Building Under Pressure

Three Decades of Building Under Pressure

From aircraft systems at 20,000 feet to cloud infrastructure serving millions, every chapter shaped the precision behind Shutter Speed Apps.

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1995-2003 • U.S. Air Force

Wings & Code

C-130 Combat Flight Engineer in Bosnia's bitter chill and Iraq's dusty chaos. Calibrating turboprops and monitoring hydraulic systems at 20,000 feet where one misread gauge could cost lives.

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2003-2010 • Early Web Development

Forging the Cloud

From Linux shells and PHP scripts to architecting Playlist.com's infrastructure for 135M users. Building one of the web's earliest "cloud" services with OpenVZ, LVS load balancers, and custom CDNs.

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2015-2023 • Enterprise & Startups

Leading Through Growth

Tech Lead at Echelon Fitness during $100M+ funding rounds. Enterprise migrations at Experian. Building mental-health backends and serverless architectures that scale under pressure.

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2023-Present • Independent Development

Birth of Shutter Speed Apps

Creating something tangible. TimeLapsed app with real-time rocket tracking and automated composites. Tested from Space Coast Falcon 9 launches to backyard meteor showers, proving resilience in the field.

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Each chapter built the foundation for what comes next: tools that capture the impossible.

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