About Me

Uncertified "Data Guy"

I've spent the past 13 years in back office operations at Bank of America, where I've earned a reputation as "the data guy"—the person teams turn to when they need a new macro, need to troubleshoot why someone's automation broke, or want to calculate complex metrics. Over the years, I've taught myself VBA, Tableau, Access databases, Power Query, and eventually worked my way into an actual data role using Microsoft SQL Server, Python, and various AI tools.

I think the more interesting part of the story gets told when I talk about the side projects that I work on at home. I've created a fantasy soccer website to track league stats when the official FPL one wasn't doing the job. Built a Tinder-style app for baby names that helped my wife and me get down to a short list for each of our three kids. Even simulated the entire baseball season in 2020 when the real season got canceled so our fantasy league could keep playing.

And now that AI tools like Claude or Gemini have become available, the cadence of builds is increasing... I've refactored the entire soccer site to make that backend make sense. Created a spelling test helper for my son that shows him a happy husky for correct answers or a sad dog for wrong ones to make studying a little less frustrating. Built a hot dog tracker so he can log every dog he eats in 2026. During the World Cup the boys were collecting the Panini stickers so I made an app where they could track their teams and make lineups, where Claude would simulate a Champions League-style matchup. I'm currently working on an iOS app for quick posting of Twitter-style posts that go to a feed just for you. It's really just a way to capture ideas and organize them to be found later.

All that is to say... I'm not a formally trained software engineer and "Data Guy" obviously wasn't ever a real job title. Half the time I don't know what I'm doing but I try to approach problems with "I don't know but I can find out" mindset.

Creating a space like this where I keep track of all the tools and skills I've picked up along the way seems like a good thing to know how to do. And maybe someday it'll even inspire a few people to start building their own projects too.

"Skills"

Math degree holder with 13 years of back office operations at BofA who knows surprisingly little about advanced math or finance...