the CMS translation pipeline to new locales, built event experiences powered by Okta auth, and partnered with UI engineering on secure headless capabilities for our React-based sites.

  4. Jul 10, 2022

    Got married

    Best decision in the whole timeline.

  5. Feb 2023 – Apr 2026

    Manager, Web Development · Okta

    Led the Oktane events website team, the platform engineering team behind www.okta.com, and the data and content systems that power lead generation.

  6. Apr 2026 – present

    Senior Manager, Digital Solutions · Okta

    Driving web platform consolidation across okta.com, auth0.com, and supporting marketing properties; mentoring senior and staff engineers into tech-lead roles; championing AI-assisted development across the team.