About

Partner at Abstract Ventures where I bring data-driven decision making to the archaic venture capital stack. Architect and engineer of a proprietary altenative data solution. Previous stops include VC, investment banking and as technical co-founder of a fintech startup.

Work

Abstract Ventures

Abstract Ventures

Seed-focused fund in San Francisco. Lead software development of a proprietary data platform.

Core Innovation Capital

Core Innovation Capital

Seed and Series A investments focused on financial innovation. On a mission to create upward mobility by saving people time and money.

Tellur.io

Tellur.io

No-code solution for personal finance. Connected users to their finances through user-generated trigger & action workflows.

Vegas Hotel Hunt

Vegas Hotel Hunt

Niche travel aggregator for Las Vegas. Dorm room project that kept going for 10 years. Found an edge combining UGC-driven discovery with best-in-class scraping and savvy longtail SEO.

Raymond James

Raymond James

Investment banking in the Financial Institutions Group during the financial crisis. M&A, capital raising and restructuring transactions. Lots of VBA.

Kellogg School of Management

Kellogg School of Management

Four years (undergrad) with the Management and Organizations Department at Kellogg. Among many research-assisting roles, led full stack development of online experiments.

Projects

Always exploring the new thing through code.

Flam AI

Flam AI

Your AI DJ. Uses OpenAI to generate and load prompt-driven playlists across music streaming services. (React Native, Supabase, SST)

Ledgee

Ledgee

NLP chatbot for banking combining bank accounts (via Plaid) with voice intents. Cross-platform architecture supported Alexa, SMS and Messenger.

Cardcast

Cardcast

Bringing interactive gaming to the Chromecast. 250,000+ installs, 80k MAU. Large developer ecosystem used the game’s public API.

ngMaterialize

ngMaterialize

Web component library for Angular based on Material Design 1.

EmailOctopus Node SDK

EmailOctopus Node SDK

Programmatic access to EmailOctopus. Dramatically reduced newsletter costs with AWS SES.

Blackjack Cast

Blackjack Cast

Multiplayer game for Google Chromecast. Great for training basic strategy and counting/advantage play. (15,000+ users).

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