I studied government and economics at Cornell, then went to Washington University School of Law on a full scholarship. The legal training — contracts, securities, the mechanics of how deals actually hold together — turned out to be some of the most practical education a future developer could get. But the conventional path ended there. Instead of a firm, I chose building: learning to code, shipping products, and working where software has to survive contact with real customers and real constraints.
Eventually the building became literal. I bought, entitled, and now operate commercial property in Colorado's Vail Valley — parking and fleet operations near a regional airport, a mixed-use commercial yard with tenants and trades, garage-condominium development, and EV charging along the I-70 corridor. That work comes with everything the brochures leave out: permits and utility easements, snow removal, lease negotiations, invoices, and tenants who call you directly when something breaks. I like that part. It keeps the thinking honest.
Somewhere between the fence permits and the lease renewals, the two halves of my life connected. A parking lot or an airport-adjacent parcel isn't static land — it's an operating business, and software can make it smarter: pricing, access, utilization, charging, safety, the digital layers that will eventually coordinate autonomous movement. That realization became the patents, the platforms — Park Graph and ChargingNear.me — and five books on where property and AI are headed. Everything I write starts on the ground.
My background spans real estate development, parking operations, EV charging, startup building, marketplaces, and systems where software has to improve actual outcomes.
Published five books, taught around startups and technology, and filed invention work in safety, communication, and real-world systems. Useful proof points — but the primary story is building.
Worked in the early Ethereum era, when new digital infrastructure was moving from theory to practical use. It sharpened my interest in architecture, incentives, and how new rails reshape entire markets.
Real estate technology usually gets framed narrowly — listings, CRMs, mortgage tools, property management dashboards. The opportunity is larger than that. It includes the systems that govern how space is accessed, monetized, priced, secured, utilized, charged, and connected to customer behavior in the physical world.
Some of the best opportunities sit where real estate and movement intersect: airports, venues, stadiums, logistics corridors, parking assets, and high-traffic land with underused revenue potential.
The future of real estate technology is not just digital paperwork. It is operational intelligence layered onto physical assets.
I am interested in platforms that help owners and operators:
That is where I think the category is going.
Five published books on AI, ownership, and real estate, plus courses on startups, investing, and company-building.
Filed invention work and ongoing interest around vehicle safety, communication, and how intelligent systems can improve physical-world environments.
The through-line isn't that I've touched many categories. It's that I gravitate toward businesses where software changes how assets are operated, monetized, and understood.
If you're building, buying, or rethinking a property business, I'd genuinely like to hear about it.