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2018
Head of Data & Analytics Engineering
2021
Consensys is building a complete suite of products to create and participate in web3 including the leading self-custodial wallet (MetaMask), development tools and node infra (Infura), and an EVM equivalent zkEVM rollup (Linea). Our team manages multi-cloud infra to deliver analytics, on-chain data, and insights across the business. We work across all products and departments, and invest significant time and resources towards many in-house solutions focused on user choice and preserving privacy in web3.
Co-Lead/Head of Product, Coven VC DAO
2018 - 2021
Experimenting with DAO structures to coordinate venture capital. We built one of the first "Decentralized Venture Capital Funds" using crypto economic incentives to facilitate the collaborative sourcing, diligencing, and approval of early stage venture capital investments. Generated >2x cash-on cash returns in aggregate in less than 3 years, driven by investments in companies like Bison Trails, Relay Payments, and Axie Infinity, with a TVPI of ~5x.
Entrepreneur In Residence
2018 - 2018
tinker and support
2015 - 2020
Venture Partner
2015 - 2020
Investing at the pre-seed and seed stage, focusing on B2B software and marketplace, digital health and FinTech
2013 - 2015
Senior Director of Product Management (vi acq)
2013 - 2015
Rebranded BuzzTable to CAKE as Sysco subsidiary. Led product teams across enterprise and consumer initiatives to develop a cohesive b2b2c strategy for Sysco's 400,000 restaurant customers.
2011 - 2015
Co-Founder, President & CTO
2011 - 2015
Restaurant OS and CRM. Acquired by Sysco (NYSE: SYY) rebranded to Cake
2009 - 2011
Co-Founder, CEO
2009 - 2011
Mapping software on top of gmaps
1997 - 2011
Lifetime Learner/Tinkerer
1997 - 2011
Products I've built: Pancake (2017) Home sharing via private networks. Designed UX/Built in React Native. Early (lack of) engagement and match making suggested it wasn't worth the opportunity cost of my time. TravelCo (2017) Auto-generated photo forward itineraries based on your phone's camera. Good reason to learn React Native and write some native bridges. Wanderfoot (2008-09) Visual discovery tool for architects and their clients. Library of 25K+ high quality images. Pinterest before Pinterest. Global Financial Crisis closed many architecture firms (that were our customers), so when they closed shop so did we. 99circles (2005-06) One of many social networking startups you've never heard of. The power of (lack of) network effects. Menuocity (2002-06) Online food & delivery service on college campuses. Knew nothing about sales or GTM. Executed the right strategy in the wrong market. Bandindex, acquired privately on eBay (1997-2002) One of the first music discovery tools on the Internet in the early 2000s. Got to meet/interview many of my favorite artists at the time. Best part was the reaction when they realized they were being interviewed by a 15 year old. Used the cash to purchase my first car — nothing left over.
2006 - 2009
Software Engineer/Project Lead
2006 - 2009
Built a web-based, collaboration app for intelligence analysts at several 3 letter acronym agencies.
2004 - 2005
Program Manager
2004 - 2005
Worked on RSS strategy and implementation for Office Online as a 2x intern. Got to play in their state-of-the-art usability rooms to test the new Office 2007 product.