Passions

Thirty years of work, filtered by who you are.

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Founder & CEO, Gray Whale

2025–Present
AI Platform Leadership

Building the LIM (Language Intelligence Model) platform and developer ecosystem. Created the 'Coach' skill to generate personalized AI onboarding curricula based on constructionist learning.

AILIMeducationconstructionism

The Cooperator

2026
Global Incubator

Founder of The Cooperator, a global incubator centered around impact innovation. Designed to foster cooperation over competition in the tech ecosystem.

relational technologyglobal incubatorcooperation

Investor & Strategic Advisor, Levangie Laboratories

2025–Present
Cognitive Agentic AI

Early angel investor and strategic advisor to founder Brayden Levangie, building autonomous agents that learn from experience and work until the job is done.

AIautonomous agentsangel investing

Limited Partner, Sangha Capital SA

2025–Present
Canva Fund Investor

Limited Partner in Sangha Capital, a purpose-driven tech investment fund. Investor in Canva Fund and founder of portfolio company Archipelo. Providing technical due diligence, startup community building, and entrepreneur relations.

venture capitalimpact investingdue diligence

Founder, Archipelo

2019–2025
Security & Supply Chain

Co-founded Archipelo and served as President. Pioneering the category of Developer Security Posture Management. Built robust, trustworthy software supply chain security infrastructure.

securityengineeringoperationscybersecurityAI

Product Director, Bionic Solutions

2018
Acquired by Accenture

Innovation consulting and product management for Fortune 100 companies. Business was acquired by Accenture.

consultingproduct managemententerprise

Chief Product Officer, Chaotic Moon Studios

2012–2014
Acquired by Accenture

Acquired by Accenture in 2015. Chief Product Officer responsible for product strategy and messaging for software and hardware production teams. Produced demonstrations for Mind-Controlled Skateboard and other original inventions for international audiences.

product managementexecutive leadershipmobile

Honorary Doctorate, Becker College

2012
Doctor of Humane Letters

Awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Becker College. Delivered the commencement keynote address, emphasizing the impact of digital communication and community building.

commencementkeynoteeducation

Author of 140 Characters

2009
Published by Wiley

Authored '140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form' (Wiley). Described as the Strunk & White for digital communication, teaching the importance of simplicity, honesty, and humor.

writingshort formstyle guide

Founder & CEO, DollarApp

2008–2012
iTunes Staff Favorites

Founded DollarApp, focusing on the agile, rapid delivery of simple, high-quality iOS apps. Produced iTunes Staff Favorites including 'Big Words' and 'Math Cards'. Developed the hypertext iOS edition of the '140 Characters' book.

iOSmobileentrepreneurshipapps

Obama '08 iPhone App

2008
Applauded by Steve Jobs

Build engineer and community manager for President Obama's 2008 iPhone App team, demonstrating early community-driven mobile technology impact.

mobilepoliticscommunity

Founder & Chairman, Developer Camp

2007–Present
19 years, 10+ countries

Co-founded the world's longest-running cooperative hackathon series, applying Seymour Papert's Constructionism at scale. Mentored thousands of developers to build real products in a community setting.

constructionismmobileeventseducation

Co-creator of Twitter

2005–2006
User #9

Helped create Twitter while at Odeo. Pitched the original idea at an internal hackathon, shaping the future of short-form communication.

social mediashort formengineering

Instructor, UC Berkeley

2004–2005
Web Development Curriculum

Served as an instructor at the University of California at Berkeley, teaching adults the fundamentals of building websites and applying early constructionist teaching methods.

teachingweb developmentadult education

Product Engineering: Macromedia & Adobe

2003–2009
Lead Quality Engineer

QA Engineer at Macromedia and Lead Quality Engineer at Adobe Systems. Played a critical role in shipping Macromedia Studio and Adobe Creative Suite at production scale.

product engineeringquality assurancecreative tools

MIT Media Lab / Future of Learning

1999–2000
Harvard Ed.M in Cognitive Science

Worked under Dr. Seymour Papert while completing a Master's in Education at Harvard University. Studied with Howard Gardner (multiple intelligences), Jonathan Zittrain (internet law), and Lawrence Lessig (cyberlaw, Creative Commons). Thesis: the computer is a learner's tool, applying Constructionism into all future work.

constructionismcognitive scienceeducation

Emerging Technology Consultant, HP Labs

1996–1999
R&D Innovation

Worked at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, exploring the frontier of emerging technologies. Bridged the gap between advanced research concepts and early commercial applications.

emerging technologyconsultingresearch

Sixteen Feet (Baritone)

1992–Present
30+ Years of Performance

Baritone in the Sixteen Feet a cappella group, publishing two albums and touring internationally. A lifelong dedication to making music, concert production, and building community through collaborative performance.

musicperformancecommunity

Swarthmore College / Early dom.net

1992–1996
B.A. English Literature & Computer Science

Earned degree in English Literature with a minor in Computer Science. Writing Associate. Pioneered online presence by creating dom.net, merging the disciplines of code and literature.

literaturecomputer sciencewriting

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