Making Sense of AI: From Someone Who's Built Tech Since 1969
At the Chicago Architecture Center with Henry Paulson Jr., Secretary of the Treasury | Patricia Holly Purcell, United Nations | Kerrie Holley | Phil Enquist, Architect and Partner | and Lynn Osmond, President & CEO of the Chicago Architecture Foundation
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I started programming in 1969 and have engineered systems across every computing era: banking from mainframes to the web, e-commerce across web and mobile, cloud financial platforms, and AI-powered healthcare. Five decades of delivering these systems taught me how to separate what works from what's hype.
I've been in the room where technology gets created—at Google, Cisco, IBM, and Optum, the world's largest healthcare company. For these contributions, I was inducted into the National Academy of Engineering (2023) and the National Inventors Hall of Fame (2025).
Now, let me help you make sense of AI.
No hype. No hysteria. Just clear thinking about what AI actually does, what it can't do, and what it means for your life. Whether you're worried about your job, your kid's education, or just trying to cut through the noise—I'm here to help.