About

I go where the problem is.

I figure out what needs doing. Then I do it.

I am a software engineer and former Marine officer. My work has usually started in the same place: an unclear problem, a missing owner, and a gap that needs to be filled.

I do not wait for perfect instructions or for the work to match what I already know. I learn what the situation requires, build enough context to act, and keep moving until the problem has an owner, a path, and a result.

Today, I work on the quantum firmware team at eleQtron, developing control software for trapped-ion quantum computers. The domain is specialized, but the pattern is familiar: understand the system, find the constraints, and make the next useful thing real.

Previously, I was a team lead and software engineer at freiheit.com technologies, where I worked on large-scale systems for clients with complex, high-pressure problems. I also worked on the firmware team at IBM Quantum.

That approach was shaped before software.

After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, I served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. I led Marines in the U.S., Afghanistan, and in protecting U.S. embassies and consulates in South America.

Action under uncertainty was normal there. Plans mattered, but responsibility mattered more. When something needed doing, someone had to step forward, understand enough, and move.

After leaving active duty, I continued working in national security as a government civilian before eventually leaving to open a brewery in Texas.

After walking the Camino de Santiago, I moved to Europe.

I returned to university in Hamburg, where I met my wife. I am Portuguese by nationality, and Europe is now home.

If you would like to get in touch, the best way is through LinkedIn.