From blocks, to legos, electronics and then computers, I've always loved building and creating things. That passion and life long interest has carried over perfectly to building software products. I just want to solve problems in creative ways.
As a "Lead Builder" at Airship, I manage a team of software engineers building innovative software products. It's super rewarding building products from the ground up, completely custom tailored to the clients real life needs.
Led the technology department as CTO and built a wholesale automotive auction platform from the ground up. Hit 1.5M in monthly recurring revenue and completed high profile partner integrations.
Cashed out my 401k and sold my stock options to start this company. Acquired by E-DealerDirect in exchange for stock options and CTO position.
Started as a contractor and then got hired on full time. This is where I learned networking, devops, big data and data visualizations. Working directly with fortune 500 companies was very exciting.
My first real creative studio experience. Graduated from PHP content management systems and fell in love with Ruby on Rails, programming and product design.
Web design and development studio that I founded to learn the trade. I didn't really know what I was doing but put my shingle out and started taking clients. I kind of like to think of the experience as people paying me to learn.
Web based point of sale system that I built for a bike shop I opened with a friend called Chuck's Bicycle Repair. We used the system for almost 3 years and was my first real experience with product development.
1st Place Healthcare Category Therapy Buddy - A way for therapists and the parents of patients to communicate better.
1st Place Security Category Ethereum Voting System - A way to facilitate, validate and incentivize voter participation in elections.
I'm a firm believer in the MVP and failing fast. We'll never know less than we know now and putting pen to paper is the first step. Build, release, learn and iterate until you find market fit.