Experience

Semicolons

• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • Jan 2022 - Present



Techstars

• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Mentor

  • Dec 2015 - Present

• Mentor in Residence

  • Sep 2015 - Dec 2015



Mozilla

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Fellow

  • Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

  Explored Web Monetization, alternative payment strategies, Interledger and blockchain paywalls Explored Web Monetization, alternative payment strategies, Interledger and blockchain paywalls



Condé Nast

• United States
• Media Production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director Of Engineering

  • Jun 2017 - Dec 2020



Mansueto Ventures

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• CTO

  • 2011 - Sep 2014



Lorem Ipsum Books

• Founder/Owner

  • Oct 2003 - Sep 2014



SMTP

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board of Directors

  • Jan 2011 - Dec 2011

  After founding the company, rejoined as a board member during the company's IPO on NASDAQ. After founding the company, rejoined as a board member during the company's IPO on NASDAQ.



Socialistic

• United States
• Marketing and Advertising

• CTO

  • Jan 2011 - Sep 2011

  Built team of creative technologists and content creators to capitalize on emerging social media technologies. Constructed Twitter firehose processing system using distributed Redis databases and AWS Cloud infrastructure. Built team of creative technologists and content creators to capitalize on emerging social media technologies. Constructed Twitter firehose processing system using distributed Redis databases and AWS Cloud infrastructure.



Journalism Online, LLC

• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Developer

  • Aug 2010 - Feb 2011

  Developed metered paywall product for digital media properties using JavaScript, Cassandra, Perl. Architected dynamic messaging system to allow unique welcome, warn, and stop messages to be displayed to users to increase conversion rates for our online subscription product. Developed metered paywall product for digital media properties using JavaScript, Cassandra, Perl. Architected dynamic messaging system to allow unique welcome, warn, and stop messages to be displayed to users to increase conversion rates for our online subscription product.



Ka-Zam

• CTO

  • Nov 2005 - Dec 2009

  Built inventory management, dynamic pricing AI, and point of sale (POS) system to manage all aspects of an online/offline book business. Extensively used dynamic pricing agents, Amazon Web Services, and Jabber/XMPP to optimize the logistics and reduce the cost per touch. Built inventory management, dynamic pricing AI, and point of sale (POS) system to manage all aspects of an online/offline book business. Extensively used dynamic pricing agents, Amazon Web Services, and Jabber/XMPP to optimize the logistics and reduce the cost per touch.



MIT Media Lab

• United States
• Research Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Researcher

  • Sep 2001 - Sep 2003

  Research in Smart Cities, Context Aware Computing. Thesis in Location-Linked Information, a distributed protocol for searching for geo-aware data while maintaining client-side privacy. Led constant demos to laboratory visitors from industry researchers to political dignitaries. Research in Smart Cities, Context Aware Computing. Thesis in Location-Linked Information, a distributed protocol for searching for geo-aware data while maintaining client-side privacy. Led constant demos to laboratory visitors from industry researchers to political dignitaries.



Vert Soluções em TIC

• Brazil
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Co-founder, Director

  • Nov 1999 - Sep 2001

  Company developed taxi-top displays which show location-specific content to outdoor audiences. Received several patents on location and psychographic targeting of media content. Lead development of software, including unique Bittorrent-based content distribution mechanism, early GPS tracking system, web based portal, and complete Out of Home advertising server with US Census demographic integrations. Company developed taxi-top displays which show location-specific content to outdoor audiences. Received several patents on location and psychographic targeting of media content. Lead development of software, including unique Bittorrent-based content distribution mechanism, early GPS tracking system, web based portal, and complete Out of Home advertising server with US Census demographic integrations.



SMTP

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder/Owner

  • Sep 1998 - Aug 2001

  Web based email software and services vendor. Also known as "EMUmail". Grew revenue to over $1MM annually, selling to customers like RackSpace, UPS, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Sun Microsystems. Created new product lines, secured financing, and built reoccurring revenue. This Dotcom was a real business that would eventually go public on NASDAQ. Web based email software and services vendor. Also known as "EMUmail". Grew revenue to over $1MM annually, selling to customers like RackSpace, UPS, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Sun Microsystems. Created new product lines, secured financing, and built reoccurring revenue. This Dotcom was a real business that would eventually go public on NASDAQ.



Dots

• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP Research and Development

  • May 1995 - Aug 1998

  Created proof-of-concept web-based applications using our in-house messaging and distance learning platform. Lead team of developers and academic researchers exploring the possibilities of the early Internet era. Created proof-of-concept web-based applications using our in-house messaging and distance learning platform. Lead team of developers and academic researchers exploring the possibilities of the early Internet era.