I grew up in San Diego, went to Notre Dame on an ROTC scholarship, earned an M.A. in economics at Duke University focusing on mathematical models applied to coalitions and conflict, and commissioned as an aviator in the U.S. Navy in 2011. I was the top graduate in Super Hornet training from 2011-14, before deploying overseas as an F/A-18 Pilot with VFA-102 from 2014-17. My Ph.D. in economics modeled firms contracting with private information in high-innovation sectors and coalitions in contests and conflict.

I taught logic, economics, and econometrics and served as the speechwriter for the Superintendent at the U.S. Naval Academy from 2017-21. Concurrently, I consulted at the World Bank on the Blue Economy Project, applying alliance models to the strategic needs of Small Island Developing States aligning my academic expertise with my passion for the ocean. I taught an empirical techniques course on data classification methods and empirical modeling of conflict at the Kyiv School of Economics and Duke University from 2022-23. And served in the White House National Economic Council as a Fellow from 2023-24.

Research Interests:

The current study of the interaction between economies and defense lacks theoretical grounding and cause-and-effect structure, missing or ignoring the general equilibrium of competition. Even U.S. military assessments are siloed, ignoring the simultaneous involvement of multiple states in multiple domains with mixed incentives.

I apply geoeconomic networks accounting for defense industrial organization, the flows of trade, finance, capacity, and high-innovation start-up industries to expose the blind spots in defense and economic policies. My goal is to apply mathematical methods from the realms of Industrial Organization, Competition, Strategy, and Macroeconomics to better understand and maximize joint outcomes.

Courses Taught

United States Naval Academy 2018-21:

Econometrics

Statistics

Macroeconomics

Logic and Persuasive Writing

Principles of Macroeconomics

Courses Taught

Kyiv School of Economics and Duke University 2022:

Techniques for Empiricists: Data Classification Methods and Analysis to Model Conflict

Courses Taught

Boston College: