About

I’ve spent my career in infrastructure — first building IT systems for small and mid-size businesses, then operating data centers at a scale that didn’t exist when I started.

I joined Meta in 2013 as an operations manager at a single data center in North Carolina, when the fleet was still at the Megawatt scale. Over the past 13 years, our team has grown through multiple Gigawatts and we’re now scaling toward dozens of Gigawatts. Today I direct operations for one of Meta’s largest regions — multiple campuses across the Southeast and beyond, supporting a significant share of the company’s AI compute. Our team is currently supporting the turn-up of Hyperion in Louisiana — Meta’s next-generation campus that will be the size of Manhattan and 5 GW at full build-out.

What I’ve built

Multiple regions from the ground up. Our team has commissioned and deployed new data center regions from dirt to production traffic — concurrent builds, expansions, and retrofits delivering significant new capacity every quarter.

AI into how I operate. I don’t just govern AI initiatives — I use AI tools daily. I’ve built AI agents into my own workflow for meeting prep, workforce modeling, data analysis, and operational reporting. That hands-on fluency shapes how I evaluate and sponsor AI programs across the organization, from agentic repair systems to human-in-the-loop troubleshooting agents.

Operations that scale by way of quality systems that work. Every year, dozens of cutting-edge server platforms flow through the NPI pipeline with minimal telemetry or diagnostics out of the box. Our team drove continuous improvement into how we troubleshoot and repair these systems — composite scoring frameworks, retired legacy metrics, LLM-powered quality assessment — and now we’re leveraging Agentic AI to exponentially accelerate that process. Diagnostic accuracy programs that reduce repeat repairs, making each engineer more effective and building teams that scale.

Before Meta

I spent over a decade in IT infrastructure. I designed and deployed systems across Unix, Linux, VMware, and Windows environments as a systems engineer and architect. I co-created managed cloud service offerings. I directed technology operations for a multi-state retailer with around 400 employees, partnering with the CEO and CFO on strategy and managing all infrastructure end to end.

I started my career as a hands-on engineer. That foundation — understanding how systems actually work, not just how they look on a slide — still shapes how I lead.

Outside work

I’m a graduate of Leadership North Carolina, a selective statewide leadership program. I represent my company in state-level legislative advocacy for data center tax incentives and maintain relationships with government officials, economic development authorities, and community organizations across the Southeast.

Outside of work, I’ve completed several half and full Ironman triathlons, and these days I spend my time woodworking, vibe-coding side projects, and cooking food that’s probably too spicy. I live in Athens, Georgia with my partner Aimee and our two dogs, Olive and Huck.