I’m a can-do designer of businesses, technologies, and products.

Creativity is key,
Execution is all!

Perspective on me:

 

Observe -> Imagine -> Plan-> Execute ¬
repeat

This simple but effective design mindset lead me to success in a myriad of professional challenges in management in technology, architecture, sales, marketing, and investment. With this mindset I accomplished a few things while wearing a few hats:

  • Self-Taught Coder/Hacker,

  • Architect of awarded Buildings,

  • Inventor of Technology (patents),

  • Startup Entrepreneur (multiple),

  • VP of Delivery,

  • Expert in Investment Due-Diligence,

  • CAD drafter and 3D Modeler/Animator/VR,

  • CTO and Software Architect,

  • Design College Professor,

  • AI Researcher,

  • Sales and Biz Dev VP,

  • Nonprofit Director of Product, and

  • CEO.

I roll up my sleeves, recruit, lead, and won’t relent until goals are reached. It’s a lot to grapple with, but if you want one take away may it be that I am Resourceful.

Designed this.

Experience Counts

 

Ad-Tech Software Architect

Initial team member of an ad-delivery targeting optimization startup.
Sold to FIM/FOX/MySpace (‘07).

 

Corporate Venture Capital EIR

Entrepreneur In Residence for Technicolor Ventures. What began as an innovations lab led to the creation of a Corporate VC.

Media-Tech AI VP Business

Responsible for accounts such as BloomBerg, USA TODAY, Lexis-Nexis for a NLP startup. Sold to PickSel (‘16).

 

Ed-Tech Director of Product

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Oversaw a $12M yearly budget and execution of the entire IT and Open Source software development for a 15-state K-12 non-profit.

Mobile Gaming Startup Founder

Patented, founded, and raised $1,2M Seed delivering games to clients & partners such as Google, LA Dodgers, AT&T, KFC, and more.

 

Sustainable Design Lecturer

2nd year and Masters advanced design studios lecturer at Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design and SciArc

HR-Tech SaaS Services Leader

Joined a month after IPO to build, and grew Integration Services team to +$18M during the company’s fastest growth period.

 

More to come

By now you figured it out, this site is an MVP. If you’d like to know more about me, reach out or look me up on social and LinkedIn.

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“Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.”

— John Steinbeck