Fralinger String Band banjo section at the String Band Spectactular

Family

My wife Andrea and I reside in Northeast Philly with our twin girls, Elizabeth and Louise. We have a 5-year-old labraheeler named Ludwig. The girls are really enjoying 4rd grade and keeping busy with activities like drama club, singing lessons, and dance. We have no intentions of leaving the area because of the need to stay close to extended family and a tight-knit community of friends here in the Greater Philadelphia region.

Work

Currently, I'm a senior software engineer for The Walt Disney Company, working out of the New York City office. My team is responsible for providing the control plane software that our media distribution engineers use to configure video streaming servers. If we do our jobs right, the streams keep streaming. It's exciting to get a chance to hone my skills with frontend frameworks like Vue.js while presenting large, complex sets of data and actions, ideally in a clear and concise way. I have a number of thoughts on the affect AI is having on the work place that I intend to share here soon.

Fun

Banjo, books, and video games are my favorite pastimes outside of coding. You can always see the latest books I've read and games I've played on my shelves page. On New Years Day, I performed with the Fralinger String Band in the Mummers Parade and the first-of-its-kind String Band Spectacular competition at Lincoln Financial Field. Our 2026 show, entitled Making Waves, was awarded third prize.