Humanist
Technology

I help mission-driven organizations build resilient, future-ready tech strategies, rooted in trust, community, and long-term value.

Whether you’re launching a new digital product, evaluating AI tools, or untangling legacy systems, I bring clarity and alignment to your tech decisions.

The world is changing fast. I’ll help you keep up, while staying true to your customers, your team, and your community.

I’ve helped mission-driven organizations with their technology strategies for over twenty years.

I began by building a groundbreaking community platform used by NGOs to train aid workers, national governments to collaborate, Ivy League universities to teach, and Fortune 500 companies to boost efficiency. It even helped social movements to transform entire nations.

Since then, I’ve led technology at Pulitzer Prize-winning newsrooms, been the first employee at market-defining startups, helped engineer Top 100 websites, and spoken around the world about technology strategy. I’ve helped hundreds of companies and startups with their technology, product, and business strategies.

The humanist approach

Technology isn’t neutral: it reflects the choices and values of the people who create and deploy it. To ensure resilience, we must not only evaluate technologies we hope to implement, but also the vendors behind them.

I believe technology should serve people, not the other way around. That means making choices that:

• Support your mission, not just your metrics.
• Strengthen your community, rather than extracting from it
• Allow you to grow sustainably, without creating unnecessary complexity

A humanist approach to technology is about making thoughtful, ethical choices, and ensuring your technology empowers the people it touches.

Who I work with

• Newsrooms and media orgs navigating AI, security, or CMS transitions
• Nonprofits seeking digital strategy aligned with mission and community
• Startups building platforms that need thoughtful, long-term thinking

How I work with you

I start with listening. Every organization is different, and I take time to understand your goals, constraints, team culture, and mission.

From there, I typically:

• Lead a discovery session to understand your current systems and strategic context, and how your team experiences them.
• Map your goals through strategic lenses like security, AI, and community trust, guiding you towards long-term resilience.
• Collaborate with you in regular consulting sessions, acting as a thought partner as you navigate what’s next.

I offer short-term strategy sprints, longer-term advising partnerships, and custom workshop facilitation, depending on your needs.

I anchor my process in repeatable, actionable, well-trodden technology practices that I've developed over my 25+ year career.

Let’s talk about how I can support your mission.

Every engagement starts with a conversation.

Book an initial call - or send me an email about what you're building.