Dive into a curated collection of projects that blend storytelling, strategy, and experimentation across Cloud, Data, AI, and Instructional Design. Each piece reflects my evolving journey at the intersection of tech and learning—with a focus on impact, collaboration, curiosity.
Portfolio Highlights
Tech enablement isn't a recent interest. It's been part of my DNA since the very beginning of my career. Let's take a stroll down memory lane of some of my foundational projects.
This was the team!
Long before "DevOps" became a movement, I was hands-on in the trenches writing scripts, automating deployents, and building repeatable processes to streamline application development on IBM WebSphere.
Long before the metaverse was a buzzword, I was experimenting with how virtual presence and interactive environments could make complex technical content more engaging and accessible to global audiences.
In 2007, as part of IBM's early innovation with immersive platforms, I introduced the WebSphere Portal for z/Os Redbook within Second Life. This launch party was a live 3D event where users could interact with the content and ask questions in real time.
At IBM, I also created and delivered global enablement. I was a technical speaker at the IBM ITSO Technical Forum in Amsterdam (2008). This multi-day event focused on empowering attendees to adopt and implement Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) using IBM's WebSphere portfolio on z/OS.
As a technical speaker, I led interactive, lab-based session that translated complex SOA architectures into actionable skills, helped global teams explore how to integrate modern WebSphere tools into their existing mainframe environments, and contributed to IBM's early model of scalable, community-driven technical enablement before hybrid learning became popular. This forum brought together IBMers, clients, and partners from around the world proving the power of shared knowledge, thoughtful instruction, and expert-led collaboration.
This was a key guide to managing services with structure, trust, and accountability.
This helped global teams catalog and govern resuable services across the enterprise, version and track service changes throughout their lifecycle, ensure policy compliance and SLAs, and enabled dynamic service discovery and reuse across platforms.
What we pioneered with WSRR are the same principles driving today's responsible AI and data governance frameworks.
In 2014, I worked on an IBM Academy of Technology project to design an AI virtual mentor experience to support professional pursuing The Open Group certifications. This AI virtual mentor was a guided tool to walk users through the certification package process, offering mentorship, resources, validation tips, and timely nudges designed to boost confidence and reduce errors during submission.
I proposed using IBM Watson AI and IBM Bluemix. I scoped out including videos from profession leaders, links to sample submissions, links from IBM's WW IT Specialist Wiki, and scenario-based learning. The goals were for the AI virtual mentor to welcome the users, remind them of their chosen certification timeline, and provide guidance at each stage. This simulated a real-time coaching experience.
This project would have helped modernize IBM's internal certification process by making it more accessible and efficient. It modeled an early approach to digital coaching and guided self-service. These are principles that are now widespread in enterprise enablement platforms.
LATEST PROJECTS
Let's fast forward to today, and that same passion for tech enablement continues to drive my work now with new tools, new challenges, and new innovations. In recent years, I have been diving into Generative AI (GenAI) to streamline and elevate instructional design workflows, enhance Sales onboarding, and bring just-in-time support to teams.
Rise: Leadership Development for Emerging Technologists
GPTs for Instructional Design
Advocating for the Next in Tech
UNC University Libraries GenAI SkillfUL Workshops
