About

I grew up moving. My dad was alive then, and we moved a lot — I rarely stayed at one school long enough to build a social life. Always the new kid. I'm the oldest of seven: Matt, Janie, Luke, Mary, Timmy, Lilly. Big family, tight in the way that comes from leaving places together.

I lost my dad young. Constant moves, losing him, being the oldest — those three things made me introverted and self-reliant in ways I'm still untangling. The Marine Corps gave me what I'd been missing: structure and belonging. I enlisted in 2013, separated in 2018 as a Sergeant. Service-disabled veteran, retired status. Bill Cusson — a friend of my mom's — convinced me to pick the Marines over the Army. He said the best service members he'd worked with were Marines. That was enough for me.

I've been tracking my net worth since high school. Charlotte and I have always been disciplined with money. That obsession is what eventually became Nova — I wanted a tool that worked the way my brain worked, and the existing ones didn't.

After the Marines I started contracting. Around 2022 I joined Insitu (a Boeing subsidiary) flying the ScanEagle — small drone, big mission. I'm deployed 6 to 8 months a year. I'm writing some of this from overseas.

My wife Charlotte is a licensed Funeral Director. We have a son, Dewey, born November 21, 2023 — one day after my dad's birthday. We named him after both grandfathers. Our daughter Amy is due June 28, 2026.

The goal: be home full-time by Dewey's third birthday. That means Nova has to work.

Why this site looks like this

The palette is pulled from my own eyes — hazel, warm, golden-brown with olive flecks. The serif is EB Garamond, which has a Bavarian quietness to it that feels right for a name that means wonder. The site is built in Astro, deployed to Vercel, because slow personal websites are an insult to the visitor.