01 / APPROACH
I enter unfamiliar problems by reconstructing context before deciding what the answer should be. I compare source types, test alternate explanations, follow contradictions, and keep uncertainty visible instead of smoothing it away.
02 / SELECTED INVESTIGATIONS
RESEARCH OPERATIONS + OSINT
Designed a portable, filterable OSINT research database with 250+ verified tools and nearly 2,000 additional candidates queued for review. The system uses live-URL verification, canonical deduplication, structured tagging, manageable review batches, and a hard line between vetted and pending resources.
Working principle: verified beats voluminous.PUBLIC SAFETY + MIXED-SOURCE RESEARCH
Combined fatality and crash information, roadway conditions, Washington State Patrol material, WSDOT data, NHTSA context, and local reporting into a documented corridor study. Organized incidents chronologically, identified repeated design patterns, developed engineering and safety recommendations, and mapped recipients by what they could actually do with the work.
ARCHIVES + PROVENANCE
A 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition postcard began with a signature, two names, a place, handwriting, a postmark, and the phrase “our 5 girls.” I transcribed the artifact, searched name and place variants, followed relationships through genealogical and historical records, and preserved what remained unresolved instead of forcing a tidy ending.
FEDERAL PROCESS + EVIDENCE MAPPING
Researched an unfamiliar federal student-loan relief process, reconstructed years of school, lending, employment, and representation records, separated exact dates from approximate recollection, and matched supporting material to specific claim categories in a structured 15-page application.
PUBLISHING + TECHNICAL PROBLEM-SOLVING
Writing and publishing Future-Proof Yourself required research into adaptability, AI, workplace change, learning, and resilience — then an entirely different research problem: KDP requirements, print and digital formatting, metadata, cover specifications, QA, troubleshooting, and resubmission until the project shipped.
FAST INVESTIGATION + VERIFICATION
Seven near-simultaneous purchases of the same low-cost item did not look like normal customer behavior. I treated the pattern as a hypothesis, researched carding attacks in real time, evaluated protective tooling, implemented safeguards, canceled and refunded affected orders, and verified that the activity stopped.
Anomaly → question → research → action → verification.03 / METHODS
OSINT, public records, archives, source evaluation, triangulation, provenance research.
Timeline reconstruction, data reconciliation, relationship mapping, pattern analysis, taxonomy.
Research briefs, recommendations, source traceability, decision-ready handoffs, QA.
04 / EVIDENCE STANDARD
I separate confirmed, likely or probable, possible, and unknown or unresolved findings. Negative evidence is useful only when its limits are clear. Sequence can be documented without pretending sequence proves causation.
