Useful beats shiny.
I like boring businesses, working systems, and ideas that still make sense on Monday.
Jeremy Hans
A personal site for the parts that don't fit neatly on a resume.
Husband to Heidi, dad to four, former US Navy helicopter pilot, business builder, and occasional buyer of things with engines that require explanations.
HomeHeidi, four kids, church, nearby family.
FaithGratitude, stewardship, service, grace.
WorkNaval Aviator, operator, Process / AI Consultant.
LettersChristmas letters, jokes, family record.
Start Here
The unofficial version.
LinkedIn has the titles. ETL Fund has the current work. This is the rest of the picture: faith, family, operating lessons, Christmas letters, and the evidence that my plans benefit from adult supervision.
01
How I Tick
Faith, family, useful work, and the checklists that keep optimism from becoming paperwork.
02Family
The people who set the pace, provide the why, and make most plans more interesting.
03Annual Reports
Christmas letters with the jokes, wrong turns, and annual evidence that life moves fast.
04Work
The official links, with just enough context and fewer jokes about engines.
The Filter
Home is the test.
Heidi and the kids are the first audience and the final constraint. If the work looks smart on paper but makes home worse, the spreadsheet is missing a column.
Defaults
A few things I keep relearning.
Optimism needs rails.
I am generally optimistic. Checklists help that become useful instead of expensive.
Faith is not a sidebar.
Grace, gratitude, stewardship, and service belong near the center of the story.
Action clarifies.
I like momentum, practical technology, and learning by doing, preferably before the invoice arrives.
Annual Reports
Christmas letters.
The archive stays. It is the closest thing we have to a family record, with jokes and bad decisions included.
Open the archive for the full run from 2013 through 2025.
Open Annual Reports