Founder & CEO
Building a mobile-first social platform focused on real-world connection, place-based discovery, and the belief that the places people love reveal something meaningful about who they are.
Founder · Engineer · Builder
Building across software, machines, places, and systems.
I have never been particularly interested in staying within a single discipline. Since childhood, I have spent my time learning how things work, taking them apart, and building them again.
A software engineer by training, but not by limitation. My work has moved through RC aircraft, Arduino, 3D printing, drones, motorcycles, piano restoration, expedition shelters, mobile software, and now company building.
The medium changes, but the process remains the same: observe carefully, understand the system, learn what is missing, build the first version, test it in the real world, and improve it.
Today I am building Detour, a location-based platform designed to help people discover meaningful real-world connections through the places they love.
Current Focus
Detour
Product Evolution
Detour evolved through several iterations: dating, social discovery, friend-making, and ultimately a place-based connection platform. Each version clarified the deeper problem worth solving.
Engineering
Developed with Swift, SwiftUI, Supabase, geolocation, mapping, photo intelligence, backend architecture, and product systems designed around human behavior in physical spaces.
Selected Work
Things I've Built
Detour
A location-based social platform helping people connect through the places that matter to them. The current version began development in May 2025, after earlier explorations into dating, friend discovery, and location-based social design.
Rooftop Tent
Designed and built from scratch in approximately two weeks in September 2021. The structure survived a 6,000-mile road trip, turning a personal build into a real-world engineering test.
Burning Man Shelter
Designed and fabricated a custom shelter in July and August 2024. Built over roughly three weeks, it survived ten days in Black Rock Desert conditions: heat, dust, wind, transport constraints, and rapid assembly.
Motorcycle Restorations
Restored and rebuilt three motorcycles. The first began in 2015 and continued through 2019 and 2020. The second was acquired and restored in 2020, and the third in 2022.
Tricopter & Quadcopter Builds
Built a custom tricopter in 2012 using 3D printed parts. In 2014, designed a quadcopter in AutoCAD, milled structural body parts, 3D printed components, and integrated a camera for aerial recording before consumer drones became commonplace.
Piano & Century-Old Instrument Restoration
Began learning piano independently around 2017 or 2018. Later acquired and restored a roughly 100-year-old piano, continuing the same pattern of studying a system, rebuilding it, and learning to use it with care.
Timeline
A Builder's Timeline
2009
RC aircraft, programming, and early engineering
Began building RC airplanes and learning programming around age twelve, starting a long-running interest in aviation, electronics, software, and mechanical systems.
2010
Arduino and 3D printing
Started working with Arduino and built a MakerBot CupCake CNC kit, learning digital fabrication at a time when consumer 3D printing still required assembly, calibration, patience, and troubleshooting.
2012
Custom tricopter
Built a tricopter with custom 3D printed components, combining flight systems, electronics, fabrication, and experimentation.
2014–2016
Custom quadcopter and aerial recording
Designed a quadcopter in AutoCAD, milled body parts, 3D printed components, and mounted a camera for aerial recording. The aircraft eventually flew away on August 13, 2016, but the project remains an early and ambitious drone build.
2015–2022
Motorcycle restoration
Purchased the first motorcycle in 2015, took it apart, and continued the restoration through college and the COVID period. Restored a second motorcycle in 2020 and acquired a third in 2022.
2017
Objective-C game
Built an iOS game in Objective-C. It was never published, but it became an early full software product and a foundation for later mobile development.
2017–2018
Self-taught piano
Began learning piano independently, including reading music, building technique, and studying classical pieces such as nocturnes and preludes.
2021
Rooftop tent
Designed and built a rooftop tent from scratch in approximately two weeks. It later survived a 6,000-mile road trip.
2021–2022
Century-old piano restoration
Acquired and restored a roughly 100-year-old piano, bringing together music, craft, patience, and mechanical understanding.
2023
Swift and SwiftUI development
Began building modern iOS applications with Swift and SwiftUI, focusing on mobile product architecture, interface design, and user experience.
June 2024
Location-based technology
Began working seriously on location-based software and geospatial experiences, forming the technical and conceptual foundation for Detour.
July–August 2024
Burning Man shelter
Designed and built a custom desert shelter in roughly three weeks. It survived ten days in Black Rock Desert conditions.
May 2025–Present
Detour
Started development of the current Detour app: a place-based social platform built around real-world connection, favorite places, photo intelligence, maps, and mobile-first discovery.
Capabilities
Disciplines I Move Between
Software
Swift, SwiftUI, Objective-C, Supabase, geolocation, mapping, product architecture, mobile UX.
Fabrication
CAD, 3D printing, CNC milling, prototyping, structural problem solving, field testing.
Mechanical
Motorcycle restoration, carburetors, electrical systems, troubleshooting, repair, assembly.
Creative
Piano, photography, cooking, writing, product storytelling, observation, and design sensibility.
Contact
For collaboration, product, engineering, or founder conversations.
This site is a record of the systems I have tried to understand and the things I have built along the way.