Experience

Consensual Ventures

• United States
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder / Thought Partner

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  What gives my life meaning is to serve and protect the living earth and her people. My mission is to equip the regenerative movement at scale at the pace of the metacrisis, connecting place-based systems change initiatives with trust-based funding, and empowering a global network of networks with tools for coordination. I truly believe that for our species to thrive we need to maximize the number of us who are fully prepared and resourced to contribute collaboratively to co-create a regenerative unfolding. I don't think of this as political, but rather the rational pursuit of my aspirations on behalf of humanity and the greater blossoming of consciousness in the cosmos. Show less



Rainforest Exchange

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations

• Team Lead / Project Manager

  • Aug 2021 - Sep 2022

  • Project Management: Stakeholder advocacy through the collaborative discovery of requirements, definition of features, delegation to team members, and tracking of project tasks from conception through completion. • Software Development: Selection of technologies, languages, and libraries. Systems design, software architecture, development of data structures, server-side and client-side code, and integration of designs. • Team Building: Sourcing, vetting, hiring, onboarding, and management of distributed teams as necessary for the success of the Project. Rainforest Exchange is a cutting-edge climate finance platform incubated by veteran non-profit Health in Harmony which utilizes the latest web technologies to help reverse forest loss. The simple but revolutionary insight at the heart of the project is that honoring the knowledge of indigenous peoples and local communities and enabling their solutions is the most effective and impactful way to preserve and regenerate the natural environment in their areas and secure a cooler planet for all. Since every rainforest is unique, each community has their own set of solutions. On Rainforest Exchange, users can connect with communities directly, support their solutions, and see the results through a suite of friendly and colorful infographics. Rainforest Exchange provides anyone who cares about the future of life on earth an attainable way to make an impact from anywhere at any time. Show less



CoVentureCap

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

• Special Partner - Venture Acceleration

  • Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

  CoVentureCap (CoVC) is a next-generation virtual venture accelerator. CoVC helps to drive the success of companies worldwide at the pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages. Using modern cloud technology, deep expertise, and broad contact networks, CoVC makes the process of venture acceleration better, cheaper and faster. Our Mission is to empower 1M tech-enabled businesses to create 100M jobs worldwide in the next 10 years. And put some major dents in the universe. CoVentureCap (CoVC) is a next-generation virtual venture accelerator. CoVC helps to drive the success of companies worldwide at the pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages. Using modern cloud technology, deep expertise, and broad contact networks, CoVC makes the process of venture acceleration better, cheaper and faster. Our Mission is to empower 1M tech-enabled businesses to create 100M jobs worldwide in the next 10 years. And put some major dents in the universe.



Shoppies

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet

• Senior Software Architect

  • May 2019 - Jan 2020

  • Concept to MVP in 90 Days • Hands-on Engineering to Prototype w/ Meteor, React, and MongoDB • CI/CD w/ GCP, Docker, and Kubernetes As the first hire at Shoppies, I worked with the founders on technology requirements and development roadmap, and built out the first iteration of our signature brand customization tool, bringing us from concept to product in less than 90 days. I laid the groundwork for scaling; bootstrapping a MERN stack web app with an Express API, containerizing these in Docker, and setting up our GitOps CI/CD process using GCP's Cloud Build and Kubernetes Engine. As we added to our engineering team, I onboarded new hires, developed documentation, and advocated best practices to keep development running smoothly. Show less



Consensual

• United States
• Software Development

• Founder / Product Manager

  • Jun 2018 - Jan 2020

  • Concept to MVP in 90 Days • Hands-on Engineering to Prototype w/ Meteor, Angular, and Facebook SDK • Roadmap, User Testing, and Market Metrics for the Seed Round I define strategy and manage the roadmap for this early-stage startup developing an agreements framework. In addition to a hands-on engineering role, I manage our small but dedicated development team, leading daily stand-ups, collecting feedback and articulating user stories, monitoring progress and keeping us on track to hit our milestones. Show less



Azimuth Internet Services

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet

• Director Of Engineering

  • Feb 2012 - Jun 2018

  • Expanded Operations in the U.S. and British Virgin Islands• Increased Average Contract Value by 4x to $80K• Managed Distributed Team of 20 Engineers and DesignersI managed national and international sales, systems analysis and design, proposal writing, customer service and relations, full-stack web application development, hands-on software engineering using RoR (Ruby on Rails) and JavaScript, and e-commerce and fulfillment integrations. I managed a distributed team, with partners in New York, California, Mexico, and the British Virgin Islands. I leveraged my interpersonal skills in both sales and contract negotiations, as well as leadership of and collaboration with my team. I was responsible for project management using agile methodologies, from requirements discovery and feature definitions through execution and delivery. Show less

• Engineering Team Lead

  • Jul 2007 - Feb 2012

  • Yacht and Villa Provisioning for Roadtown Wholesale -- RTWBVI.com (RoR, JS, PostgreSQL)• 100pt Reviews and Articles for The Coffee Review -- CoffeeReview.com (CFM, JS, MySQL)• Online Coffee Retail for Great Coffees of America -- GreatCoffee.com (CFM, JS, MySQL)I took the lead on requirements discovery, project management, and full-stack web development in MySQL, ColdFusion, Ruby, and JavaScript; working with clients, vendors, designers, and engineers to deliver custom data-driven web applications and e-commerce solutions for these and many other clients. Show less

• Software Engineer

  • Jan 2002 - Jun 2007

  • Document Management for Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Environmental Division (PHP, MySQL)• Flash E-Brochure for Newton Learning (CFM, Flash)• Custom Website Design for Alchemistress (CFM)As primary customer contact for several PremiereLink clients when they closed, I was in a good position to take over their unfinished projects; essentially a turnkey consultancy which I cultivated into a web development and hosting business serving these and many other clients.



Swarm Network

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Analyst / Project Manager

  • Jan 2018 - Apr 2018

  For this contract, I planned and managed the rollout of features for tracking user engagement and behavior analysis, providing actionable intelligence to stakeholders to help in the continuous improvement of Swarm's asset-backed token investment and exchange platform. I performed interviews and took requirements from multiple members of the executive team and managed the project, and coordinated execution with developers, vendors, and third-party consultants. For this contract, I planned and managed the rollout of features for tracking user engagement and behavior analysis, providing actionable intelligence to stakeholders to help in the continuous improvement of Swarm's asset-backed token investment and exchange platform. I performed interviews and took requirements from multiple members of the executive team and managed the project, and coordinated execution with developers, vendors, and third-party consultants.



RepairPal

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Full-Stack Software Engineer

  • Dec 2015 - Mar 2017

  At RepairPal, I maintained and extended a hand-rolled Ruby app leveraging the AdWords API to automate SEM campaigns. I was responsible for feature development in RoR for the main RepairPal.com website. This position was equal parts back-end utilities, delayed processes, data, analysis, behavior tracking, and reporting; and front-end templates, tweaks, and one-offs. (I also maintained residual development and hosting clients for Azimuth Internet Services on the side during this time; thus the date range overlap.) Show less



Dance Underground

• Petaluma, California

• Owner / Manager

  • 2011 - 2015

  For four years I owned and managed Dance Underground, a space for dance, yoga, and movement arts, and a unique local venue for classes for children and adults, workshops, gatherings, and events. I actively prospected for teachers and workshop facilitators, cultivated the network of students and participants, built a community of supporters, and produced the monthly transformational micro-festival, BEAUTIFY. Social media marketing, community management, copywriting, promotion, event production were some key skills employed and strengthened in this role. Show less



OPSWAT

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Contract Software Engineer

  • Jun 2012 - Sep 2012

  During this brief contract software engineering engagement for Azimuth Internet, I helped build out a system for the cloud-based configuration and management of wireless network hardware for NETGEAR. In addition to employing agile methodologies (morning standup, weekly scrum, planning poker, etc.), we also used JIRA, Assembla, and other tools, helping us to get on the same page, connect tickets to topic branches, and stay on track during sprints. This was the best-organized team I've ever had the privilege of being on, and it was deeply rewarding to participate in a circle of accountability and support for getting it done right; at once the most methodical, and the most enjoyable. In addition to RoR, RSpec, and Jasmine, I had the opportunity to work a bit with Clojure and Leiningen (very intriguing) and had some DevOps fun with running Capistrano scripts to make deployments to AWS. Show less



PremiereLink Communications

• Eugene, OR

• Application Developer

  • 2000 - 2002

  I was involved with every stage of e-commerce and web application development. From first contact with prospective clients, through assessing their business needs and objectives, analyzing their challenges and designing systems to respond to those challenges, right up to the hand-coding of those solutions, integration with HTML & Flash design elements, back-end server scripts & palm pilot applications, and the support of these solutions, including debugging, updates, upgrades, documentation, and user support. I handled client communications with other elements of PremiereLink's enterprise including print & radio advertising, web placement & promotion, and branding. I worked in concert with clients, account reps, advertisers, web production management, design teams, and other programmers to produce dynamic, robust, and scalable web applications. Show less



PCS Internet, Inc.

• Application Developer

  • 1999 - 2000

  I programmed web applications in ColdFusion. I integrated HTML, JavaScript, and Cold Fusion solutions to produce dynamic web pages with a high degree of interactivity. I became more familiar with ASP, SQL, CSS and many other languages and protocols during my stint with this company; it served both as an initiation and a foot in the door. When I first interviewed, I got the job with no prior experience by offering to learn on the job and work for half the pay they were offering ($7.50/hr instead of $15). After two weeks they told me I had underestimated my skills and moved me up to $13/hr. Three months later they offered me the full $15. I feel confident I could do this again today; give me any language, any skill, regardless of any prior experience, and I will pick it up on the fly and be up to speed in a very short time frame. Show less



Palo Alto Software

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Support Representative

  • 1997 - 1999

  Among other tasks, I fielded telephone, fax, and email inquiries about difficulties being experienced by customers when using Palo Alto Software's Business Plan Pro, Marketing Plus, Marketing Plan Pro, or Cash Plan Pro. In this fast-paced job, I solved problems resulting from program errors, user errors, shared file conflicts, defective media, and network connection issues, as well as provided assistance in the fundamentals of the software tools themselves, including accounting and business planning. I compiled databases of issues and created templates for common problems. I also built a database application for managing information critical to the Technical Support Dept. I refined skills for communicating with and helping frustrated, and sometimes openly hostile customers, and bringing resolution to difficult issues. Show less



Lane Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Computer Lab Assistant

  • 1997 - 1998

  I maintained the network, re-imaged the machines when they'd gotten too crufty, did troubleshooting, tutored students in entity-relationship diagrams, gantt charts, flow charts, pseudocode, Visual Basic, C++, CASE tools, Excel, Access, Crystal Reports, and whatever they were struggling with. I was also responsible for solving problems on the network server and printer, and other miscellaneous maintenance. I was the all-around computer lab go-to guy. I maintained the network, re-imaged the machines when they'd gotten too crufty, did troubleshooting, tutored students in entity-relationship diagrams, gantt charts, flow charts, pseudocode, Visual Basic, C++, CASE tools, Excel, Access, Crystal Reports, and whatever they were struggling with. I was also responsible for solving problems on the network server and printer, and other miscellaneous maintenance. I was the all-around computer lab go-to guy.