About

I'm Chase, an Oracle Cloud EPM consultant based in Cincinnati. I've been working in EPM consulting for about ten years, primarily in data integration, financial consolidation and close, and planning. Before that, I spent another ten years working as a network and systems administrator.

That background still influences the way I approach problems. I like understanding how everything fits together before trying to fix one piece of it. And whenever I find myself doing the same thing over and over, my first thought is usually, "Why am I still doing this manually?"

Outside of client work, I spend quite a bit of time writing software of my own. Most of that is native macOS or command-line tooling. Python, Jython, TypeScript, JavaScript, Groovy, and PowerShell are the languages I use most, while Zig, Rust, and Swift are currently keeping me busy learning new things. Lately, I've also been spending a lot of time experimenting with agentic tooling and building MCP servers.

When I'm not working, my family gets most of my attention. I married my childhood sweetheart, and we have three kids. A good chunk of our weekends revolve around whatever the kids have going on, including my son's volleyball schedule.

I also enjoy getting out into the shop when I can. I'm a pretty amateur woodworker, although I tend to make furniture rather than small projects.

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