I build intelligent tools that make people feel more capable.
Twenty years of professional work taught me what to build. I spent them watching smart people try to fit themselves into tools that didn't fit back. AI showed me I could finally build the ones that do.
Where the work meets the real world
Today, I'm VP and Director of AI & Process Innovation at Mechanics Bank. It's the part of my work where the constraints are real: regulation, security, legacy systems, risk, and people whose jobs cannot be reduced to a demo. That experience shapes everything I build on my own—and the things I build on my own make me better at the work.
Why clarineffable
The name comes from clarity + ineffable — making the indescribable clear. That's the whole mission. Take the complex, the overwhelming, the things that feel impossible to manage, and build tools that make them navigable.
Vibe coding, honestly
I practice vibe coding — riffing with language models until something real emerges. It's like jazz, but with code. I spend 10-12 hours a day inside AI models, not theorizing about them. I have a master's in AI, but I'd rather show you what I built this week than lecture you about transformer architecture.
What I believe
Intelligent tools should make people feel more capable. Start with the real problem, not the trend. Be honest about uncertainty. Refuse either/or — it's almost never binary. And give freely: teach, share what you learn, build in public.