People, possibility & practical AI.
I’m Trace. I help people do more with technology. These days, that means building with AI and agents, leading teams, and finding ways to give us more time for the things that matter.
Building with AI & agents
I’m putting AI to work across my professional life, personal projects, and home. I’m especially interested in agents: AI systems that can use tools and take steps toward a task.
Follow what I’m building ↗I created an AI agent platform for architecture review — helping teams evaluate how systems are designed, with less manual effort.
At Invesco, the platform improved review speed and customer satisfaction. This work sits alongside leading cloud and infrastructure architects and strengthening the architecture review process.
Read my professional experience ↗I’m building ways to talk to my home, connecting AI with the devices and routines that make daily life easier.
Voice-first AI workflows, Home Assistant integrations, and custom ESP32-S3 hardware. This is ongoing exploration, documented on my Now page.
Explore the work in progress ↗This site has a workflow that turns voice recordings into article drafts, ready for review before publishing.
Voice recording → Whisper transcription → local AI draft → pull request for review → publication. The capture server connects local AI with this Astro site’s publishing workflow.
Projects on the bench, things I’m learning, and life beyond the screen.
Writing about technology, the people who build it, and what changes along the way.
The teams I’ve led, problems I’ve helped solve, and the work behind the résumé.
20+ years of building & leading
InvescoBHPPetrohawkFounder, VUCATechBrought architects together across teams and improved how technology plans are reviewed, so people can work toward a shared direction.
Invesco · Cloud & infrastructure
Saved by improving operations and establishing 72 shared standards, reducing the labor involved by 75%.
BHP · Infrastructure architecture, 2018–2020
Staff turnover after investing in people’s development and retention. The team also met all of its key performance targets.
BHP · Infrastructure architecture, 2018–2020
Field notes
Infra isn’t going away — it’s just moving closer to the developers. Here’s why I think these orgs will converge.
All writing ↗Away from the screen
Life also means time with my boys and Alicia, working on my neighborhood, and riding Texas backroads on two wheels. I’m interested in technology that gives us more time for all of it.
A useful AI idea, a challenge at work, or something you’re curious about.