I am an engineering manager in Seattle. I work at Dell on the PowerScale storage product’s file system.
For fun I research local history. Most of it is over on my blog of history and data stories. I drift from topic to topic: Seattle Scouting, Seattle’s clocks and grocery stores, and a bit about Japan.
I am a Scout leader. I’m currently Scoutmaster of Troop 252 at Seattle Buddhist Church, and I help with Chief Seattle Council BSA with activities like staffing Wood Badge, planning and running a Cub Scout day camp, territory Friends of Scouting chair, training conference planning committee, and other things.
In 2013 my first book was published, Lost Seattle. I wrote a rephotography and history column for Capitol Hill Seattle blog, and contribute to the blog of the Capitol Hill Historical Society. I have also written for Crosscut.com and the Westside Weekly newspaper.
I helped formed the Capitol Hill Historical Society in 2016. I’m currently president.
I do occasional events with the society or for my own research. For example, I was in a panel discussion about getting published at the 2018 Pacific Northwest Historians’ Guild conference; and talked about Seattle public clock policy history at the 2018 Northwest Regional of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors.
I’ve been on TV a few times, mostly Evening Magazine. And, I’ve been on the radio too, most recently I was interviewed on NPR 88.5 KNKX about early Seattle grocery chain Groceteria.
Olden days
Until the end of 2017 I served on the Seattle Mayor’s Landmarks Preservation Board. Past activities included board member of Pacific Northwest Historians Guild, chair of the Mayor’s Seattle Pedestrian Advisory Board, and member of the urban design plan advisory board for Seattle’s International District. Incidentally, I’m certified fluent in Japanese.
I’ve also got a ton of content on my old site that I don’t touch often. Have fun getting lost in it.
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