Eleven years as a Mechanical Engineer across three companies in very different industries, a multitude of applications, and projects ranging from NASA flight hardware to commercial IoT devices. I'm proud of what I produced, and now I'm bringing the value of discipline and life experience into Commercial Real Estate.
The skillset transfers more directly than people expect. Complex projects with long timelines, multiple stakeholders, and little to no margin for error. Learning technical domains from scratch and becoming the person others rely on. Earning trust through follow-through, not just credentials. That's engineering. It's also brokerage.
Below are some highlighted projects that I enjoy talking about.
Led design and development of the company's first Variable Displacement Vane Pump from concept to manufactured reality.
Built and tested the first functional prototype.
Identifying problems based on customers' experiences and providing engineering justification of your solutions.
Performed structural analysis on flight safety critical components for NASA's Space Launch System — the rocket that powered the first crewed Artemis mission around the Moon.
The number of reviewers of this project was truly remarkable, walking into a meeting as a team of two while being outnumbered 15:1 can be intimidating and can produce a miriad of noise.
Ariel is one of the world's largest manufacturers of reciprocating compressors.
As lead mechanical hardware engineer, I had a hand in developing roughly 90% of the components in the system. I did have a lot of help.
This is where my career began. A vertically integrated design, manufacturing, and testing company with a wide application base, which meant exposure to nearly every aspect of the engineering process from day one.
I learned early how to communicate across disciplines, work with people at every level of an organization, and find my footing in unfamiliar technical territory fast. That foundation has served me in every role since.
A project I enjoyed for the creative latitude it allowed.
Dual cell, WiFi, Bluetooth, and satellite connectivity in a single enclosure — designed to withstand -40°C while maintaining a modern industrial aesthetic