I build mobile apps that improve social equity and are rooted in practice.

I build mobile apps that improve social equity and are rooted in practice.

I build mobile apps that improve social equity and are rooted in practice.

Software optimized for screen time and ad revenue is designed to ignore outliers, thereby negating opportunity. The cost: a lack of social connection at the community level. Ground Work looks for the opposite — opportunities to build social connection, surface what people already share, and move toward a better common reality.


I draw on my experience as an Army aviator, MBA, yoga teacher, and artist to build with discipline, attention to detail, and integrity.

West Point-trained operator and product developer helping founders and executives turn business ideas into AI-powered, revenue generating products. You bring the vision — I translate it into a working solution and a clear go-to-market strategy. With operational discipline and technical precision, I take ideas from concept to market-ready products in months, not years — delivering measurable commercial impact.


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Selected Work

Community Equity Index

Methodology and pipeline — Original Ground Work framework

A four-stage system for civic and community work: an indexing layer that maps community pain points; a personalized LLM layer tuned to the specific texture of that community's issues; a localized social layer that connects neighbors around shared concerns at human scale; and a final analog handoff of neighbor-to-neighbor written letters — designed to deliver the work back into embodied relationship.

The underlying thesis: technology can know when to get out of the way. The endpoint of good civic software is less screen time, more human to human engagement.

Originally developed during a 2026 client engagement; the methodology is the foundation for ongoing work at Ground Work.

Stack: React Native, Supabase, OpenAI / Anthropic APIs, custom indexing layer

Sanskrit Asana Encyclopedia

Scholarly partnership - In development

A scholarly reference for serious practitioners, teachers, and students of yoga. Sanskrit etymology, traditional sources, and the historical lineage of how each named asana entered the modern canon — built as a native mobile tool for studio use, teacher training programs, and lifelong practice.

Sanskrit scholarship is among the deepest layers of the practice, but it has historically been held in institutions that most practitioners never encounter. The Encyclopedia, built in partnership with a working scholar, makes that depth accessible from the mat.

Stack: React Native, Expo, Supabase

Yin Sequence

Teaching tool for yoga instructors — TestFlight, prototype users active

Sequencing software built from the inside of the practice. Lets Yin teachers compose, save, and refine class arcs around meridian theory and dwell time. First prototype users are practicing teachers.

The equity case: most yoga business software is either built to scale or around one individual. This app is built to be customized around the instructor, whether they're teaching in studios, living rooms, community centers, or gyms.

Stack: React Native, Expo, Supabase, Auth0 PKCE, AsyncStorage

Whupsee — Sexual Health Verification

Lead mobile development, multi-person team, 3+ years, active build

Identity-verified health-status platform in the sexual health space. Leading the React Native build alongside a distributed engineering team. Work spans OCR-based ID verification, Auth0 PKCE authentication flow, and the UX architecture of a category that demands both rigor and discretion.

The equity case: stigmatized health information sits in a category most software has been slow to serve well. Whupsee is built on the premise that people managing sensitive health information deserve dignified, verified, private tools that meet them where they are.

Stack: React Native, Expo, Auth0, OCR pipeline, cloud-based identity verification

Civic Organizing App

Built for a state-level legislative campaign — In development

A campaign tool built on a thesis: real political organizing happens at human scale, not at broadcast scale. The architecture uses Dunbar's-Number clustering — capping working groups at the size where genuine relationships are possible — to organize volunteers and constituents into networks that can actually hold together. Designed to scale as civic infrastructure beyond a single race.

Stack: React Native, Expo, Supabase

Also

Pharma Governance & Targeting (Zensights)

Modular policy framework — 100+ SOPs and operational templates enabling regulatory readiness for pre-commercial life sciences companies. Paired with a multi-factor targeting model combining clinical trial activity, financial signals, and organizational metrics for executive outreach.

Chef Lori — Brand & Culinary Programming

Digital strategy and ongoing brand support for an established personal chef, including her A Tavola culinary residency. Recovered and structured 20 years of email contacts into a working CRM, supported a brand evolution into a broader culinary and wellness practice, and provided ongoing technical support across email marketing, audience development, and program rollouts.

Field Notes

Cleaved Clean

Peace — is a river Song — whispers breeze Love — under water Love — inside trees Death — is the Mother Life — cries: "dream" Surrender — says the other Soft — cleaved clean Never — is a number Numbers — are unclean Unclean — is not nature Nature — Mother's sheen Thistle — asks for nothing Clover — knows no dream Birds — sprinkling heaven Within — the in between Breathe — asks the river Live — whispers trees Now — is the moment You — are also me

— Matt