
A Message to Rowan
A letter to my son before he enters this world

Here it is. A face morphing over the days. Your smile a stream of once-in-lifetime. Laying on the floor I look up at you and remember telling Bob goodnight. Feeling my good, now I lift you into the Soren sky and we gleam. She calls me to say hi from a few mountains and a swamp away. Touching base with my meaning, my Josie. Rowan’s eyes glowed forward from the door frame playing with the lights in the bathroom. Catch another core. Reaching across the bed, both exhausted, we hit pause on another scene and reset for the next take. Soon we will be rudely awakened by a gruff toddler 1st AD. An arm across the loves and Justine calls a wrap to me. On my run now “did I do it well?”. We did. Except I forgot to leave a forever for you. Here it is.

A letter to my son before he enters this world

A free index of every in-person Utah tech event I could find, and a short note on why I made it.


Let me look again. Take the glasses off. No wait! He’s leaning back into your arms. Maybe one day you’ll get another chance. Another moment.

I'm trying to re-wire all my socials through my blog. Back in 2019, I 'quit social media' and other than posting pictures of my family, I've primarily followed that directive.

Joined the Y Combinator-backed SaaS startup. Grew to VP of Engineering & Operations. Part of the team behind Ruth — an autonomous AI negotiation agent trained on $15B+ in spend data.

My mind doesn't pretend to deserve this. Saved by grace? I'm lucky.