After graduating with a B.S. in Computer Science, I worked for three years with assistive technology. I then started my career in the education industry at Radford University administering IT equipment for the library. I then moved to the Virginia Tech department of Biological Sciences where I ran multiple servers and provided desktop support for faculty and staff. I started working on a Masters of Information Technology degree with the tuition waiver program offered as a Virginia Tech benefit. I quickly found more opportunities and moved to a Linux System Engineer role followed by an HPC Specialist and HPC Team Lead.

I'm the solutions architect for the Enterprise Application Infrastructure group in the Enterprise Solutions and Emerging Technologies department. This department is part of the Division of Information Technology. I have technical responsibility for our group and work closely with other architects in our department to create sustainable, reliable, and secure solutions.