My name is Josh and I'm a Software Engineer at Celestia Labs (formerly Developer Advocate).

I graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a BSc in Business concentrating in Supply Chain Management and Analytics and a minor of Mathematics. Developer DAO and buildspace were two communities that helped me find my way into the computer science and blockchain world professionally.

I was previously a Developer Relations Engineer with Ankr, a decentralized Web3 infrastructure provider, and a Teaching Assistant at buildspace.

I started tinkering in high school at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Virginia. My senior project was the telemetry for a converted ATV with ArduRover, an autonomous rover built with Arduino and C++. Watch the demos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs0SzsodlBg & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9rH5DQArvY.

I fell in love with building in my mid-20s and haven't stopped since. When I'm not working, you'll find me tinkering with side projects like home air quality automation, menu bar apps, or LoRa radios for emergency comms. I believe that play is how we stay curious. If I'm not playing with computers, I'm probably hiking, climbing, or reading.