Sojourner

A life
in progress.

A story shaped by machines, technology, nature, fatherhood, travel, and the simple desire to keep figuring things out.

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The thread

Some lives are defined by a single profession. Others are better understood through what a person chooses to build.

The chapters

Porsches

Germany → California

Machines

It began with Porsches. What started as a fascination with the machines grew into a passion for understanding how things work—mechanically, electrically, and in the details that make something feel beautifully engineered.

Working on them taught me to look closer, take things apart, understand the problem, and figure out how to make something work better. That instinct would follow me into everything that came after.

Sabbatical & Business

Around the world → Bay Area

A year to explore. A business to build.

After taking a year-long sabbatical to travel around the world, I returned with a desire to make a positive contribution. He founded an innovative refill business in the Bay Area, offering a practical way for people to reduce waste and make more sustainable everyday choices.

The venture received a Cool California Award from the State of California and was featured on local television and in San Francisco Magazine as an innovative business.

Fatherhood

San Francisco Bay Area

A different kind of exploration.

I dedicated five years and a half years to being present for my young son, joining a Waldorf-inspired homeschooling group and making the rhythms of everyday life the center of our days.

There were meals to prepare, cooked and baked at home with organic, locally grown produce. There were naps, long walks, time outside, and music filling the house—from classical and soul to jazz. On road trips, hip-hop and electronic filled the car.

Together, we explored the Bay Area—from Golden Gate Park and the Presidio to the forests of Marin and the Pacific coast. Learning happened everywhere: in the kitchen, on the trail, around the dinner table, and through the simple curiosity of a child discovering the world.

Technology

San Francisco Bay Area

From engineering to software.

I eventually returned to technology, initially working as a web developer with environmental nonprofits. I had started developing those skills while building my own sustainable business, teaching myself to code and honing them in my spare time. It became a natural way to combine my technical background with my interest in sustainability.

From there, I found my way into startups and the fast-moving world of technology, eventually contributing to one of the world’s leading platforms. In many ways, the work felt familiar: understand the system, find the problem, build a solution, and keep learning.

Sojourner

Around the world

Travel. Climbing. Connection.

Today, I’m traveling and climbing, following curiosity wherever it leads. Climbing has become a way to see new places, meet people, and find community. Every wall presents a different challenge—a problem to understand, a movement to figure out, and a new way to learn.

The connection

Different problems.
Same instinct.

The builder Looking at a Porsche.

The developer Looking at a system.

The entrepreneur Looking at a problem.

The climber Looking at a wall.

Continuing

Different places.
Different challenges.
Same instinct.

From cars to code, fatherhood to climbing, the pattern remains the same: curiosity, creativity, and the drive to figure things out.

A life in progress.