About

I’m Jonathan and I’ve spent the past 10+ years building durable things in digital and physical space — standards, systems and tools, furniture and fixtures. I have a broad range of problem solving skills and techniques that I’ve employed to help small businesses, non-profits, and teams within public sector orgs do better work, reduce friction, and focus attention where it’s most needed.

I’m a solo builder but my approach is collaborative. I apply a deep sense of curiosity to new problems and try to hold ideas for potential solutions lightly, so they can be vetted and tested, ensuring they meet the underlying need before we commit to them. The way we build something really useful is in phases, with quick feedback and frequent experimentation.

We are living in an unprecedented time. Technology, and software specifically, is in an entirely new era, one where a suitably motivated person can build things that would’ve been cost, time, and skill prohibitive just a year or two ago. The key question is how to leverage modern tooling to solve real, immediate problems that will benefit you, your business, your team. I can help you figure that out.

Tech stack

I own a lot of tools—electrical, woodworking, power tools, floor standing machines, tools I stashed away and forgot about. But the tool itself is less important than knowing how and when to use it.

With the builds described on my Work page, these are the tools I keep coming back to:

Volunteer work

I am currently an ambassador for the Head & Neck Cancer Alliance and also serve as the Director of the non-profit Cloudbase Foundation and Vice President of the Lake Chelan Flyers Club.

Flying

I learned to paraglide in 2023 with my friends at Northwest Paragliding. I fly when my schedule allows and enjoy traveling abroad, especially to South and Central America.

The book

I wrote Unflappable: Soaring Beyond a Diagnosis, a memoir about rare disease, paragliding, and finding healing even when cures are out of reach — published at unflappable.press. Writing it was one build; publishing it was another — the work page has the rest of that story.

Looking ahead

I am open to discussions about creative and business partnerships aligned with the work I do.

There’s no timeline currently, but if you have an idea or are starting something new that might be a good fit, please reach out.