EXPERIENCE × AN OPEN MIND

PEOPLE. SYSTEMS. WHAT’S POSSIBLE.

Connecting
the dots.

I’m Paul. I bring people, ideas, and technology together to make things work better.

23+ years of showing up. A fresh appetite for building what comes next.

THE WAY I THINK

Different perspectives. Shared direction.

I listen for what people need, connect the right perspectives, and help a team find its next step.

The experience behind it

01 / SELECTED EXPLORATIONS

PERSONAL PROJECTS. PRACTICAL QUESTIONS.

From “what if”
to “let’s try.”

Learning about AI made me want to get my hands on the possibilities. These are some of the questions I’m working through.

orcaWORKFLOW STUDY / 001

Start with a clear brief.

Decide what needs to happen, which tools belong in the process, and where the work goes next.

A shared starting pointThe intent belongs to you.
WORKFLOW TOOLSIn development

Orca

More flow.
Less tool juggling.

What if working with AI agents felt like directing a clear process? I’m building a native Mac app to connect the tools, define the handoffs, and keep people in control.

A DESIGN DECISION

Let AI help set up the workflow. Let the saved workflow determine how it runs.

Sousa House home screen with a colorful dashboard for plans, tasks, reminders, notes, and the Alfred assistant.View full screenshot
Sousa House · HomePRIVATE PERSONAL PROJECT
EVERYDAY LIFEPrivate personal project

Sousa House

Start with the people.
Build around their day.

A shared family home base for plans, responsibilities, and learning—with an assistant called Alfred. A real place to explore how technology can make ordinary life a little easier.

A PRODUCT PRINCIPLE

The useful answer should be easy to find. The people using it should stay in charge.

LOCAL AIMODEL / INFERENCE / HARNESS

Three layers.
One working setup.

Application
& harness

Pi

The working session, context, and tools.

Chosen for its lean harness and minimal system prompt.
Requests & responses · compatible API
Inference

oMLX

Loads the model, runs inference, and serves the response.

Optimized for Apple Silicon.
Model execution
Model

Qwen3.8-27B

Generates responses from the context it receives.

A configuration that fits the available memory.
MacBook Pro M5 Pro48 GB unified memory
LOCAL AI SYSTEMSCurrent setup

Local AI

Built around
the hardware I have.

I run Qwen3.8-27B through oMLX, with Pi as the agent harness, on a MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and 48 GB of unified memory. I chose the pieces together: a model configuration that fits, inference optimized for Apple Silicon, and a lightweight harness.

THE DESIGN GOAL

Get the most useful performance from the machine by matching the model to memory and keeping the surrounding overhead low.

02 / THE PERSON BEHIND THE PROJECTS

The full story on LinkedIn

A steady hand.
Room to roam.

A continuous blue ribbon beside a silver sphere: a study in staying grounded while exploring.CONTINUITY & POSSIBILITY

I’ve spent a long time learning how things work. Now I’m making more room to imagine how they could.

At Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, my work has taken me across operations, delivery, and business systems. Different roles have taught me to understand the details, bring people together, and stick with the work.

Exploring LLMs and agentic AI has given that experience a new outlet. I can follow an idea, make a first version, and learn from something real.

I’m looking for a team where thoughtful experimentation is part of the everyday: people sharing ideas, making decisions, and moving useful work forward together.

23+
Years. One company.

A lasting commitment.
An evolving perspective.

THE THREAD THROUGH MY CAREER

Different roles. A widening view.
UNDERSTAND THE EVERYDAY

Operations

Claims operations, workforce planning, and the people behind the process.

CONNECT THE WORK

Delivery

Projects, incident management, and collaboration across teams.

MAKE COMPLEXITY CLEARER

Business systems

Connecting business needs, technical teams, and the details that make systems useful.

MAKE SOMETHING USEFUL

What’s next

Bringing that experience into creative, collaborative work with modern AI.

Currently: Lead Finance Business Systems AnalystBlue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

03 / HOW I SHOW UP

Good work takes
more than one mind.

01

Listen before solving.

The people closest to a problem usually have something important to teach you. Start there.

02

Let ideas meet.

Share unfinished thinking. Invite another perspective. The best answer may belong to the room.

03

Try a smaller version.

Make the idea tangible, see what happens, and let what you learn shape the next step.

04

Follow through.

Care about the details, the people relying on you, and what happens after the first idea.

OPEN TO THE NEXT CHAPTER

What could we
make possible?

A team with room to create. People who learn from each other. Work worth getting into.

If that sounds like your world, I’d like to talk.

Let’s connect on LinkedIn