AI/ML · Cloud · DevOps · Pastor · Mentor
I'm a Cloud & AI/ML Architect, PhD researcher, Pastor, and mentor. I build compliant systems for FinTech, Healthcare, and government, and help engineers and leaders grow into their calling.
Writing
FeaturedFaith
At 13, I knew I was called to serve God through engineering or medicine, ministry, and family, and I started praying about a bold vision. Then my father died, the money ran out, and I landed in Zimbabwe with less than $200 and a $2,000 debt. Here is what prayer means to me.
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Personal Growth
Part 3 of the Rooted, Built, Wired series. Roots hold you. Structure carries you. But you were also made to move. Four ideas from Philippians 3:12-14, each backed by three scriptures: own your 'not yet,' let go of what's behind, run with one thing, and finish well.
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Technology
Your dashboard shows what you spent, not what a finished task costs, how much went to failed runs, or what one stuck loop would cost overnight. costcheck measures all three with three lines of Python. Free, open source, and nothing leaves your computer.
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Faith
Part 2 of the Rooted, Built, Wired series. Roots hold you, but something has to be built on them. Four ideas every builder needs, each backed by three scriptures: check your chair, build on quiet days, build systems not moods, and own the next brick, not the harvest.
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What I focus on
PhD research turning emerging tech into systems regulators and operators can trust.
ML-assisted alerting that catches problems before they become incidents.
OPA, IAM, and security controls built into every CI/CD pipeline.
Enterprise design across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud for regulated workloads.
Hardened, multi-tenant platforms for mission-critical systems.
Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry, built for fast incident response.
Terraform and GitOps with ArgoCD: auditable, repeatable delivery.
Mentoring engineers into high-impact roles in cloud, DevSecOps, and AI, with the skills and branding to get there.
Modernizing cloud and AI infrastructure into compliant, reliable systems, built for regulated industries.
Beyond the terminal
I've pastored for over 14 years in Iowa, and I care about closing the intelligence gap: giving youth and small business owners, first in Africa, then Central and South America, access to the same AI/ML intelligence as their peers in developed countries, so they can build and compete globally.
I carry it out through Transformed2Succeed and Kids Teck Inc.
“It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search it out” (Proverbs 25:2).
