COMMUNITY WORK
I'm a passionate advocate of using technology to solve complex community-level problems and empower groups and individuals to lean into their strengths, especially while minimizing labor and expenses. That sounds like boilerplate resume-speak, but I can talk your ear off about how thrilled I am to pour all of my free time into building organizations, events, resources, and partnerships that make a visible difference in people's lives.
Most recently, I created the Vore Arts Fund, a new experimental 501(c)(3) to make it easier for people to start or sustain businesses in the arts.
- President - Vore Arts Fund (2020-present)
- Founder, Administrator - Muncie Events (2003-present)
- Senior Software Engineer - Musical Family Tree (2014-present)
- Founding Director - Muncie Arts and Culture Council (2009-2013, 2015-2019)
- Director, Corporate Secretary - Full Circle Arts Co-op (2007-2015)
- Founding Administrator - Muncie First Thursday Promotion (2011-2016)
- Founding Director - Muncie MusicFest (2007-2016)
- Organizer - Food Not Bombs (2004-2006)
- Founding Administrator - The Muncie Scene Philanthropy Fund (2004-2005)
WEB DEVELOPER
I'm a senior full-stack web developer and project manager with 22+ years of experience planning, developing, and managing everything from complex, back-end-heavy websites to sophisticated one-page front-end applications. I lead teams from diverse backgrounds, serve as a liaison between technical and non-technical stakeholders, and broker effective collaboration among cross-functional groups.
Leadership and management
- Team hiring, leadership, and mentorship
- Agile development and scrum practices
- Project planning and strategic decision-making
- Stakeholder communication and cross-functional collaboration
- Productivity metrics and process improvement
- Managing a fully-remote team
Technical
- Backend: PHP 8, CakePHP, Laravel, Node.js, Next.js
- API Development: REST, JSON:API, Swagger
- Frontend: React, TypeScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, Tailwind, Sass, LESS
- DevOps & Tools: Docker, Webpack, Gulp, Grunt, Vite, Supabase
- CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Travis CI, SonarCloud
- Databases: MySQL, MariaDB, ElasticSearch, PostgreSQL, Redis
- Version Control: Git, GitHub, Gitflow
- Monitoring & Performance: OpenSearch, Datadog, Rollbar
- Testing: PhpUnit, Codeception, Jest
- Other: Web security, PCI compliance, SEO optimization, collaboration with UI designers (Figma), payment processing, accessibility, internationalization
PERFORMER
I emcee and produce festivals, concerts, burlesque shows, sideshows, variety shows, gameshows, and just about any other kind of show you can think of. When I'm not on the microphone, you'll often find me setting things on fire.
- Event emceeing
- Radio hosting and voiceover
- Comedy
- Acting
- Fire breathing
- Fire staff, sword, and torches
- Scriptwriting
- Live entertainment production
MARTIAL ARTIST
I'm a lifelong martial arts nerd, specializing in and teaching Filipino martial arts, women's self-defense, and sexual assault protection.
I've studied about a dozen other martial arts throughout my life, including arrest tactics during the years I worked as a fugitive recovery agent and tactical handgun combat, and on rare occasion I dabble in choreographing fights for film and stage productions.
- Filipino martial arts (knife, stick, sword)
- Silat
- To-shin Do
- Self-defense (emphasis on women's self-defense, LGBTQ+-inclusive self-defense, and sexual assault protection)
- Tactical handgun
- Investigation and arrest tactics
- Fight choreography
Developed Websites
The internet is magical. Let's make cool, useful, wonderful things with it.
Serious
The backbone of a community calendar network for Muncie, IN, which I've been operating in one form or another since 2003
A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization I founded to financially support struggling artists in my hometown
An experimental "thought repository" that since 2006 has collected thousands of thoughts from hundreds of writers who are only identified by unique colors.
From 2021 to 2025, I led the development and launch of the TicketLeap event ticketing platform
Annual street / multi-venue festival for the Muncie, IN music community that I ran from 2007-2016. I retired from leading this after ten years, but plans are in the works to pass the reins and start it back up.
An application for searching public APIs for music album artwork, built to help out Village Green Records
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Unserious
A presentation of "facts" displayed before each episode of Trivia Brawl begins. Click the logo to advance to the next fact, or wait for it to cycle automatically.
A dice-roller for combat and other such hassles in the game The Sword of the Bastard Elf.
A game originally developed in 2002 for the students of Muncie Central High School and resurrected in 2016. Search through over 120 rooms to investigate mysteries, defeat villains, and save the school.
A translator from normal human speech to confusingly bombastic gibberish. Developed as an inside joke for a tabletop roleplaying game.
A website for a very special summer camp.
This link is to a phone number to an automated phone system that I built as an easter egg hidden in some of the art I submitted to the fourth issue of the art magazine Darkness Dreaming. Call it to learn about Sumner Forge, the city of your dreams.
Writing
I write quite a lot, especially scripts for live events and content for web projects, but little of it is in the form of standalone text.
Nonetheless, here are a few pieces available for perusal:
The "Golden Era" of the Muncie Scene, 2003-2006
The story of the rise and fall of a Midwestern college town's mid-00s musical renaissance, written for Musical Family Tree
Videos
Subscribe for more videos on my YouTube channel
Christmas Spooktacular
Comedy videos I produced for my 2024 Christmas Spooktacular show in Indianapolis, IN
Trivia Brawl
Videos produced for the Trivia Brawl gameshow series
New Cammack
A Vampire: the Masquerade comedy-horror-mystery playcast series
Performances