About

Background

I’m an entrepreneur who thrives at the cutting edge of technology and media. I’ve spent my career building companies and products that solve real problems, from scaling an Inc. 500 startup to creating AI-driven platforms acquired by global companies. In 2013, the White House selected me as a Presidential Innovation Fellow, where I applied AI to help modernize the National Archives. What drives me is turning ideas into tangible things, whether that’s something you hold in your hand, listen to, or look at. I find that process endlessly interesting.

Ventures

Adwave (2024–Present)
Co-Founder & CEO. AI platform making TV advertising accessible to small businesses. Launched publicly in 2025; currently partnering with national dealer networks (NPDA) to broaden TV advertising access.

VideoByte (2020–2023)
Connected TV advertising platform. Acquired by Kargo in 2023. Built 8-figure revenue in under 3 years, serving billions of ad impressions. After acquisition, led Kargo’s CTV division as GM.

Remixd (2018–2021)
Text‑to‑audio content platform using AI. Acquired by Global UK in 2021.

SocialSpring (Present.ly) (2008–2010)
Co-founder. Enterprise microblogging platform (“Twitter for the workplace”). Winner of CNET’s Webware 100 award for innovative workplace collaboration tools. Acquired by UnitedWeb/Nextiva.

Scalr (2010–2012)
Co-founder. Cloud infrastructure management platform (open-source project turned startup, now at scalr.com).

Intridea (2007–2015)
Ruby on Rails consultancy; Inc. 500 company (50+ employees). Acquired by Mobomo in 2015.

Community & Public Service

Presidential Innovation Fellowship (2013–2014)
One of 18 selected nationwide. Applied deep learning to digitize historical documents at the National Archives. Participated in various White House led maker-related events and projects, including the White House Maker Fair and the holiday Bo and Sunny bots.

DC Ruby Users Group (DCRUG)
Founder & Organizer. Founded and ran the DC Ruby Users Group for many years, building a strong local developer community.

Other Work Experience

Consumable (2015–2020)
Part of a small team that helped grow annual revenue from ~$300K to ~$30M in 18 months.

McKinsey & Company (2007)
Software consulting for Fortune 500 companies.

Cisco Systems (2007)
Brief post-acquisition stint following FiveAcross acquisition.

FiveAcross (2006–2007)
Part of core dev team building a white label social networking platform used by clients like NHL and Nascar. The company was acquired by Cisco.

Failed Startup (2003–2004)
Built and failed to scale a social networking platform, launched right after Myspace and just prior to Facebook.

AOL (2003–2006)
Software Engineer.

IMAKE / 24/7 Media (2000–2003)
Building end-to-end Video on Demand and advertising solutions.

Education

M.S. in Systems Engineering - University of Virginia
B.S. in Computer Science & Biology - Loyola University Maryland

Personal

Based in the Washington, DC area. When not building companies, I’m spending time with my family or buliding other things.