The
Solver
Complex.
solver complex (n.) The compulsion to fix problems that aren't yours to fix. Not from ego. Not from a need to be the hero. From an inability to walk past a problem you can already see the solution to.
problems solved
2025–26
someone else
driven.
Inserts itself as the hero. Needs credit. Defines itself by being needed. The problem is secondary to the role.
driven.
Can't walk away. Doesn't need the spotlight. Defines itself by the problem disappearing. The role is irrelevant.
ONE
Weren't Mine
to Solve.
Look at 30 years of work through the right lens and a pattern emerges. Every major project, every late night, every side mission — it was always someone else's problem. Not because I was asked. Because I couldn't look away once I saw it.
That's what a Solver Complex sounds like from the inside.
227,000+ message records, Microsoft 365 SSO, role-based access. Built because the licensing cost made no sense for how they actually worked.
Dementia companion app — gentle affirmations, family messaging, an interface designed for someone whose world is changing. Built because the gap finally closed.
Platform and organization built to coordinate Savannah's fragmented performing arts community. Because a community that competes against itself wastes energy.
Video cue management app for live stage productions. Built from scratch for Gulf Coast Symphony's run of 1776 at Barbara B. Mann — because nothing else worked the way the stage demands.
Full learning management system for course creation, enrollment, and progress tracking. Built because learning tools shouldn't require an enterprise budget.
Node-based motion graphics editor for macOS. GPU-accelerated Metal rendering. Because the animator always wanted a tool that worked the way he thinks.
Never a
Liability.
Motion graphics. Web development. eLearning media. Enterprise IT. Theater. Voice acting. Nonprofit leadership. For years I carried that résumé with a quiet apology. Every lane was a different problem domain. Every pivot was the Solver Complex refusing to stay in one room.
The polymath wasn't ahead of their time. They were training for this exact moment.
Was a
Deposit.
The foundation. Learned to think in motion, character, narrative, and time. Also developed the creative obsession that makes solving feel like play.
Translated animation into broadcast contexts. Learned that motion is a language — and that visual communication is problem-solving at its most immediate.
Built educational media, then pivoted into systems within the same institution. Began building the technical fluency that would later let me solve problems across the full stack.
Seven years moving between clients, industries, and problem types. Each engagement was a new problem domain. The Solver Complex was running the career.
150+ employees. Six offices. Complex customs brokerage operations. Built a CRM that saved $1.2M. Managed enterprise infrastructure. And quietly kept every other skill sharp.
Stage actor since 2011. Voice actor with credits including the animated feature Chickenhare and the Secret of the Groundhog. Founder of the Savannah Performance Alliance (2018), co-founder of SPAF, producer of 100+ podcast episodes. None of this was recreation. It was the Solver Complex finding more problems to fix.
What problem
can't you
walk past?
The Solver Complex was never the problem. The bandwidth was. That constraint is gone. The question now is what you build with the time you've been waiting for.
Enterprise systems, custom applications, and technical infrastructure built to solve real problems.
Stage, voice, and screen work — the parallel career that taught empathy, presence, and how to read a room.
Instructional design and eLearning media spanning two decades and multiple institutions.