About
That's the discipline I bring to the AI tools now walking into your business: certify it, or it doesn't ship. Here's the path that built it — and what each part of it means for the people I work with.
Marine Corps to avionics to enterprise transformation to founder. Different stakes each time; the same refusal to ship work I can't stand behind.
Foundation — U.S. Marine Corps
I started in the Marine Corps, where you learn fast that command isn't standing over people — it's setting a clear intent and trusting the team to adapt when the plan meets reality. Strategic alignment at the top, decentralized execution at the edge. It's the opposite of micromanagement, and it's the only thing that scales under pressure.
What this means for you: someone who builds teams that execute without being babysat — and who would rather remove your bottleneck than become one.
Execution — Rockwell Collins & Intermec
Then two decades in avionics — flight management systems and the AIMS / IMS-3500 platform, software that actually flies. That world runs on DO-178B/C, DO-254, and ARP4754, and it doesn't bend. I also led export compliance as the EAR/ITAR Export Classification Lead (JCL2), because in that arena getting the paperwork wrong is its own kind of failure.
What this means for you: discipline formed where a mistake isn't a bug ticket — brought to your work, where the stakes may be quieter but the audit is just as real.
Transformation — Collins Aerospace & Transamerica
I moved from building the systems to changing how teams build them — Agile coaching inside heavily regulated enterprises. $25M+ lifecycle portfolios, teams of 9 to 15, 300+ matrixed stakeholders across a five-year lifecycle. As an EVMS Control Account Manager I held $10M+ baselines under 5% variance while cutting schedule 25% and lifting velocity 2.5x. The 5 C's framework came out of that work; the Transamerica “One Desktop” effort earned a Best New Initiative award.
What this means for you: proof, not a promise, that you can go faster and stay compliant — the two reinforce each other by design.
Now — Founder, TDM Technologies
Today I run TDM Technologies, applying that avionics discipline to AI-augmented software delivery. Multi-agent architecture with a git-verifiable audit trail; HIPAAPath, which turns HIPAA documentation into something a small practice can actually finish; and StrictLock, the guardrail tooling underneath it. The differentiator was never the AI tooling — it's the auditability.
What this means for you: the same certify-it-or-it-doesn't-ship accountability that ships flight software, aimed at the AI tools entering your business right now.
25 years in software — 21 in regulated industries. Avionics at Rockwell Collins / Collins Aerospace (DO-178B/C; EVMS Control Account Manager on $10M+ baselines) · Enterprise Agile transformation at Transamerica · U.S. Marine Corps · Founder, TDM Technologies.
Two lanes, depending on who you are and what you're worried about.
This is embedded work. I come in as a coach or a hands-on architect and help your team adopt AI-assisted development without losing engineering control — whether that's a transformation engagement, embedded Agile coaching, or standing up AI adoption under governance. The artifacts are real: published engineering SOPs, an IP authorship ledger structured for US Copyright Office registration, and a git-verifiable audit trail — not a slide deck. Cadence fits your team; the deliverable is a capability you keep after I leave.
Email Tim about consulting →A fixed-fee box for practices and professional firms. Your staff are probably already using AI tools, and client data may be going with them. I map where regulated data actually flows, check it against your obligations, and hand you a prioritized, plain-English fix list — the deliverable is the list, not a 200-page report. Built on the same audit-trail discipline used to certify flight software, by the founder of HIPAAPath. A fixed-fee engagement, about three weeks end to end — built not to disrupt a working practice.
Email Tim about an assessment →"You speak both tech and biz. You mediate and advocate for both sides. The tech guys can say their 'stuff' and you can turn right around and make it so I understand. Then you can hear what I'm saying and tell it to the tech guys in a way that they understand as well."