The Confused Matrix: A Lived Experience
I spent 21 years finding patterns in power grids, energy markets, and machine learning models. Then I started brining vegetables and realized the same rules apply to everything.Complex systems — whether they're AI models, human bodies, or a jar of Cage Match Carrots — follow the same underlying logic. Most people get them wrong for the same reasons. I've spent two decades figuring out why, and now I talk about it.SPEAKING
The Algorithm of Everything
How the rules of AI, the human body, and vinegar preservation are the same — and what that means for solving hard problems. For any audience curious about how complex systems actually work.
AI Without the BS
What machine learning actually is, why most AI projects fail, and how any professional can think about it clearly. For non-technical audiences who are tired of the hype.
AI for the Rest of Us
A practical, non-technical guide to using AI tools without losing your voice, your judgment, or your mind. For yoga teachers, lawyers, small business owners — anyone who needs to understand AI but didn't study it.
The Grid, the Model, and the Body
Energy markets, machine learning, and yoga: a data scientist's unexpected theory of everything. For energy industry and STEM audiences.
Speaks to: Energy & Utilities · Legal Professionals · Yoga & Wellness · Women in STEM · General AudiencesSpeaks To
•Energy & Utilities
•Legal Professionals
•Yoga & Wellness
•Women in STEM
•General Audiences
Published Work
"Insights from PJM Interconnection's Exploration of Artificial Intelligence" — CIGRE Grid of the Future Symposium, 2024
"Predicting the Energization of New Transmission Equipment in PJM Using Natural Language Processing" — IEEE PES General Meeting, 2025Speaking
2025 EPRI MODTF Advisory Panel, 2025 ESIG Fall Technical Workshop (moderator), 2025 EnCon Forum, 2025 PJM Annual Members Meeting
I also run Eat the Rich Pickled — small-batch, vinegar-brined, woman-owned produce out of Collegeville, PA. Because if you're going to explain complex systems, you should probably be able to demonstrate one.