I grew up at the edge.

Not just the edge of town, though that’s where I lived, but at the edges between things. Where pavement turned to field. Where the built world gave way to sagebrush, hills, and sand. Where things ended, or began, or both.

These in-between places were where I spent most of my time.

For me, exploration is a way of knowing the world. As a child, I wandered unfenced construction sites like they were part ruin, part future. I was learning the language of architecture and construction. Boundaries and edges were never short of things to discover.

Evolving curiosity eventually led me to a U.S. National Laboratory, where I spent two years as a research assistant building scientific apparatus from raw materials and surplus parts while working within the rigor of formal scientific inquiry.

To satisfy my boyhood interest in buildings, I studied architecture in college and in Rome, and then went back to the construction site building luxury homes as an entry-level laborer.

Years later, at MIT, I found a new edge to explore, this time between perception and design. I built large-scale physical models with real construction materials paired with computational models to simulate light, material, and form. Upon graduation, I co-founded Visarc to bring advanced simulation to design professionals and building owners.

Eventually, I missed building with atoms and the physical world, so I rejoined Krekow Jennings.

I have held many roles at KJ: Project Engineer, Service Manager, Project Manager, Operations Manager and Principal. Now in my third decade with the company, I guide teams through the challenges of building exceptionally complex custom residences. These projects don’t merely require precision; they demand invention under pressure: novel assemblies, challenging sites, tight tolerances, creative sequencing, and other situations without established solutions. Without a playbook, we write our own.

I still picture that boy roaming through construction sites after school. The curiosity remains. Back then I stood at the edge of understanding; now I work at the edge of what’s possible, where an idea must meet gravity and hold.

That’s the boundary I’ve always traveled, and the boundary I help our clients cross.