These days I take on fractional CTO and technical advisory work, invest in small businesses through Rayhaus Capital and real estate through Warray Ventures, and spend the rest of my time as a location-independent nomad with my family — worldschooling our kid and picking up new skills, like flying and Spanish, along the way. I've been writing about all of it, plus whatever else comes up, since 2009.
Fractional CTO, fractional Head of Engineering, and technical advisory for venture-backed and growth-stage tech companies.
I spent eight years helping build Confluent Cloud from startup through IPO and to the acquisition by IBM. Now I'm enjoying bringing my experiences building, scaling, securing, and reliably operating in growth mode to other startups.
Let's talk →Backing self-funded searchers acquiring small businesses (750k-5M EBITDA), and buying multifamily apartment buildings (15-100 units).
I co-own and operate a 100+ unit portfolio in Chicagoland, and have business interests in hardscaping/landscaping, countertop fabrication, and millworking. My wife and I run Quill & Cup, an online/hybrid writing community for women.
Take a look →My family and I live as nomads, worldschooling our kid — trading a fixed classroom for everything each new place has to teach us.
I take the same deliberate approach to picking up hard skills myself: attending a Spanish language school, earning a pilot's license, and treating each new one like its own expedition — there's always another queued up next.
I write a monthly newsletter through Rayhaus Capital — investing, plus whatever else is going on. Same one either way.
Sign up at Rayhaus Capital →I take on fractional CTO, fractional Head of Engineering, and technical advisory work with venture-backed and growth-stage tech companies.
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