The Geek Speaks

Arizona Tech Week Reminded Me Why This Work Matters

Two rooms. A week apart. A lot of clarity.

Posted on April 12, 2026

There’s something about being in a room full of people who genuinely care about building something — not just their own thing, but the whole ecosystem — that recalibrates you. [Read More]
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HCGi Is Relaunching — New Brand, New Site, Same Mission

Thirty years in. Finally getting the story right.

Posted on April 8, 2026

I’ve been doing this work for a long time. And if I’m being honest with myself, I’ve been terrible at talking about it. [Read More]
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- hcgi
- rebrand
- consulting
- govtech
- startup
The Most Powerful Tool for Product Development: The Discovery Sprint

Posted on July 21, 2025

Most companies think they know exactly what their product should be. And in many ways, that makes sense—they’re experts in their domain. They’ve built their reputation on deep subject matter expertise. But here’s the hard truth: they’re not the end users of their product. [Read More]
Modernize Don't Digitize

Posted on July 8, 2025

We are bombarded with the need to make things digital and get off of paper based solutions but all that does is take your paper based approach and codify antiquated processes and problems. We should be re-evaluating and fixing the process through user research and testing not just moving things... [Read More]
The Hardest Problems Aren’t Technical

Or how I used technology to solve a people problem.

Posted on May 12, 2025

Throughout my career, I’ve solved all kinds of technical challenges—migrating data across systems, scaling infrastructure, debugging impossible issues at 2am and while none of those are easy, they tend to follow patterns. There’s usually a right tool, a best practice, a known tradeoff. One hard truth that I have learned... [Read More]