Data architect, concert pianist, piano technician. Thirteen years in corporate IT. Eleven years in educational institutions.
At Interlochen Center for the Arts, he led a team of seven technicians and coordinated with boards, donors, contractors, and 300+ musicians—learning firsthand what breaks in arts organizations.
ArtsMetrics systematizes what he learned: gathering, validating, maintaining, and using reliable information to strengthen governance and build platforms that actually work.
ArtsMetrics is an independent research and technology collaborative serving nonprofit arts and music education organizations. We provide data-driven governance intelligence, compliance frameworks, and modern web infrastructure—so that mission-driven organizations can meet the operational and regulatory demands of running a nonprofit without diverting resources from their artistic and educational purpose.
A future in which every mission-driven arts and music education organization operates with the same clarity, accountability, and technical capability as institutions many times its size—where sound governance and reliable data are not a privilege of scale, but a baseline every organization, however small its staff or budget, can reach.
At Interlochen Center for the Arts, I managed a $8.2M keyboard inventory across two campuses—420 pianos in the Arts Academy, another 240 in the Summer Festival. But the real challenge wasn't the pianos. It was the information.
Contact data was scattered. Maintenance records were inconsistent. Donor relationships were tracked in three different places. Staff knowledge lived in email and memory. Board decisions happened with incomplete information because nobody had a clear picture of reality.
Meanwhile, I was also managing relationships with boards, donors, contractors, parents of students, and faculty. I saw firsthand how bad data breaks governance. How gaps in information create risk. How organizations end up making decisions based on guesses instead of evidence.
I'd built systems for corporations. Now I needed to build something for the organizations I cared about.
DMA in Piano Performance from University of Houston. Master's from Eastman School of Music. Published composer and recording artist. Performance and recording experience spans 18th-century tuning systems to contemporary concert work.
Certified piano technician serving 600+ customers in New Mexico. Previously lead technician at Interlochen Center for the Arts and Nuernberger Piano Company (NYC). Specialized expertise in historical tuning systems, concert preparation, and institutional asset management.
13 years experience in corporate data environments. Data architect at scale (optimized systems from 1M to 50M user bases). Database administrator managing 120+ SQL Server installations across 93 healthcare environments. Technical leadership roles at Civitas Learning, BMC Software, and other enterprises. Deep expertise in data quality, schema design, and system integration.
11 years teaching in educational institutions. Designed curriculum, led teams, built systems. Faculty at Interlochen Center for the Arts, Austin Waldorf School, Wayland Academy, University of Houston. Teaching experience spans music, technology, and data systems. Published educational materials on piano tuning and music theory.
Not because I read about them. Because I've managed them. Data silos, outdated governance structures, websites that don't reflect actual work. I know what breaks.
I have deep technical chops—not just consulting speak. I've architected data systems at scale, managed databases, designed integrations. I can actually deliver.
I've been in arts organizations. I understand mission, pedagogy, artistic integrity. I don't just see you as a client. I see the work you do and why it matters.