Hi, I’m Connor.
I’m a global product and engineering leader in Chicago with a background in design, product, and mobile. Today, I work on digital products & platforms at McDonald’s, leading the global engineering team that builds industry-leading mobile apps, websites, and kiosks used by millions of customers every day.
To date, I’ve spent my career launching global-scale products and leading enterprise transformations, and along the way I’ve built high-performing tech teams with diverse experiences, inclusive cultures, and uncompromising attention to detail. I’m passionate about accessibility, data privacy, and em dashes.
I rarely use social media, but when I do, I post about Apple, productivity apps, and smart home platforms. Otherwise, you’ll typically find me drinking coffee and talking with my hands. Check out my work history or what I’m up to now.
Latest work
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Interactive infographic of every seat in Congress since 1789, colored by party, age, gender, and race, against the country those members represented and the people who could vote for them. -
Website to explore historical and theoretical Apple products, based on combinations of hero product names and suffixes, like “pro” or “air.” -
Exactly 10 years ago to the week, I wrote a post about how Microsoft and Google getting into hardware was transforming the technology landscape. I bemoaned the state… -
I’m fascinated by the words Apple chooses for its product names. This company is ruthlessly selective with the products it builds, and for decades has effectively defined the… -
Since I’ve been alive, our government has felt static and immovable. The same parties, platforms, and personalities have dominated the national stage for decades and resisted younger voices… -
As more companies report data breaches, my personal credit card numbers are compromised, and especially as I become more familiar with cybersecurity, I’ve become increasingly preoccupied with where… -
The Pioneer 10 and 11 probes launched by NASA in 1972 and 1973 were the first manmade objects with sufficient escape velocity to exit the solar system. While… -
There’s tech in this thing that doesn’t seem like it should be possible. The extended reality features are the biggest thing for me—app windows casting shadows onto nearby… -
Of course they shouldn’t do it. But what if they did? What features would they leave behind, or bring to iOS? Where does it make sense for them… -
In the 1985 novel Ender’s Game, one of my favorite young adult sci-fi books, the “Nets” are the equivalent of the Internet, where characters can instantly communicate with…
About this site
This website is intended to be a digital garden that also consolidates my personal history of writing from previous personal blogs, articles and ebooks from past jobs, and essays written for college courses. Over time, I’d like to curate a personal wiki for my own memory and reflection, but publish it publicly for others to engage with and benefit from.