Hello, I'm Kris.

By trade, I build software systems. I've spent more than sixteen years working across frontend architecture, design systems, accessibility, engineering leadership, and now AI-assisted development. I like tools that are thoughtfully made, systems that help people do better work, and technical decisions that still make sense years later.

Work is only one part of the picture. Marriage and raising four kids have done more to shape me than any job ever could. Parenting a child with special needs has deepened my belief that everyone deserves the chance to find purpose, friendship, creativity, and belonging. It is one important part of our family story, but not the whole of it.

Faith and Stoic philosophy both influence how I think about duty, character, suffering, and grace. I am less interested in abstract self-improvement than in becoming someone my family, friends, and community look to for guidance and wisdom. Excellence for myself and belonging for others are the two commitments I keep returning to.

Living near the mountains keeps the rest of me grounded. I ruck, get lost in the woods, record music, and spend as much time outside as family life allows. I am fascinated by the places where technology, nature, meaning, and human flourishing meet. This site is where I work through those connections in public.

The short version still fits in two words: be useful.