Builder, storyteller and proud American. I lead innovation at Polaris I/O, turning unstructured data into business intelligence, and after hours I make a webcomic about the least-wanted squad in a secret order.
By day I lead innovation at Polaris I/O, building a platform that pulls business intelligence out of the massive, messy world of unstructured data: news, financial reports, press releases and market documents, turned into signals companies can act on months before anyone else sees them.
I love the engineering challenge of making complex, fragmented information simple, actionable and trustworthy for the people who need it most. I believe in hard work, plain dealing and leaving things better than I found them.
I'm married to my best friend, Barb.
After hours, most of my time goes into the Secret Order of the Sentinels, a webcomic I write and direct, with every panel drawn as code.
“Keep up!”— Phil Cederstrom
At Polaris I/O: a signals platform where Agentic AI and thousands of models read millions of documents, scoring every signal for Strength and Confidence, so B2B teams can protect and grow the key accounts that drive their revenue.
Writer and director of the Secret Order of the Sentinels webcomic, new strips at SecretOrderoftheSentinels.com.
Chasing strikes and arguing about oil patterns. Ask me about my best game.
Time at the range: focus, steady hands and tight groups. A proud supporter of the Second Amendment.
Computer games, late nights and one more turn. Building worlds in code by day, exploring them by night.
A galaxy far, far away and the King of the Monsters. Always up for a movie marathon.
Help is on the way. Unfortunately.
The Secret Order of the Sentinels sends its least-wanted squad, the "Special" Squad, into worlds overrun with chaos: dragons, vampires, UFOs and worse. Every strip stands alone, so start anywhere.
Old friends, new readers, fellow builders: say hello.