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. Over the next 13 years, I grew with the fleet — from under 1 GW of total deployed capacity to many GW’s and still growing. Today I direct operations for ~25% of Meta’s capacity. Fourteen Meta greenfield campuses across NORAM and additional leased facilities, representing a large concentration of AI compute for the company.

What I’ve built

Multiple regions from the ground up. I’ve commissioned and deployed new data center regions from dirt to production traffic — Concurrent builds, expansions, and retrofits delivering hundreds of megawatts of 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. I sponsored a cross-organizational quality metrics overhaul that introduced composite scoring frameworks, retired legacy metrics, and brought LLM-powered quality assessment to repair ticket evaluation. Diagnostic accuracy programs that reduce repeat repairs — directly bending the hiring curve by making each engineer more effective.

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.