About
Engineering leader & builder
I'm an exited CTO who spent 12+ years co-founding and scaling a nationwide edtech platform — from the first commit through acquisition. I've built engineering orgs from scratch, owned multi-million-dollar budgets, and still write code when teams need unblocking.
My sweet spot is the overlap of platform architecture, team design, and practical systems — the kind that help lean organizations punch above their weight.
200K+
users scaled
10yr
founder to exit
5K+
institutions
~30
team built
Timeline
2012 – 2025
Co-Founder & CTO, Generation Esports
Built platform from zero to 200K+ users and 5K+ schools. Led product, engineering, and devops through a successful acquisition by PlayVS. Board member.
2024 – 2026
Head of Technology (Advisory), Blackjack Apprenticeship
Built a small eng team, shipped realtime simulation tooling, and modernized legacy systems alongside founder Colin Jones.
2025 – 2026
Head of Engineering, PlayVS
Post-acquisition integration across three acquired companies. Org redesign through layoffs, operational automation, recruiting platform MVP in under a month.
Now
What's next
Exploring senior engineering leadership roles, hobbyist builds, and writing about DX, team design, and shipping under constraints.
I'm especially interested in building meaningful agents for organizations — tools that fit real workflows, earn trust with the teams using them, and deliver measurable impact instead of demo-ware.
Things I believe
- Lean teams win when ownership is clear and DX is treated as product.
- Automation should eliminate toil with measurable before/after — not slide decks.
- The best technical leaders still ship — especially when the team is stuck.
- Async-first ops change how teams scale, not just how they deploy.
Education
BS Computer Science — Western Governors University, 2023
Completed while running the company. CompTIA Project+.
Based in
Placerville, CA
Greater Sacramento area