Gray Whale
Founder & CEO
Reasoning beyond language. Building an optimization layer between AI models and the application stack.
AILIMeducationconstructionism
The whole arc: three decades of work, end to end.
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Founder & CEO
Reasoning beyond language. Building an optimization layer between AI models and the application stack.
Founder & Chairman
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.
A personalized AI education built in a five-turn interview: learn by building something real. Now shipping.
A personal presence layer, routed by closeness. Sharing location and schedule, with degrees of fidelity based on relationships. Pre-launch.
A considered container for founder communities, with a visible chain of trust. Community-building centered on relationships. Pre-launch.
Investor & Strategic Advisor
Early angel investor and strategic advisor to founder Brayden Levangie, building autonomous agents that learn from experience and work until the job is done.
Limited Partner
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.
Founder
A community of artists, builders, and makers. On the road to becoming an Artist Corporation where creators keep control of what they make.
Baritone
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.
Founder & President
Co-founded Archipelo and served as President. Pioneering the category of Developer Security Posture Management. Built robust, trustworthy software supply chain security infrastructure.
Product Director
Innovation consulting and product management for Fortune 100 companies. Business was acquired by Accenture.
Chief Product Officer
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.
Honorary Doctorate
Awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Becker College. Delivered the commencement keynote address, emphasizing the impact of digital communication and community building.
Founder & CEO
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.
Author
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.
QA → 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.
Build Engineer & Community Manager
Build engineer and community manager for President Obama's 2008 iPhone App team, demonstrating early community-driven mobile technology impact.
Head of Quality
Helped create Twitter while at Odeo. Pitched the original idea at an internal hackathon, shaping the future of short-form communication.
Instructor
Served as an instructor at the University of California at Berkeley, teaching adults the fundamentals of building websites and applying early constructionist teaching methods.
Software Engineer
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.
Emerging Technology Consultant
Worked at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, exploring the frontier of emerging technologies. Bridged the gap between advanced research concepts and early commercial applications.
B.A. English Literature
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.