I love developing custom software applications at speed on cloud platforms using functional programming techniques and agile development practices, all the while having fun doing it.I am a computer scientist; willing to experiment to discover new techniques for going faster. I am a pragmatist; willing to compare short term gains to long term accomplishments. I am a team leader; I take pride in using my multi-disciplined experience to help my team be successful. Overall I am a risk taker; prepared to dive in to the task of solving hard computing problems.I am well versed in natural language processing and very familiar with machine learning techniques.I am the founder of Pebble Stream, a stealth startup dedicated to the advancement of spreadsheet computing.I play soccer for fun, but unfortunately not for profit. I am also an avid chess player.Please feel free to contact me to discuss functional programming, ReST, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, or the English Premier League.