My name is Jonah

I'm a thinker, tinkerer, and do-er in New York. As a Lead Data Engineer for Guy Carpenter (a Marsh McLennan company), I manage our enterprise data lakehouse. I spend 1/3rd of my time writing code, 1/3rd of my time leading a team of 5 engineers, and 1/3rd of my time assisting the hundreds of actuaries, brokers, and analysts working on the platform. I previously worked as a data engineering and data science consultant for McKinsey and IBM. I've also worked in technology strategy roles, and have an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business.

Outside work, I'm fascinated by the future of media and national and New York politics. I'm a dedicated but mediocre weightlifter, former collegiate and Boston Marathon-qualifying long distance runner, and "amateur reader" (to quote J.D. Salinger). I also love music, particularly punk / indie rock, jazz, and showtunes.

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Blog posts tagged books:

• The Chronicles of DOOM, by S. H. Fernando, Jr.
  2026-07-19
  The man in the mask


• Train Dreams, by Denis Johnson
  2026-07-18
  When less is more


• Changeover, by Giri Nathan
  2026-05-02
  Sometimes there just isn't much to say


• Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson
  2026-04-30
  Never has a page break meant more


• I Read on the Train
  2017-02-20
  Some thoughts on books I have read recently.


• 2 Quick Thoughts on 'Every Song Ever'
  2016-07-15
  Yep, I have thoughts.


• Review: Sober Living for the Revolution
  2015-11-27
  20 pages of Ian Mackaye saying straight edge (sXe) is against rules, and then 200 pages of assorted communists, socialists, and anarchists saying 'follow our sXe-derived rules!'


• 2001: A Space Odyssey Predicts Tablets and 24 Hour News Cycle
  2014-02-06
  Prescient prediction from Arthur C. Clarke, writing in 1968...