Follower of Jesus · Builder · Rancher

Saved by grace.
Building what matters now.

I spent thirty years building software for other people. I wandered from God, and He brought me home. Now I'm building a life and businesses I can give back to Him: strong bodies, honest science, thinking machines, and good land.

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“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.” Ephesians 2:8

Right now

What I'm working on

Four ventures. One purpose: steward well what God has given, and point people back to Him.

Your body is a temple, and most of us have let it fall into disrepair. I did too. Titus Fitness is coaching, writing and community for people who want to get strong, lose the weight and keep it off, and do it with discipline that comes from purpose rather than vanity.

  • Titus Transform: a guided transformation program covering training, nutrition and accountability.
  • Books: practical, faith-grounded guides to fitness and health.
  • Skool community: a place to train together, ask questions and stay accountable.
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Biotech Particles applies an engineer's rigor to the life sciences. It means building at the small scale with care, measuring honestly, and treating the created order with the wonder and respect it deserves.

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After three decades building the platforms everyone else builds on, Silicognitive is where I put that experience to work in AI and intelligent systems. The goal is technology that serves people and makes them more capable, more human and more free.

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Out of something that looked dead, God grows new life. That's my story, and it's the name of our land. Dead Oak Ranch is a working homestead and a small agribusiness built to feed families, host guests, and make room for creative work.

The farm

  • Cattle
  • Goats
  • Sheep
  • Chickens
  • Honey

Pasture-raised animals, fresh eggs and raw honey, raised the slow, honest way. We're growing the herds and hives one season at a time.

The studio by the well house

Beside the well house stands a solar-powered structure that houses two things:

  • The Studio Shed: a quiet, off-grid-powered Airbnb stay on a working ranch.
  • The Recording Studio: a space to record music, podcasts and teaching, powered by the sun.
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My testimony

Lost, found, and grateful

“This my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.” Luke 15:24

  1. I

    Raised in the faith

    I grew up in a Christian home: church on Sunday, prayer at the table, Scripture on the wall and in our hearts. My parents planted values in me that I didn't fully appreciate until much later: honesty, hard work, loving your neighbor, and that Jesus Christ is Lord.

  2. II

    Walking away

    Somewhere between ambition and success I drifted. Career, achievement and my own understanding took the place God should have held. I stopped going to church, and then I stopped praying. I told myself I didn't need Him. From the outside it looked like I had everything. On the inside, something was missing.

  3. III

    Coming home

    Like the prodigal son, I came to my senses, and I found the Father already running toward me. I didn't earn my way back. I was welcomed back by grace. My faith today isn't the faith of my childhood repeated. It's deeper, it's mine, and it's anchored in a Savior who never stopped pursuing me.

  4. IV

    Thankful in all things

    I've learned that God's blessings come in many forms: open doors and closed ones, abundance and loss, a thriving business or a hard winter on the ranch. I'm grateful for every one of them, because every one has drawn me closer to Him. Everything I build now is an act of gratitude.

The road here

Thirty years in software

I helped build the web you're reading this on. Now I get to use it.

Years in software
30
Years at Microsoft
20
Books written
Author
Patents filed
Inventor

Microsoft, 20 years

Two decades building platforms used by hundreds of millions of people: browsers, developer tools and the infrastructure underneath them. I worked alongside some of the best engineers in the world and learned how to ship at planetary scale.

Author

I've written technical books that helped developers learn their craft.

Inventor

I'm a named inventor on filed patents covering ideas that went on to ship in real products.

Speaker

I've spoken at conferences around the world about performance, the web platform, and building software that respects the people who use it.

Open standards

I've contributed to the open standards that keep the web open, interoperable and available to everyone, working with engineers from competing companies toward a common good.

Becoming the end user

After 30 years of building tools for other people, I walked away to become the customer. Now I'm using everything I spent my career building to run a gym business, a lab, an AI company and a ranch. It turns out the best way to understand what you built is to depend on it.

The most important thing on this page

You can come home too

Maybe you grew up in church and walked away. Maybe you never knew Him at all. Either way, I want you to know what I know now: God has not stopped pursuing you.

  1. God loves you. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16
  2. We've all fallen short. “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23
  3. Jesus paid the price. “But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8
  4. Grace is a gift. Receive it. “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9

You don't have to clean yourself up first. I didn't. If you want to talk, pray, or just ask hard questions, I'd be honored to hear from you.

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About faith, fitness, science, AI, ranching, or anything else on your heart.