Log
Where I've been and what I did there.
OpenCounter → Accela
Engineering DirectorFirst employee at OpenCounter, which started as a Code for America project in 2012 and won the Knight Foundation News Challenge. Contracted from the UK initially, moved to the US in 2019.
When the founders left I took over engineering leadership. The company went public as part of GTY Technology, got taken private, became a business unit within Euna Solutions, then got acquired by Accela in 2024. I kept the engineering team and the product running through all of it.
Right now we're building an AI conversational agent into the product and getting AI development tools working for the team.
City of Honolulu
Lead Developer, Honolulu AnswersTook over Honolulu Answers after Code for America's fellowship ended and handed it off to the city. Prioritised feature requests, fixed bugs, kept the lights on.
FreeAgent
Engineering InternShipped Stripe payment integration and early project management features at the Edinburgh fintech company (now publicly listed).
Code for America
Google Summer of CodeBuilt and launched Honolulu Answers with the CfA team. Wrote an NLP-based search library for the project. Also started building OpenCounter here, which became my main thing.