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About

I'm Will. I work on product strategy in AI infrastructure and data tooling. I keep this site to think out loud — and because the kinds of people I want to work with tend to read more than they post.

My day job is operating roles — product, strategy, growth — at a mix of companies, some you've heard of and some you haven't. The shape of the work has stayed consistent: figuring out what to build, why, and in what order, then helping the team actually do it.

If you're considering me for something specific and want the actual list of companies, just ask. The site does its credibility work in writing; the resume work happens by email.

The technical fluency is more recent — and the part of the work I find most interesting right now. Modern AI and data tooling has reshaped what a single operator can credibly do, and I've been spending serious time in the trenches trying to understand the new shape of that. The projects on this site are part of that effort. They're not paid client work — that work isn't mine to publish — but together they're a reasonable picture of how I think and what I care about.

If you've come from an outreach email of mine: thank you for actually clicking through. I tried to write the email so that this page rewards the click rather than repeats it. The fastest way to keep going is to read whatever Selected work entry caught your eye on the homepage, then come back here and email me.

Currently

BuildingA Boston civic-data project on permitting and 311 data — testing the local AI stack on something with real opinions.
Thinking aboutWhere defensibility actually lives in the AI-native data stack, and which parts of it are commoditizing faster than the people building them realize.
ReadingHow Buildings Learn (revisiting), and a stack of recent retrieval-augmentation papers.

Saying hi

The fastest way to reach me is email.

I read everything. I reply to most things. If you'd rather book a time directly, that works too — pick whatever's easiest. I'm especially interested in talking with people building in AI infrastructure, modern data tooling, or anywhere those two meet.

currently in Boston · mostly on Eastern time