Now

Below is a little bit of what I’m working on and doing now, updated every once in a while (last: 10/19/2026).

Professionally

After previously focusing on modeling renewables, energy pricing, and energy efficiency programs, I’ve been with the Enterprise Analytics & AI team at the Tennessee Valley Authority for about two years. Our team focuses on the implementation of and education around… well… analytics & AI for the enterprise. Our work spans from proof of concept to production deployment of AI solutions as we enable TVA’s citizen data scientists to do the same.

Earlier this year, I deployed a redesign of our enterprise CMS search using traditional keyword-based indexing techniques in concert with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). In supporting our coal combustion residuals team, I built a new module for our Geochemical Modeling and Evaluation Tool, which enables multivariate analyses like PCA and Piper diagrams. I’ve recently deployed a KNN and regression-based pipeline that estimates the end-use load reduction of our smart thermostat demand response program. My other projects include agentic project planning and AI-based contradiction detection between maintenance instructions and vendor manuals.

Academically

I’ve officially graduated with my Master’s of Computer Science at Georgia Tech. I found my final course, Artificial Intelligence, to be an interesting survey of topics I dove deeply into throughout my prior courses. It also presented me with interesting reframings of AI problems. The program as a whole taught me what I didn’t know and challenged me - both in hard skills and time management. I have been ‘taking a breath’ since graduating and putting energy back into other parts of my life with my newfound free time. I continue applying the skills I accumulated along the way at the TVA.

Personally

Each year, I pick a yearly theme. 2026 is the Year of Working the Count. Following 2025, the Year of Holding Things Loosely, I’ve been trying to work out some feelings of stagnation and restlessness in my personal life. I think more and more about “big swings”, hopefully coming in my late 20s: settling in one location, buying a house, meeting my future wife, etc. These things don’t just happen overnight. 2026 is about taking steps to enable big swings in the future. If good pitches do come my way this year, well, I’ll be hitting them out of the park all the same.

I relocated back to Nashville, TN, for work, so I’ve been re-acclimating. Some things, like living downtown, I’m acclimating to for the first time. So far, I’ve found it energizing.

I’m currently rocking a mediocre record in fantasy football, lamenting an embarrassing Chicago Cubs post-season performance, contemplating Kimi Antonelli’s first WDC, and watching way too many movies.