I design software systems that work.
Forty-plus years of software architecture, from AOL’s member directory and search systems to housing-price analytics at Radian. Today I build trading automation, AI-assisted software, and fast, affordable websites for small businesses.
- 1980 Hughes Aircraft
- 1987 Co-founded DCC
- 1994 America Online
- 2004 SRA International
- 2011 ePals
- 2015 Five Bridges Advisors
- 2018 Radian / Homegenius
- 2024 PeakBot and Tr3ndy Trading
What I can do for you
Each service comes from work I have actually shipped. Ask me for details on any of it.
- Trading automation
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Automated strategies, bot testing, and custom indicators for traders and trading educators. I turn a discretionary method into rules a bot can run, then test it.
Built PMZBot for Tr3ndy Trading on PeakBot, which trades SPX options using the /ES pre-market zone. Wrote a ThinkScript indicator for Tr3ndy Trading.
- AI-assisted software development
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I use AI coding agents and software factories to deliver complex systems faster and at lower cost, with an experienced architect reviewing the decisions that matter.
Building AiTradingBot and AiTrading Strategy Studio with AI-assisted development. Builds software factories on a range of platforms, most recently Orca.
- Websites for small businesses
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Marketing sites and email funnels that show what makes a business different, built AI-assisted and priced well below a conventional agency.
Designed and built the marketing website and email funnel for Trendy Elite Investments.
- Software architecture and high-volume data
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Architecture for systems that have outgrown their first design: batch processing, distributed job pipelines, search, and data integration.
At Radian, took automated valuation models from a handful a minute to the entire US housing stock in hours, enabling the Housing Price Index.
- Architecture review and mentoring
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Performance evaluations, technology choices, coding standards, and hands-on mentoring for .NET and C# teams.
Mentored developers at Radian, Five Bridges, and Securiport. Managed and mentored a team of 13 developers at AOL.
Client work and projects
Recent work in trading automation and marketing.
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PMZBot for Tr3ndy Trading
Trading bot, designed and developed. Runs on PeakBot.
An automated SPX options strategy built around Trendy Jon’s “pre-market zone” (PMZ) on the /ES futures, combined with several other indicators.
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AiTrading Strategy Studio
In development. The sign-in web app for AiTradingBot.
AiTradingBot is a simulation-only AI trading harness built on PMZBot market data. Versioned strategy packs run through one pipeline (features, AI decision, validation and risk gates, simulated fill, journal) for both live simulation and replay. Access is limited to authorized accounts.
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PeakBot
Consultant, since May 2024
Bot testing, defect review, and strategy development for PeakBot’s automated options trading marketplace.
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Trendy Elite Investments
Designed and built the marketing website and email funnel for Tr3ndy Trading’s founder
Coaching offers, a paid morning rundown, and a weekly Broad Market Analysis with slides sent by email. I also wrote a ThinkScript indicator for Tr3ndy Trading and am building automated marketing tools for it.
Background
I started as an electrical engineer at Hughes Aircraft, co-founded a software company, and spent the 1990s at America Online building search and member-directory systems during its fastest growth. Since then I have led architecture for federal, education, fintech, and real-estate analytics systems. I am based in Washington, DC and take on select projects independently.
- AOLArchitect and Manager of Search Systems, 1994–2000
- Radian / HomegeniusLead Software Architect and Principal Engineer, 2018–2024
- University of OklahomaB.S., Electrical Engineering
Let’s talk
Tell me what you are trying to build. I will tell you honestly whether I am the right person for it.