Technical leadership for real estate, mobility, and AI-enabled asset systems

I studied government and economics at Cornell, then Washington University School of Law on a full scholarship. I took an unconventional path into technology — learning to code, building products, and working where software has to do more than sound impressive. It has to survive operational pressure, business incentives, and real-world friction once a product meets actual customers.

That path pushed me toward systems tied to real economic activity: marketplaces, operational software, trust systems, real estate technology, EV charging infrastructure, and physical-world infrastructure. Over time, I became especially interested in the overlap between property, vehicles, access, safety, logistics, and automation.

That overlap matters more than most people realize.

Real estate is not just leasing, listings, or transactions. It is also parking, mobility, access, customer flow, underutilized land, revenue yield, asset intelligence, charging infrastructure, and the digital layers that will eventually coordinate autonomous movement. A parking lot, airport-adjacent parcel, or venue corridor is not a static piece of land — it becomes a software-defined operating asset.

That thinking shapes the products I've built and founded — including ParkGraph, a parking data and analytics platform, and ChargingNear, an EV charger locator to find EV charging stations near me.

That is where I want to build.

I'm most valuable when a company needs sharper product and technical leadership around AI, operations, monetization, and real-world systems — helping owners and operators use AI to strengthen their business, create efficiencies, and drive greater profits. I think across software architecture, product strategy, infrastructure, trust, legal nuance, and the operational reality of how assets perform.

Born Dallas, TX
Childhood Grew up in Texarkana, TX
1997 – 2001 Northfield Mount Hermon School
2001 – 2005 Cornell University (B.A.)
  • NCAA Varsity Rower
  • Education Policy Committee (Elected)
  • Academic Integrity Hearing Board (Elected)
2008 Washington University School of Law (J.D.)
  • Full scholarship (“Scholar of Law” Award)
  • Won ABA National Mediation & Negotiation Competition
2008 – 2017 Washington, D.C.
Now Rocky Mountains & traveling the world for startups, business, and joint ventures

Selected experience and background

My background spans startup building, technical execution, digital infrastructure, marketplaces, real estate, parking operations, EV charging, and systems where software has to improve actual outcomes.

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Authentication and trust systems

Early exposure to authentication through Authy and the broader push toward stronger trust and identity systems. It shapes how I think about reliability, security, and the invisible systems that make products credible.

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Ethereum and early digital infrastructure

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.

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HomeLight and real estate technology

Early behind HomeLight as real estate technology became more data-driven, marketplace-oriented, and performance-focused. It reinforced my view that real estate remains massively underbuilt from a software perspective.

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Rappi and marketplace execution

Early behind Rappi during rapid marketplace growth. That shapes how I think about supply, demand, liquidity, operational density, and the systems needed to make real-world platforms work at scale.

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Parking, land, and physical asset operations

Built and operated around parking, land use, asset monetization, and physical-world workflows. It keeps my thinking grounded in yield, throughput, utilization, access, and whether a system actually improves the economics of the asset.

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Books, teaching, and invention work

Published 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.

Why real estate technology is bigger than most people think

Real estate technology is often framed too narrowly — listings, CRMs, mortgage tools, property management dashboards. The real opportunity is much larger. 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.

Selected proof

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Real estate and physical-world operator

Worked in and around parking, property, land use, monetization, and systems where software has to create measurable operating value.

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Marketplace and growth exposure

Background shaped by marketplace, infrastructure, and growth-company environments where execution and business-model design mattered.

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AI and systems builder

Hands-on builder focused on product strategy, technical systems, operational leverage, automation, and AI-supported workflows.

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Vehicle and safety-oriented thinking

Filed invention work and ongoing interest around vehicle safety, communication, and how intelligent systems can improve physical-world environments.

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Books and teaching

Published and taught on startups, investing, cybersecurity, hiring, and company-building.

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Cross-disciplinary edge

A background combining economics, law, coding, product, real estate, parking, and operational thinking into one executive lens.

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.