The Record

Built, shipped, retired, repaired.

Now

What I'm building today.

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Keel

Trustworthy personal AIbuilding

Building now. A 24/7 deal assistant for B2B sales reps, and underneath it the harder problem: what it takes for an AI to remember, act, and speak on someone's behalf and still deserve the trust. Visit ↗

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Vigil

A typefaceactive

Shipped September 2026 after ten years on the calendar as MAKE FONT. A softened geometric grotesk for body copy: eight weights, italics, an outline style, free forever under the SIL Open Font License. The only thing on this page you can use in the next thirty seconds. This site is set in it. Visit ↗

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Plantly

Full product designactive

Active. Managed all design, product, and brand work for 5 years. Visit ↗ App Store ↗

The platform years

A decade-plus leading product inside WebMD/Medscape and Elsevier/Shadow Health: a $25M education portfolio, product organizations past 95 people, eight acquisitions navigated, and simulation used by millions of clinicians and 700,000+ nursing students. The products that era shipped:

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Shadow Health

Nursing simulation platformacquired

Acquired by Elsevier. 2.5 years on the Unity-built nursing simulator: Digital Clinical Experiences, high-fidelity virtual patient encounters now serving 700,000+ nursing students. Visit ↗

MedSims

MedSims

Logo, site, UIacquired

Acquired by WebMD (now hosted on Medscape Simulation; logo removed). Healthcare tech platform; full product UI, web, and branding. Visit ↗

Med Challenge

Med Challenge

Logo + appactive

Active. Medical education application. Visit ↗

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TheraSim

Logo, site, UIunknown

Medical simulation platform; full product UI, web, and branding.

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SAS Video Portal

Video portal UIarchive

SAS Cary HQ - full UX and UI design.

Brand + product studio

Recent brand and product engagements, from wine clubs to a 15-year client relationship.

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Third Glass Society

Personality assessment toolactive

Active. Modern, relatable personality assessment tool built as a contemporary alternative to Myers-Briggs.

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Noche

Couple date-night appclosed

Closed. Personal assistant application for couples to discover and manage date nights.

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Plantenders

Site, logo, ongoingactive

Active. Long-term client; managed site and brand identity for 15 years. Visit ↗

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MKR Bar

Identity + siteactive

Bar identity and website design.

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MKR Group

Brand identityactive

Corporate umbrella identity design.

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Bùkú

Brand, site, appclosed

Closed. Global street food restaurant in downtown Raleigh; all branding, website, and app design across its run.

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Soca

Brand, site, appclosed

Closed. Niche Raleigh restaurant; complete brand, website, and app design for years.

The independent decade

2001–2010: a studio practice where every business below trusted one designer-developer with its whole public face. Restaurants, startups, a state agency, SAS. It's where the judgment got built.

ProjectThe workRoleStatus
Tribeca Tavern Logo + menus. Active in Cary, NC (under new ownership). Evolved from a beer bar to an American Grill; original logo still stands atop the building. Brand + Design active
Airwalk Networks Flash website design. Closed after 1.5 years. Wireless broadband startup for remote apartments/schools out of NC State. Design / Dev closed
Busy Bee Cafe Logo, site, marketing. Legendary Raleigh cafe; complete brand & web presence. Both + Brand archive
Red Room Menu design. Closed in 2006. Created all print and venue menus. Design closed
Bogart's American Grill Menu design. Closed in 2006. Created all print and venue menus. Design closed
Riviera Resto Site + logo. Restaurant in Raleigh, NC. Both archive
Trinity Park Apartments Website / Forum. Apartment complex community portal. Design / Dev archive
DJ Romaric Web design. Music / DJ website. Design / Dev archive
Hive Gallery Website. Website design only. Design / Dev archive
Kathryn's Bistro & Catering Website. Restaurant website. Design / Dev archive
EKU Automation Brand logo. Industrial automation company. Brand archive
Vehicle Tattoos Site + logo. Automotive graphics brand and web presence. Both archive
Voda Brand identity. Logo and brand identity design. Brand archive
Harmony Pharmaceuticals Pharma brand. Pharmaceutical brand identity. Brand archive
Restaurant Carnies Site + logo. Food service client project. Both archive
Pretty in Pink Web / Brand. Client project. Design archive
NC Digital Preservation Logo, collateral, full site. First government client. Logo, brochures, marketing collateral, and full website design and development. Both + Brand archive
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