2023 - Present

Olympia

I’m lead investor and co-founder of an AI startup that seeks to disrupt the virtual assistant market using LLM (Large Language Model) powered technology. Yes, we are working on tech that replaces humans with AI-powered employees and consultants. It’s crazy.

Our friends at Rails Reviews recently did a free technology audit for us.

2021 - 2023

Let The Music Pay, Inc. (creators of RCRDSHP)

I’m leading a bold team of music industry veterans and brilliant technologists to complete disrupt music marketing and distribution on a global basis. Stay tuned for more information.

2020 - Present

Magma Labs - Partner and Chief Consultant

After merging Kickass Partners with Magma Labs, I became their Chief Consultant and am involved in strategic roles.

2016 - 2020

Kickass Partners

I'm a consulting CTO for handful of startups. My support team is a stellar group of software designers and engineers based in Mexico City, Mexico. An amazing little team that delivers amazing results on a regular basis. Learn more...

2014 - 2015

Andela

I was CTO on the founding team of Andela, the world's premier Global Talent Accelerator, backed by the founders of Facebook, AOL and Ebay, among others. During my tenure, Andela grew exponentially in the process of training 100 thousand young Africans across the continent to be world-class software developers. The department I led was responsible for developer recruitment, technology and, educational/mentoring/professional development programs.

2012 - 2014

Lean Startup Machine / Javelin.com

I was the CTO (Chief Technical Officer) of a promising NYC-based startup called Lean Startup Machine (later rebranded as Javelin). We pioneered use of The Validation Board and I was responsible for delivering collaboration software based on our ideas. In early 2014, we debuted QuickMVP.com as the premier tool for building Lean Startup-flavored marketing experiments. 

2011 - present

MSA Bundle

Over the years I've invested quite a bit of time and money into producing legal documents suitable for selling software consulting services and web startups. MSA Bundle is where I sell templates of those legal documents online. Each downloadable template package includes fully-annotated MS Word, Pages and PDF versions.

2010 - 2017

DueProps

I was the founder and CEO of a web-based software service called DueProps. We made the daily expression of gratitude and appreciation among co-workers fun and easy.

2008 - 2011

Hashrocket

I am the original Founder of Hashrocket, one of the world's top web design and development agencies. If you need high-quality, large-scale custom web application development, then you need Hashrocket. After growing the business to over 50 people and nearly $7M in revenue in 2010, I sold my stake to my partner Marian Phelan so that I could move back to Atlanta and pursue new opportunities in the startup world.

During our prime, we were the ultimate destination employer for Ruby on Rails experts. From our architecturally-stunning offices on the beach in Jacksonville, Florida, to our cozy loft in the birthplace of Rails itself, Chicago, we attracted the best talent that the Ruby and web design world had to offer and really made a name for ourselves in the business.

I will probably write a book about the personal side of my Hashrocket story someday. For now,  suffice to say that it was one of the most exciting and rewarding experiences of my life. I forged memories and friendships there that will last a lifetime. I remain an informal advisor and huge advocate of Hashrocket to this day.