Some things about me

Background

I'm a systems-minded builder based in Colorado with a career defined by solving complex problems—especially where technology and economics intersect. Today, I help midsized companies untangle and optimize complex ERP systems, working at the point where business logic meets real-world execution.

I’ve started a handful of companies—some fizzled, one hit hard thanks to a great team and how we leveraged technology early. That experience shaped my lens: technology is a tool, but it’s how you apply it that matters. These days, I help others deploy it with precision and intent—aligning tech with actual business outcomes.

My early career was in satellite communications—what I called “digital trucking,” moving bits instead of boxes. I became known for a talk called "Deploying Technology the Smart Way," focused on the total cost of tech, and on optimizing payload transit cost per byte... the mpg of communications. It was all about balancing economics, technology, and delivery. Today is no different—just a new domain.

I split my time between engineering and investing. One keeps my hands on the tools, the other sharpens my frameworks for thinking about systems. Right now, I'm deep in the AI and Web3 rabbit holes—not chasing trends, but building and probing for what’s real beneath the noise.

Because here’s the truth: high performance hides in the details. In engineering, it’s the craftsmanship, the cleanly dressed rack, the noise performance of the amplifier, the things that some may think are nice to haves, but for the greats are need to haves. In business, it's the culture, the tone of service, the subtle compounding of smart decisions. These are the parts you don’t always see—but they’re the signals. When the invisible things are crafted with care, high performance usually isn’t far behind.