Meaningful work should feel
a little like an adventure.
I’ve always believed that if I kept researching, asking questions, and looking beneath the surface, I could eventually find the real answers—even to the hardest questions.
My biggest motivation has always been how to make life more meaningful and doing so led me to need to understand how things work, and always why.
This deep inner drive pulled me into environmental science, oil spill mapping, groundwater systems, plant intelligence research, SaaS platforms, and eventually full-stack development. I don’t skim. I go deep.
I passionately care about sustaining the systems that sustain us — our ecosystems, our communities, relationships, and the digital tools shaping our future.
I connect the dots other people don’t realize belong together. I uncover patterns, trace messy problems back to their roots, and get to the heart of the matter. Then I build ideas into experiences people actually understand, trust, and remember. I’ve done this across government agencies, research institutions, SaaS platforms, and while building my own ventures internationally. Along the way, I adapted to new markets, learned Spanish, and designed systems that work in the real world — not just in theory.
It’s how I’m wired. And I am always surprised that I still never run out of ideas.
I humanize multifaceted systems, make big ideas approachable, and help other people’s visions shine.
Whether I’m shaping product messaging, refining UX flows, writing developer documentation, or helping a small business articulate its identity, I’m always asking:
“What’s really going on here — and how do we make it land?”
AI has become one of my favorite thinking partners for research, exploration, and iteration—but never a substitute for critical thinking. I use it to challenge my assumptions, uncover new perspectives, and sharpen my own ideas. My goal isn’t to think less. It’s to think more deeply.
I’m drawn to mission-driven teams, climate-focused startups, and thoughtful builders who care about impact as much as execution.
Also — yes, the bull photo is real.
I don’t just study systems. I step into them.
I’ve built and run my own businesses abroad — adapting to new cultures, navigating unfamiliar systems, and eventually becoming fluent in Spanish. Along the way, I raised local wages for our workers and contractors. As a result, the surrounding businesses felt the social pressure and did so too. Honestly? I’ll die happy about that one.
Living between cultures, languages, businesses, and communities taught me that the best systems, stories, and designs all begin the same way: understanding people deeply enough to create connection, trust, and a sense of belonging.
What It's Like to Work With Me
The people I’ve built with can say it better than I can.
“Jen is truly one of the most intelligent and enthusiastic professionals I have worked with. Her ability to immediately grasp complex environmental systems and design strategic response plans is exceptional. During a national exercise involving nearly 1,000 participants from state, federal, and private agencies, her leadership, technical expertise, and teamwork stood out across the operation.”
— Ginger McMullin
Environmental Specialist
Maine Department of Environmental Protection
“Jen received our department’s Excellence in Research Award at Regroup because of her remarkable ability to dig deep into any topic and rapidly develop true expertise. I could give her a subject, and within an hour she would return with thorough insight and clarity. She co-led development of our map-based alerting tool alongside global engineers — a feature that significantly expanded product capability and drove measurable sales growth. She is an exceptional communicator and collaborator.”
— Maurice White
Former Supervisor
Regroup Mass Notification
“Jen brings an effervescent personality together with exceptional intelligence and insight. She independently sought out a research project to deepen her understanding of ecosystem dynamics, took the lead in designing the study, and ultimately authored our publication. Her intellectual curiosity, natural leadership capacity, and contagious passion for the earth make her a rare and powerful collaborator.”
— Thomas D. Lee, Ph.D.
“The best technology is so intuitive it quietly disappears into the message, the service, or the experience itself. What’s left is a person who feels understood, a problem that’s been solved, and an experience they’ll remember and a resource they will return to.” ~ Jen 🙂