Experience

Pioneer Venture Group

• United States
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Partner

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  Pioneer Venture Group is an evergreen venture capital fund which focuses on early stage startups in the Rocky Mountain region. Pioneer Venture Group is an evergreen venture capital fund which focuses on early stage startups in the Rocky Mountain region.



Clover Home

• United States
• Real Estate

• Cofounder and CTO

  • Jun 2021 - Aug 2022

  Innovating new approaches to real estate where technology optimizes the way people research, buy, and sell homes. https://cloverhome.com/demo Innovating new approaches to real estate where technology optimizes the way people research, buy, and sell homes. https://cloverhome.com/demo



Open Accounting

• United States
• Accounting

• Founder and CEO

  • Jun 2018 - Jun 2021

  Open source accounting platform. https://openaccounting.io Open source accounting platform. https://openaccounting.io



BitPay, Inc.

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Apr 2013 - Jun 2018

  BitPay is the leading bitcoin payment processor. I develop new features for our core product using node.js and MongoDB, as well as create new B2B tools for our merchants to use. I also work on open-source software for the bitcoin community, and internally used products for our Customer Operations team and Finance department. I work on: • Back-end development of our payment processing platform • Front-end development with Angular, Bootstrap • Support utilities for our Customer Operations team • Implemented bitcoin payment channels (BIP 70) • Design and implement REST and RPC API's. • Recurring billing system • Molecule - a generic 2 phase commit solution for Mongo/Mongoose • BitAuth, a novel authentication mechanism which uses the same elliptic curve cryptography as bitcoin • ChainDB - a decentralized database using blockchain technology • Bitcore - a javascript full node with bindings to bitcoind • Accounting improvement / audits - worked with accounting department to prepare financial data for audits. Proposed and implemented changes to improve accounting. Show less



Carousel30 Interactive

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Senior Web Developer

  • Jun 2011 - Apr 2013

  I develop websites for a variety of clients on a LAMP stack using Drupal and Wordpress. My duties include: Custom module/plugin development Front-end CSS styling System administration I develop websites for a variety of clients on a LAMP stack using Drupal and Wordpress. My duties include: Custom module/plugin development Front-end CSS styling System administration



Incubex.com

• United States

• President

  • Aug 2010 - May 2011

  Developing a site where people can come and work on projects together. Projects could be based on anything: if someone has an idea they can find others with the right skills and interests to work on the project with them. If anyone is interested in this, I really need a graphics designer to help with the front end! Developing a site where people can come and work on projects together. Projects could be based on anything: if someone has an idea they can find others with the right skills and interests to work on the project with them. If anyone is interested in this, I really need a graphics designer to help with the front end!



Pharetis GmbH / Uniturm.de

• Web Developer

  • Feb 2010 - Jul 2010

  Worked on the uniturm.de website, a site where German university students could upload and download study sheets and materials related to their studies. The site was built using a LAMP stack. I also led a subproject called Studiumsfinder, which high school students could take to find potential majors to study based on their personality (Myers Briggs) and interests. Studiumsfinder also used a LAMP stack. Worked on the uniturm.de website, a site where German university students could upload and download study sheets and materials related to their studies. The site was built using a LAMP stack. I also led a subproject called Studiumsfinder, which high school students could take to find potential majors to study based on their personality (Myers Briggs) and interests. Studiumsfinder also used a LAMP stack.



Lockheed Martin

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Embedded Software Engineer

  • Sep 2008 - Jun 2009

  Worked as a system administrator managing 14 CentOS 5 servers. Also developed software in Java for the Advanced Train Management System for an Australian based freight train company. Worked as a system administrator managing 14 CentOS 5 servers. Also developed software in Java for the Advanced Train Management System for an Australian based freight train company.