I started my career as a developer and business analyst at Travelers, where I was selected into a leadership development program that accepted 10–15 people from a pool of over 3,000 applicants. I rotated through every seat on a delivery team — developer, BA, project lead, project manager — which gave me a ground-level understanding of how technology actually gets built that most senior leaders never acquire.
That breadth became the foundation for everything that followed. At ESPN, First Citizens Bank, Apex Systems, Jahnel Group, and Verisk Analytics, I wasn't just managing programs. I was redesigning the operating models underneath them — cutting delivery cycle times by 50–60%, delivering SOC 1 and SOC 2 certifications months ahead of schedule, and translating executive vision into roadmaps that actually survived contact with reality.
at Verisk Analytics
zero failures
on SOC 2 delivery
Seven Ironman finishes. 20+ marathons. Active Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner pursuing a first-of-its-kind milestone: a sanctioned MMA fight and a full-distance Ironman in the same calendar year. Certified Emergency First Responder and rescue scuba diver.
The athletic identity is not separate from the professional one — it is the same identity in a different arena. The discipline required to cross seven Ironman finish lines is the same discipline that runs 326 overnight branch implementations without a single failure. Endurance isn't a hobby. It's the operating system.
After stepping back from competition from 2014–2019 through major life transitions — marriage, children, relocation to North Carolina — the return to training in 2020 had one goal: Ironman Florida 2021. That finish line led to two more — Ironman Florida 2023 and 2024. In spring 2025, a new arena opened. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu came first. Then kickboxing. Then Muay Thai. Then MMA. Each discipline building on the last — the same way every career transition has. Now pursuing what no one has attempted: a sanctioned MMA fight and a full-distance Ironman in the same calendar year.
Named inventor on a USPTO patent application. Founder and president of the Jared P. Grenier Scholarship Foundation — a 501(c)(3) nonprofit I founded in 2006 in memory of a friend, and have sustained without interruption for nearly 20 years. Former president of the Hartford Extended Area Triathletes.
Building things that outlast the moment they were created is a pattern that runs through every part of this career. The nonprofit has no performance review, no compensation, and no external motivation. It persists entirely because of personal commitment to something larger than career — which is the same reason programs I design tend to survive leadership changes, budget cuts, and scope shifts.
Currently serving as Director of Digital Transformation and AI Operations at The Fight Don — a growth-stage combat sports organization — where I'm building AI-enabled performance analytics systems, digital operating infrastructure, and a phased consumer platform roadmap from zero. Supporting flagship fighters including Parker Porter and Ryan "Royal" Reber, both competing in BKFC.
Simultaneously signed as a fighter under the organization's banner — pursuing the MMA + Ironman milestone while building the AI automation capability that will define the next phase of the career. Based in Fuquay-Varina, NC. Open to transformation leadership, consulting, and strategic advisory roles — on-site, hybrid, or remote.