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I've spent my career observing how systems break and how people adapt. Whether I'm looking at a workflow, a team dynamic or the way decisions move through an organization, I'm interested in the same question:

What is happening underneath the visible problem?

I'm an Organizational Infrastructure Strategist. I work with organizations to uncover the patterns creating friction and redesign the infrastructure shaping how they communicate, make decisions, solve problems and get work done.

That can involve communication, accountability, processes, structure, team interaction, and adaptability.

I don't believe in cookie cutter solutions. I work with the people inside the organization to understand what is actually happening and co-design a way of operating that the organization can continue to adapt and improve.

The goal isn't simply efficiency. It's to create greater capacity for revenue growth, leadership freedom, and sustainable organizational growth.

The objective isn't to make leaders work harder to hold everything together. It's to build an organization where people can actually do the work they were hired to do, and the business can grow without everything depending on its leaders.

If you're wondering whether the way your organization operates is creating the problems you're experiencing, let's explore it.

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Helpful Links

Pricing Estimate Template (Google sheet)Friction Map Template (Figma file)Austin Locally-Owned Businesses Directory

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History

2025

Organizational Infrastructure Strategist

Developed Business Therapy™ Program

UX Collaborator at Shelf Studio

🤓 Skills acquired: Business strategy, marketing, product strategy, brand design, packaging strategy

💪 Skills refined: Research, information architecture and system design, systems thinking

2023

Promotion to Systems Analyst IV for SSA

🤓 Skills acquired: Data analysis, business process creation, information architecture and system design, information security (claimant data loss prevention and abuse of government system incident review)

💪 Skills refined: Leadership, cross-team collaboration, systems thinking

2018

Disability Claims Examiner for SSA

🤓 Skills acquired: Investigation, caseload management, medical and vocational analysis, systems thinking

💪 Skills refined: Customer service, time management, communication, interviewing

2015

Bartender

Graduation from Hendrix College

🤓 Skills acquired: Leadership, customer service, employee management

💪 Skills refined: Research, communication, critical thinking, analysis, time-management, organization

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