Problems I've solved and how I solved them — across defense systems, startups, and frontier research.
Go Servers
Hired as: Partner & Co-Founder
Delivered: Developed IP and software systems from scratch; led project management, marketing, and networking efforts
Outcome: Proved the viability of small-scale VPS infrastructure through hands-on full-stack execution
The MITRE Corporation
Hired as: Sr. Software Systems Engineer, Computer Science Staff, Technical Intern
Delivered: State-of-the-art automated RF/SDR property-based testing platform (GNU Radio/Python/Hypothesis); SAFe agile transformation across a 150-person program
Outcome: Accelerated release velocity 10x, improved morale, and reduced defects in a large-scale TRANSCOM logistics program
Cosmic Advanced Engineered Solutions
Hired as: Systems Engineer & Lead Systems Integrator, Sr. Software Systems Engineer
Delivered: 10MSPS real-time signal processing in Rust; systems engineering across orbital dynamics, cloud processing, and SATCOM platforms
Outcome: SBIR Principal Investigator; represented the company at AFSPC Pitch Day; transitioned the project to Phase 3
R. Doell Consulting & Doelltech Industries
Hired as: Founder & Principal
Delivered: Semantic database (Zettelkasten + symbolic AI) in Rust; mentored technologists; researched local LLM development for human augmentation
Outcome: Created open-source tooling, mentored practitioners, and built systems at the edge of current AI capability
my Data Visibility
Hired as: Architect & Lead Strategist
Delivered: Multidisciplinary AI research for visualization — combining complexity science, cognitive science, and machine learning
Outcome: Building tools that augment human sensemaking at the edge of current capability
I don't solve problems the way a traditional consultant does. I don't have a playbook — I have a practice of finding the pattern after acting, of treating every engagement as a probe into the complex, and of leaning into chaos when the old maps have burned.
The work above spans satellite communications, defense systems, semantic databases, and frontier AI research — but the thread through it all is the same: I specialize in problems that resist easy answers. If that sounds like what you're wrestling with, come by Office Hours for a roundtable, or book a 1:1 conversation.
No agenda, no pressure. Just a roundtable where we all bring what we're working on.
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Short notes and longer essays from the workbench.
