Software Engineer · Portfolio MMXXVI
Computer science senior at Franciscan University. I build web apps and APIs, and I run my own Linux server on the side.
Real problems, and the people now using what I built.
The USCCB coordinated its work through email chains, with files scattered across different storage services.
My capstone team is building ScriptOS, one Ruby on Rails workflow app that replaces both. I’ve built security patches, database models, and role-based authorization, so each person can only see and do what their role allows.
Ten people needed a private VPN, shared file storage, and a game server they could count on.
I run a Linux server that handles all three. I split the 20-device network into 4 VLANs with firewall rules and an IPsec VPN, and wrote an API that reports live stats from the game server.
Getting live player info out of a vanilla Minecraft server, like who’s online, where they are, and how they’re doing, usually means installing mods or plugins.
A FastAPI service that talks to the server over RCON, the remote console built into the game, and turns its text replies into JSON. It runs in Docker, reuses one connection for every request, and returns a clear 502 instead of crashing when the game server is down.
Team projects, coursework, and things I’ve built on my own. Hover a window to let the light through.
A Google Drive-style file storage API in Go and PostgreSQL, containerized and shipped through CI.
A lunar descent simulator with real orbital physics and an autopilot. I was the project manager.
A new website for my university department. I was the backend developer and project manager.
The site you’re on: a portfolio where every project is its own generated stained-glass window.
A C# and .NET app that works out payouts for our poker nights and tracks everyone’s stats.
The sliding-tile puzzle, written from scratch in plain JavaScript.
At Franciscan University of Steubenville I study computer science, with minors in cybersecurity and math. I graduate in May 2027.
Right now my capstone team and I are building ScriptOS, a Rails app for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. I’ve also worked two IT jobs: a support internship at FTI Services and the campus help desk. Between them I’ve closed more than 1,200 tickets, and I saw a lot of software fail for the people using it.
I’m looking for a software engineering role. Outside of class I play volleyball, organize poker nights in my dorm, and coordinate events for my Catholic fraternity on campus.