About

I'm a former Apple engineer, now a full-time investor and entrepreneur.

Story

Started programming at age 10, thanks to a marvelous teacher from the local community college.

Taught myself web development in middle school and started an agency. Taught myself software development in college and started dabbling in startups. Went to school for economics, but continued working in tech because it was so fulfilling.

After university, joined Apple to help build mission-critical software in their Business Intelligence group. Next, dove into consulting and created solutions for a variety of companies, mostly in the financial industry. Along the way, started seriously building my own software businesses on my own time.

Grateful to have been part of some success stories, including GitLab's IPO in 2021. Now focused on investing in and growing great software businesses.

Current work

• Contributing to strategy and product for my portfolio companies
• Looking for new acquisition opportunities
• Co-organizing the Austin Business Acquire & Invest Club

Areas of expertise

• Fintech (especially payments, escrow, and valuations)
• Healthcare
• Logistics
• Compliance
• Business intelligence
• Ecommerce
• DevOps
• Open Source and Open Core

Highlights

• Created a PayPal competitor from scratch.
• Won a unanimous jury verdict against a billion-dollar company.
• Wrote the leading guide to the HITECH Act.
• Created a healthcare network for non-insured patients.
• Contributed to GitLab's IPO.
• Built business-critical intelligence tools for Apple.
• Investigated Microsoft source code in the smartphone patent wars.
• Fixed a major bug in opensource software used by millions.