Cloud Engineering · Software Development · Film Photography

I work on cloud systems, build software, and take photographs.

I’m a Lead, Cloud Engineer at Prudential Financial. Outside work, I build software with Effigy Analytics.

Kevin Blum reflected in a window while taking a photograph, with a pair of shoes overhead
Self-portrait
People walking among ice on a black sand beach in Iceland Iceland Film archive · 48 frames

Current field note · 2026

Software at Effigy Analytics.

Effigy Analytics is a two-person software studio. We are building shared interface foundations, awards-season tools, games, and a set of tools for home operations.

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Selected work

Projects I can share.

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01 / open-source interface system

Public · v0.9

Morass

A typed React interface foundation for dense, operational products. It packages layout, form, navigation, and accessibility decisions so Effigy applications can spend their time on product problems.

02 / predictions application

Pilot · release work

Effigy Awards

Predictions, personal ballots, and leaderboards for awards-season groups. The product separates what someone expects to win from what they actually want to win—and makes the difference part of the fun.

Elsewhere on the bench

Three games—Deposition, Scry, and Notation—are moving toward public screenshots. Webbery, a set of tools for home operations, follows behind them.

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Selected photographs

A small edit, then the whole archive.

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At work

My day job is cloud engineering.

I am currently a Lead, Cloud Engineer at Prudential Financial, Inc., working on the platforms, automation, and operating practices behind modern cloud delivery.

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About

A little about me.

Engineer, photographer, intermittent writer, and movie watcher. Based in North Jersey and elsewhere when possible. I earned a B.S. in Computer Science and Innovation from Champlain College, with a specialization in Software Engineering and a minor in Mathematics.