Technical founder and product leader specializing in early-to-mid-stage startups.
Industry-agnostic; past focus on K–12 edtech, IT management, gamedev, and AI.
I’m world-class at:
- Building startups from 0 → exit as the technology & product co-founder
- Hiring and talent acquisition
- Scaling product & engineering teams
- Betting on frontier technology at production scale
- Cultivating high-performing teams people never want to leave
Work / Edu
2004-2008:
computer science @ university of illinois urbana-champaign
2007:
2008-2012:
2011-2012:
software engineering @ carnegie mellon university
2012-2021:
2023:
2024-2025:
co-founded a16z speedrun-backed doubledusk game studio