I'm a recovering FANG software engineer based in the mountains of Asheville, NC.

Things I Do

• Software Engineer at Trident IoT
• Board of Directors at Blue Ridge Public Radio
• Industry Advisory Board at College of Charleston Computer Science
• Co-Organizer of avl.js

Things I Used to Do

• 2022-2023: Software Engineer at Roku
• 2017-2021: Software Engineer at Facebook
• 2018-2020: Industry Advisory Board at Claflin University Computer Science
• 2013-2017: Software Engineer at Netflix
• 2013-2015: Author of Learning Web App Development
• 2012-2013: Co-Founder of the Asheville Coders League
• 2011-2013: Assistant Professor of Computer Science at UNCA Computer Science
• 2007-2011: Co-Founder of Free I.T. Athens

Writing

• Oct 15, 2025: Happy Birthday, Mandi

Videos

• Sep 20, 2025: Home Planet Podcast Interview
• Apr 22, 2015: Fluent 2015 -- Modular JavaScript at Netflix
• Apr 15, 2015: POSSCON 2015 -- Modular JavaScript at Netflix
• Mar 12, 2014: Fluent 2014 Interview
• Jun 08, 2013: Southeast LinuxFest 2013 -- JavaScript doesn't suck: From NO JS! to Node.js
• Nov 20, 2010: Free I.T. Athens Annual Meeting 2010
• Jun 13, 2009: Southeast LinuxFest 2009 -- Community Engagement through FOSS

Media

• Oct 02, 2018: Career Center Series Advises Students on Professional Success
• Sep 28, 2018: I've failed more interviews than I passed: Facebook engineer talks about getting tech-based career
• Sep 20, 2018: I Want Your Job: Software Engineer at Facebook
• Mar 31, 2015: Netflix has more than 50 open source projects
• Aug 04, 2014: Free I.T. Athens provides computers and tech help to those in need

Social

• Github
• LinkedIn
• Facebook
• Instagram