Hi, I'm Bruce.
I try to build software that respects people, not just specs. This is where I think out loud about AI, technology, and the messy parts of building a good life around them. I sometimes change my mind in public. Outside work, I’m a husband and father of two, a cancer survivor, a former Army brat who bounced around the U.S. and the world. These days I call Bellbrook, Ohio home.
Core Interests
Three threads keep showing up in my week: curiosity, craft, and the people I care about. They pull me between deep work and simple joys.
Artificial Intelligence
I like practical AI: assistants that save time, honest automation, and small experiments that reveal what actually works.
Technology
I enjoy building useful software, tinkering on side projects, learning new tools, and keeping things readable enough for future me to understand.
Personal Pursuits
Family time with my wife, Stefanie, and our kids, James and Grace, plus Dayton Flyers basketball, fantasy football, and math puzzles that keep me humble.
Career Timeline
I’ve spent my career bouncing between hands-on building and helping teams do their best work. I care about clear thinking, honest tradeoffs, and leaving systems better than I found them.
Skills & Tools
Artificial Intelligence
Software Engineering
Digital Signal Processing
Chief Scientist - Special Programs, KBR
05/2024 - Present
- Develops technical approach to programs focused on cyber operations, PNT capabilities, and advanced ISR.
- Provides program management support, technical strategy, and proposal development.
Senior Director - Cyber Analytics, KBR
09/2020 - 05/2024
- More of the same! Built teams and delivered programs after Centauri joined KBR.
- Centauri was acquired by KBR ($800M): press release.
Vice President - Cyber Analytics, Centauri
12/2019 - 09/2020
- Division lead for Cyber Operations, Cyber Engineering, and Trusted Microelectronics sectors.
- Oversaw operations, program execution, program management, and new business development.
Chief Technology Officer, PreTalen
01/2016 - 12/2019
- Led PreTalen's technical efforts in offensive cyber capabilities development and PNT-related technologies, including breakthrough classified cyber technology currently deployed by a DoD customer.
- Oversaw significant growth and established PreTalen as a technical leader in key markets.
- Helped guide PreTalen through acquisition by Centauri in December 2019.
Senior Software Engineer, NDC Technologies
05/2013 - 01/2016
- Primary embedded software developer for an ultrasonic measurement system.
- Led development of a common platform introducing market-leading web-based interfaces across the product range.
- Responsible for long-term R&D planning and engineering analysis of new product platforms.
Senior Member of R&D Staff, GIRD Systems
05/2004 - 05/2013
- Technical lead for programs developing new digital signal processing technologies in electronic warfare, array processing, geolocation, and interference mitigation.
- Principal investigator for 15 technical programs in signal processing research totaling over $5M in Department of Defense funding (Army, Air Force, Navy).
Software Engineer, University of Dayton Research Institute
07/1999 - 05/2004
- Developed data-driven (ASP/SQL Server) websites for university and external customers.
- Created a Java-based graphical user interface for a wide-ranging logistics program for AFRL/RH (711th Human Performance Wing).
MS - Electrical Engineering, University of Dayton
05/2004
Concentrations in Digital Signal Processing and Software Engineering.
BEE - Electrical Engineering, University of Dayton
05/2003
Concentration in Computer Engineering.