Speaking

Nothing scheduled right now. If you're putting together an event, I'd be glad to talk, reach out.

1. Aug 6, 2026· Portland, OR

   Oregon AIR Challenge · Core Defender AI

   Judge: Oregon AIR Challenge Pitch Day

   Judged the pitch event for the inaugural Oregon AIR Challenge cohort, Core Defender AI’s statewide AI and robotics competition for students. A strong field of pitches made picking a winner genuinely difficult — looking forward to future cohorts.

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2. May 20, 2026· Portland, OR

   Maseeh College of Engineering · Portland State University

   Panelist: AI Futures

   Joined the AI Futures industry panel at the Maseeh Exchange: Events With Impact, alongside PSU faculty exploring how AI is being applied to real-world challenges.

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3. May 14, 2026· Portland, OR

   Portland WIP AI Demos Lunch · UpStart Collective

   Presented knobs.cc

   Demoed the in-progress build at Portland’s informal show-and-tell for AI builders: a desktop inspector for every knob Claude Code gives you, where it lives, what it’s set to, and which layer wins.

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recordings

GOTO Conferences

Clean Architecture
with Python

interview

“Clean Architecture with Python”

On the book and building maintainable software systems.

Oregon AI Accelerator · screencast

“Observability in AI”

Observability patterns for AI systems in production.