Building
I am a licensed civil engineer and general contractor with a passion for building. Obsessed from a young age, I spent most of my childhood constructing Legos and helping my dad renovate the house. At 17, a high school teacher helped me get an internship at Turner Construction and thus started my career working on high-rises, stadiums, and other large structures. After school at the University of Southern California, I worked as an engineer for a firm called Simpson Gumpertz and Hegar designing building enclosures and investigating building failures. I then moved to a company called RAD Urban and joined a team developing, designing, and building multifamily modular apartments and high-rises in Oakland. I eventually built myself a van and ventured out on the road for a few years to climb whilst pondering perhaps too much, where to take my life. An interest in minimalistic living and desire to provide more housing to the world pushed me to want to create more affordable housing options in mountain towns. With that long term vision, I co-founded a van conversion company, Truckee Van Co. as an entrepreneurial experiment in 2022. Since then, I have continued to work for myself primarily as a developer and project manager building various forms of housing. Below are some current and recent projects I’ve worked on.
Workforce and Mulifamily Development
I am passionate about expanding workforce housing opportunities in mountain communities, where housing shortages increasingly threaten the stability of local economies and workforces. In Truckee, California, I am actively working on two workforce housing developments that will collectively add more than 130 new homes, contributing to long-term solutions that support the people who live and work in the region. Part of my vision is laid out in the podcast linked below.
Common Pine Hotel
From late 2025 onward, I have been working as the development manager of a 60-key + 17-unit condo development in downdown Truckee. The project will have it’s second planning commision hearing in Q2 of 2026.
Custom Home
From June 2023 to August 2025, I focused primarily on the design and construction of a ground-up custom home and accessory dwelling unit (ADU). I worked closely with the owner in a mentorship capacity, gaining experience as development manager, construction project manager, and design manager. Both structures were built primarily of cast-in-place concrete, with the main home featuring a ground-source heat pump and in-slab hydronic heating and cooling. The main residence received its certificate of occupancy in June 2025, followed by the ADU in July 2025.
Truckee Van Co.
In 2022 started Truckee Van Co. with my friend Mats Allan as a means to learn how to start and operate a business. It turned out to be quite stressful yet successful as we built and sold 6 vans over an 8 month period.
First Van Build
With the help of numerous friends, I designed and built my first van over the summer of 2017. This space was my home for nearly 3 years.
United Sierra Snow Removal (USSR)
The U was added at a later point for comedic purposes and fits well to describe this hilarious venture that came about from the excessive Sierra snow fall in 2023. At our brief but fruitful peak, we had 2 crews and 10 workers shoveling snow from roofs for this pop-up hustle that gets an honorable mention here.
