My Story
My tech roots go back further than my ministry ones. Early in my career I worked at Magellan Networks, where colleagues nicknamed my coding style "terse" — meaning concise, effective, and elegant. That word stuck. It became the name of my consulting practice (Tersiocity) and a philosophy that has shaped everything since.
In 2003 I became a GTD Blackbelt, earning deep expertise in David Allen's Getting Things Done methodology. I've spent over two decades helping people build trusted systems that bring order, focus, and peace of mind — so their tools serve their life, not the other way around.
Alongside the tech work, I spent years in pastoral ministry — preaching, counseling, leading, and serving congregations in California. Ministry taught me to listen before I problem-solve, and to measure success by whether people are actually helped, not just impressed.
In August 2023 I made a significant life change, relocating from California to Sequim, Washington — a small city on the Olympic Peninsula with lavender fields, mountain views, and a pace of life worth protecting. Here I found new ways to serve: I joined the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, where I serve as a volunteer chaplain, providing pastoral care to active duty personnel and auxiliarists. I also volunteer at Kingsway Foursquare Church.
The Tech Pastor identity grew naturally out of all of it: the code, the calling, and the community.