I like tech, sailing, random walks through the city, simple vineyards, adventurous escapades, staring at airplanes, and impromptu whiteboarding...

After taking time off after selling my last company, I am dividing my time across three areas:

• Advising founders and investing in early stage companies (substack)
• Developing my own ventures in generative ai, enterprise sales, and manufacturing saas
• Building community with intention of meeting my life cofounder (insta)

I am founder of Budsies, Sparkology, and a handful of web apps. Budsies was a SaaS manufacturing play with multiple DTC brands, including the flagship namesake that brings kids' artwork to life through adorable stuffed animals (sold 2021). Sparkology is a secret place for well-intentioned singles to meet each other (sold 2016).

Before the leap, I traveled the world to sell consumer tech for OpenPeak. I also helped raise a few pennies and learned how growth companies run. I know finance is out of fashion, but I’m proud of my Evercore finTech M&A beginnings and am glad to still be close with my old team. I’ve also worked at UBS, Lockheed Martin, and consulted other startups both formally and on park benches (preferred).

I learned to dream big at UPenn. Engineering, finance, entrepreneurship, math, and magna cum laude may complete your checkboxes... but it’s the lasting friendships and projects that inspired me the most.