About Me

I've been hands-on my whole life, tinkering since I was a kid. That never stopped — it just got more interesting.

By day, I'm a Container Product Owner at MSD, where I help teams think through how to build and run software at scale. Before that, I spent nearly seven years at AWS — as a TAM and later a Container Specialist — helping customers of all shapes and sizes make containers actually work in the real world. Before the cloud pulled me in, I cut my teeth in networking — enterprise infrastructure, state government, even taught networking at a technical college — the kind of work that teaches you that everything breaks eventually and you'd better know why.

The through-line across all of it is the same itch I had as a kid: figure out how things work, then figure out how to make them work better.

That's where Teddy Spark comes in. The professional world gave me deep knowledge of infrastructure, containers, and cloud systems. The workshop — and the living room, and the garage — gave me 3D printing, custom electronics, home automation (yes, I run Home Assistant), software projects, and yes — crochet. They feed each other constantly. A problem I solve at work sparks an idea at home. Something I build on the weekend changes how I think about a system at work.

Outside of work and the workshop, I'm a dad first. I spent years leading a Scout troop, which turns out to be one of the best places to practice explaining complex things to people who will absolutely call you out if you're boring. These days I spend my free time on the other side of the table — rolling dice in D&D campaigns, getting lost in adventure and puzzle games, and occasionally crocheting something that has no business existing. The maker itch doesn't have an off switch.

This site is where I document that journey honestly — the wins and the disasters — and share it with anyone who's got the same itch.

No hype. No polish. Just making useful things, one spark at a time.