JD works as an Engineering Director and Architect at Stack Overflow and moonlights with an AI Fashion startup as their Chief AI Architect. I have a long-lived passion for understanding complex systems. Throughout my career I've worked on large distributed systems in education, finance, and real estate. Over the years I’ve built many tools to process massive amounts of information and worked with people and systems from all over the world. When I’m not doing that I like to explore the great outdoors, play and "make" with family and friends.