Airtable apps built by someone who's run the operation.
I design Airtable solutions for organizations that need more than a database — they need someone who understands the work itself. Database design, automation, integrations, and interfaces that people actually want to use.
Four ways I put Airtable to work
Every engagement starts the same way: understand what users actually need, then build the simplest system that does the job well. Examples below are real project types I've delivered.
Bases that model how you really work
Relational structures, clean schemas, and the right field types — so your data stays trustworthy as it grows.
Fewer manual steps, fewer dropped balls
Automate the handoffs, approvals, and reminders that eat your team's time and invite human error.
Airtable, connected to your stack
Wire Airtable to the tools you already rely on so information flows instead of getting re-keyed.
Apps your team will actually use
Purpose-built interfaces that hide the complexity and surface exactly what each person needs to act.
What these builds actually deliver
A few representative projects, built and deployed.
Active Directory, wired to Airtable
Automated user creation, deactivation, and group membership — saving hours of administrative overhead every month and closing the gaps manual provisioning leaves behind.
Paper leave requests, retired
Replaced paper requests and approvals with an automated system, eliminating hours of duplicated manual entry each pay period, giving managers a clear approval trail and auditors a reliable revision history.
Faster, sharper project plans
Integrated AI into project management planning — work breakdown structures, task creation, and scheduling — to stand up thorough, defensible plans in a fraction of the time.
More than a builder — an operator
I build Airtable solutions for organizations that need someone who understands the work, not just the tool. As an IT Director in local government and a former digital editor at the Los Angeles Times, I've spent my career turning messy operational needs into systems people actually use.
That background shapes how I work: start by understanding what users truly need, design a solution that fits, then refine it until it's genuinely satisfying to use. I've been building with Airtable since its early days, and I'm a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) — which means projects ship on scope and on schedule.
I've also taught in the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley, and I train teams in a way that's effective and engaging — so the systems I build get adopted instead of gathering dust.
- PMP — Certified Project Management Professional
- IT Director — County Government
- Instructor — UC Berkeley
- Los Angeles Times — Digital development, editing
- 10+ years building with Airtable
Where the experience comes from
Lead operations, security, and technology strategy for local government — owning systems that real communities depend on every day.
Responsible for digital content and the product ownership of publishing platforms at a Pulitzer Prize–winning newsroom. Active across the full arc of app building: discovering what users actually need, developing and refining solutions, and creating an experience people enjoy using.
Taught web development, statistics, GIS, and digital journalism to graduate students, translating complex tools into skills people could actually use — and sharpening an approach to training that's effective and engaging.
From messy problem to systems people use
Every engagement follows the same arc — built from years of shipping operational tools, not just databases.
Discover
I dig into how the work actually happens and what users truly need — before a single field gets built.
Design
A clean schema and the simplest structure that fits the operation, mapped out so it holds up as you grow.
Build & refine
I build it, put it in front of real users, and refine until it's genuinely satisfying to use.
Launch & support
Rollout, handoff, and documentation — plus ongoing help if you want a system that keeps improving.
Flexible engagement
Whether you have a tightly scoped build or an evolving system, there's a model that fits.
Fixed-price projects
A defined build, a clear scope, a fixed price. Best when you know what you need.
Hourly consulting
Advice, troubleshooting, or hands-on help, billed as you go.
Ongoing retainer
Continuous support and improvement for a system you rely on.
Not sure yet?
Let's talk it through and find the right shape for your project.
Tell me what you're trying to solve
Send a few details about your operation and the problem you're facing. I'll reply with whether Airtable is the right fit and how I'd approach it.
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