INDEPENDENT BUILDER / FORT WORTH, TX
I'm Ethan — a software developer, founder, and former theme-park operations leader building at the intersection of technology, people, and ambitious ideas.
Connected disciplines.
Illustrative professional overview — not a live systems dashboard
01 / SELECTED WORK
Turning big ideas into
connected systems.
A curated look at active software, infrastructure experiments, and independent platform development.
All 12 projectsnext?
Starfire AI NEXUS
↗Product and architecture work spanning AI orchestration, organization-aware experiences, APIs, and practical developer tooling.
AI Model & GPU Infrastructure
↗Hands-on work with managed model endpoints, GPU hosts, Linux, model caches, and developer integrations.
❯ starfire plan --project next
✓ Repository context loaded
✓ Task graph prepared
✓ Review workflow initialized
❯ ▌
StarfireCLI
↗An exploration of local coding workflows, project context, planning, implementation, and review.
Starfire CAD
↗A product direction focused on coherent workflows for computer-aided dispatch, records, and communications in simulated environments.
02 / CAPABILITIES
Four disciplines.
One perspective.
The strongest solutions come from understanding the code, the systems, and the people involved.
Software
engineering.
Web platforms, APIs, developer tooling, automation, and interfaces designed around real workflows.
SEE PROJECTS ↗02 / DEPLOY◫Infrastructure
& AI.
Linux, containers, Azure, GPU environments, model endpoints, and practical integration work.
EXPLORE SYSTEMS ↗03 / LEAD◈Operations
& people.
Years in high-volume theme park operations, team leadership, training, and operational readiness.
CAREER HISTORY ↗04 / CREATE✳Creative
production.
Music, writing, storytelling, design, and the experience of presenting technology with intention.
CREATIVE WORK ↗03 / PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Built in code.
Proven in operations.
A career spanning frontline service, supervisory responsibility, and training leadership in a high-energy environment.
Full experience timelineSeven years.
Five career chapters.
Progression through frontline operations, leadership and training-focused roles from 2019 to 2026.
Experience timeline is based on supplied résumé history; official role titles and dates should be reviewed before publication.
04 / BUILDING AT STARFIRE
Independent thinking.
Connected technology.
A technology company and collection of ongoing projects across AI, developer tooling, immersive systems, and infrastructure.
Explore StarfireBig vision.
Practical foundations.
Explore the product thinking and independent engineering behind Starfire — from intelligent tooling to connected simulated worlds.
EXPLORE THE COMPANY ↗05 / FIELD NOTES
How I think,
not just what I build.
Writing about the thinking behind engineering, operational leadership, and multidisciplinary systems.
All field notesBuild systems, not isolated scripts.
Why architecture and interfaces matter long after the first feature ships.
READ NOTE ↗OPERATIONS & LEADERSHIPGreat training is a system, too.
What operations leadership and software engineering have in common.
READ NOTE ↗CROSS-DISCIPLINARY WORKThe advantage of building across industries.
Connecting lessons from operations, infrastructure, simulation and creative work.
READ NOTE ↗More than a
job title.
I'm interested in systems that people can trust, experiences they actually enjoy using, and ideas worth committing to. Engineering, leadership, and creativity are different tools for the same work: turning possibility into something real.