Writing

A few pieces worth reading start to finish, rather than bullet points on a resume.

Writing →
Essays, briefs, and letters.
Agentic Infrastructure: Giving an AI Agent the Keys Without Giving Away the Keys →
Everyone is racing to let AI agents write code. Far fewer are letting agents safely operate the infrastructure underneath it. This is the architecture I built to give agents real read and write access to on-premises and cloud systems, governed so tightly that a compromised agent still cannot do damage.
No Malware. No Ransomware. No Excuses. →
Lessons from the March 2026 Stryker incident, and the identity architecture every Microsoft 365 tenant should be having a conversation about.
A View of AI From the Seat of a CIO →
An open letter on how I approach AI adoption as a technology executive. People first, judgment over hype.
Teaching People to Use AI Is the Easy Part →
A leadership framework for organizations whose AI transformation is stalling at tool adoption, and why most programs stop one level too early.