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About
Writer, researcher, and content engineer. I build editorial systems, data journalism, and the AI tooling that powers them — with a PhD from Columbia, a book forthcoming from MIT Press, and fifteen-plus years translating complex technical work for developer, enterprise, and general audiences.
Experience
[ timeline ]Enigma
Built the content and communications function from zero for a business-identity (KYB) data company — data journalism, brand and editorial systems, launch comms, and the AI tooling that runs it. Promoted from Content Lead.
Linköping University
A research and teaching post bridging Computer Science and Gender Studies; developed and taught a graduate course on gender and diversity in engineering.
University of British Columbia
Supervised research on data journalism, visualization, and data cleaning; taught 10 courses on visualization, ethics, and investigative reporting.
Global Reporting Center
Trained journalists in operational security and source protection; operated a SecureDrop system.
Institute for Investigative Journalism
Led data gathering for a team of investigative reporters; the team won the 2020 Data Journalism Award.
Feature writing on open-source typography; edited technical documentation for Android developers.
Brown Institute for Media Innovation
Archival research at eight sites for the book; mentored journalists and artists on digital storytelling.
Tow Center for Digital Journalism
Authored the first published study of the SecureDrop whistleblowing platform.
Education
[ degrees ]Skills
[ capabilities ]Content & Strategy
Technical documentation, product and launch communications, content-system design, SEO strategy, brand-voice development, executive ghostwriting, competitive intelligence, data journalism.
Technical
Python, SQL, Databricks, DuckDB, Polars, Altair, Marimo, GraphQL, Git/GitLab, data pipelines, web scraping, shell scripting.
AI / Agent tooling
Claude Skills & plugins, MCP server development, LLM evaluation, agent orchestration (multi-session loops), prompt and content-quality systems.
Research & Security
Qualitative and quantitative methods, interviews, content analysis, archival research; digital-security training, SecureDrop administration, source protection.