The same curiosity. Different kinds of building.
From the plant floor
to what’s next.
My career began in production, warehouse and distribution leadership. Today, I lead enterprise AI, automation and integrations. Understanding how work actually happens connects the two.
Enterprise capabilitiesCornerstone Building Brands · Apr 2024–present
AI Solutions, integration standards, architecture oversight, governance and teams that can deliver.
AI enablement / Boomi / Azure / Power Platform
Automation that scalesCornerstone Building Brands · Jun 2022–Apr 2024
Rebuilt an underperforming automation program into a repeatable delivery capability. Established intake, prioritization, governance, delivery standards and value tracking while leading 40+ enterprise automation initiatives.
- My role
- Capability building, team leadership and delivery accountability.
- Focus
- Workflow redesign · RPA · Enablement · Benefits realization
Business process designJohns Manville · 2017–2022
I approach business process design from first principles—starting with the outcome and how work actually happens. I challenge inherited assumptions, simplify decisions and handoffs, clarify ownership, and design around the people doing the work.
- My role
- Business process design and process excellence leadership, connecting people, decisions, information and execution.
- Focus
- First principles · Workflow design · Clear ownership · Measurable outcomes
The journey
behind the work.
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Apr 2024–present
Director, AI, Automation & Integrations
Cornerstone Building Brands
Jun 2022–Apr 2024
Senior Manager, Process Automation Center of Excellence
Cornerstone Building Brands
Feb 2020–Jun 2022
Business Process Excellence CoE Leader
Johns Manville
Mar 2017–Feb 2020
S&OP Business Unit Leader / Group Distribution Manager
Johns Manville
Oct 2014–Mar 2017
Transformation & Customer Experience Leader
Industrial Insulation Group
Jun 2005–Oct 2014
The operating foundationJohns Manville · Production, warehouse, distribution and plant supply chain
Plant Supply Chain Manager
Jan 2010–Oct 2014 · Cleburne, TX
Distribution Center & Private Fleet Manager
Mar 2008–Jan 2010 · Hazleton, PA
Warehouse Manager
Jan 2007–Mar 2008 · Waterville, OH
Production Supervisor
Jun 2005–Jan 2007 · Waterville, OH
BBA, Organizational Development · University of Toledo
Personal venture · Founder / Solo Builder
A little idea.
A real product.
TwelvePages turns an idea into an illustrated, personalized children’s book. I built it end to end—from the experience and AI workflow to payments and production operations.
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Not everything I build
lives on a screen.
Coaching. Fitness. Family games. Working with wood.
A coach on
the sidelines.
I coach kids’ volleyball and flag football. It’s another part of my life where people, practice and progress come together.
From enterprise teams to the next generation.
A recent hands-on project
I volunteered with my kids’ Girl Scout troop to build a dog agility course at a state park.
Room to move.
Room to grow.
I’m super into fitness. Alongside coaching, it’s a big part of how I spend my time outside work.
A life with space for physical challenges, too.
A little sawdust.
A shared purpose.
I know carpentry. Recently, I volunteered with my kids’ Girl Scout troop to build a dog agility course at a state park.
A hands-on project with my kids and their troop.
Games for
my favorite people.
I make game applications for my kids. They’re another canvas for the curiosity that drives my work—and a reason to keep making things.
Personal projects, built for family.
Curiosity doesn’t stop at the end of the workday.
My compass
Faith at the
foundation.
My Christian faith is part of my compass. I attend Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church (CCPC) (opens in a new tab).
Justice. Mercy. Humility.
“What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?”
Serenity. Courage. Wisdom.
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.”
Perspective
and trust.
A reminder that my perspective is limited, and God’s strength is greater than my own.
“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.”
“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.”
Ideas I come back to
Iron
sharpens iron.
I value constructive challenge: clear thinking gets stronger when we put it to the test together.
Alongside that foundationCuriosity · Stoicism · A futurist outlook
The hardest steel
is forged in the
hottest fire.
Keep learning. Keep showing up.
Let the hard things sharpen your judgment.
A maxim I come back to.
Interesting work.
Good people.
Let’s build something.
A conversation about technology, teams, ideas—or something worth making.
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