About
🗝️ The Call#
I’m Chandler — and for me, it always starts with a call.
Subtle or persistent, it whispers through the noise of daily life. A quiet question asking me to step into something larger than myself.
Mine began somewhere between the hum of server rooms and the glow of a stage spotlight. I followed it through architecture diagrams and performance scripts. Shipping code. Stepping onto stages. Until I realized that stories and systems speak the same language: structure, pattern, flow.
I’ve answered that call in many forms. Engineering leader. Performer. Coach. Play designer. Each role a mask. Each mask, a mirror.
🛤️ Crossing the Threshold#
I’ve led teams through scale and chaos. Came out the other side fluent in systems thinking, product leadership, and cultural repair.
But the deeper lessons came from elsewhere. From the laughter of an audience. A game played around a table. The silence that comes just before someone realizes they can change.
These were my initiations. Moments that taught me transformation isn’t forced. It’s evoked. And story is the oldest catalyst we have.
🔮 The Craft I Bring Back#
Today, I design experiences that help others navigate their own journey.
- Coaching and mentorship for engineers, creatives, and emerging leaders
- Workshops that blend performance, psychology, and play
- Narrative systems and games that map inner transformation to outer action
- Symbolic tools and rituals for clarity, decision-making, and reinvention
My approach draws from years in tech and storytelling. From Python to performance studies. DevOps to dungeon mastering. Data modeling to metaphor. I speak left-brain and right-brain natively. I know the terrain.
🃏 What’s in My Deck#
Every adventurer has a loadout. These are mine — skills, tools, and arts I draw from to help others transform.
🛠 The Engineer — Builder of Systems and Scale#
For platform architecture, data flows, automation, and elegant backends.
- Languages: Python, JS/TS, Ruby, Golang, Bash
- Frameworks: Django, FastAPI, React
- Infrastructure: Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines
- Data Platforms: Airflow, Kafka, Snowflake
🎭 The Storyweaver — Architect of Meaning and Momentum#
For narrative clarity, coaching, symbolic reframes, and performance-based facilitation.
- Storytelling: Narrative design, performance, game design
- Influence: Rhetoric, Clean Language, NLP, Ericksonian hypnosis
- Facilitation: Group coaching, 1:1 sessions, leadership storytelling, ritual containers
🧙 The Technomancer — Maker of Playful Worlds and Interactive Spells#
For creative experimentation, game design, AR/VR, and immersive learning experiences.
- Engines & Creative Tools: Godot, Unity, TouchDesigner, Meta Spark AR
- Physical Computing: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, OpenFrameworks
- Systems of Play: Symbolic systems, ritual games, interactive fiction
Each role brings something different to the quest. I often play all three at once.
🚪 Answering Your Call#
All transformation begins with a crossing. If you’ve heard the call… you already know.
Sometimes, you just need someone to walk beside you as you cross that first threshold.
And every great adventure begins with answering the call.