Thirty years of building, chapter by chapter.
What I’m building right now.
Building the LIM (Language Intelligence Model) platform and developer ecosystem. Created the 'Coach' skill to generate personalized AI onboarding curricula based on constructionist learning.
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 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.
Constructionism as a practice, from Papert to the present.
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.
Awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by Becker College. Delivered the commencement keynote address, emphasizing the impact of digital communication and community building.
Served as an instructor at the University of California at Berkeley, teaching adults the fundamentals of building websites and applying early constructionist teaching methods.
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.
Things I shipped.
Co-founded Archipelo and served as President. Pioneering the category of Developer Security Posture Management. Built robust, trustworthy software supply chain security infrastructure.
Innovation consulting and product management for Fortune 100 companies. Business was 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.
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.
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.
Build engineer and community manager for President Obama's 2008 iPhone App team, demonstrating early community-driven mobile technology impact.
Helped create Twitter while at Odeo. Pitched the original idea at an internal hackathon, shaping the future of short-form communication.
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.
Cooperation over competition.
Founder of The Cooperator, a global incubator centered around impact innovation. Designed to foster cooperation over competition in the tech ecosystem.
Where it all began.
Worked at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, exploring the frontier of emerging technologies. Bridged the gap between advanced research concepts and early commercial applications.
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.
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.