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builder, seller, operator
13+ years in product and 7+ years as a founder and entrepreneur.
now building and running experiments in AI, robotics, and algorithmic distribution in san francisco.
history
linkedin- Apr 2026 - Aug 2026
Founder · Dinealog
- a voice agent for restaurant orders and reservations.
more about Dinealog
- built on AWS Bedrock, WebSockets and Postgres, with about 0.4 second response.
- ran live betas at three DFW sites.
- wound it down in August 2026.
- Jan 2026 - Aug 2026
Founder · KiloByte Collective
- an applied-AI firm building agents for operating businesses.
more about KiloByte Collective
- built and led a team of six, with Dinealog: a co-founder and COO, a growth engineer, a product manager and two AI engineers.
- Apr 2025 - Mar 2026
Chief Sales Officer (CSO) · Heeddata Inc
- a multi-cloud FinOps platform.
more about Heeddata
- a single pane of glass to track cloud usage across the four big hyperscalers, Snowflake and Databricks.
- demos and POCs up 30%+ QoQ, first five-digit ARR customer via podcast.
- built partnerships and ran co-sell motions with dbt Labs, Oracle and Snowflake.
- Jul 2024 - Mar 2025
Interim Operator · Family Wealth Office
- acquired a limousine company and a Manhattan townhouse.
more about the family wealth office
- cut a 14-month, $900K renovation quote on the townhouse to 3 months and under $300K.
- negotiated the limousine company price down 30%.
- managed a staff of 50+, permanent and temporary.
- May 2023 - May 2024
Owner, General Manager, Executive Chef · Velvet House Tulum
- Mexico's best Indian restaurant. launched and ran it solo for five months before hiring.
more about Velvet House Tulum
- those five months covered the menu, sourcing, social media, marketing, construction, cleaning and cooking.
- then i hired and trained a 12-member team.
- 2017 - 2024
Airbnb Superhost · my own hospitality business
- 18 straight quarters: $9K into $1.3M revenue over seven years.
- Oct 2021 - Mar 2023
Founder, General Partner · VVSR Investments
- $1.5M raised for a Tulum hotel, exited at 30%, finished as Arka Tulum.
more about VVSR Investments
- incorporated a company in Mexico, acquired land and started construction within 6 months.
- the build was 30% complete by month 12.
- managed 40 workers and supervisors on site.
- Apr 2018 - Oct 2021
Lead Product Manager, Digital Sales, Merchandising, Ecommerce · Verizon
- a cross-sell platform i helped ship became a $120M line of business.
more about Verizon
- after the Wireless and FiOS merger, shipped the first platform to cross-sell wireless and wireline across retailers, big-box stores, contractors and resellers.
- shipped the first touchless payment solution in Verizon's history, so customers could complete a transaction on their own device. it joined FiOS and wireless systems for the first time, which regulation had blocked before.
- brought together comms, legal, marketing, design and several engineering teams, and launched 5G Home as part of this work.
- before the merger, owned the FiOS accessories store, with budget and revenue responsibility: $7M to $11M in 14 months.
- product scope at AT&T and Verizon: ecommerce catalog, merchandising, promotions, omnichannel experiences, buy flows, billing and payments.
- Apr 2010 - May 2016
Senior Product Manager · AT&T
- joined the ecommerce catalog and digital ops team as member #3.
more about AT&T
- built and ran the wireless store catalog, with every device, accessory and plan launched online from 2010 to 2016.
- rebuilt the daily release workflow.
- the catalog grew from about 50 SKUs to 4,000+.
- 2008 - 2010
First product seat · an edtech company
- 4K to 140K monthly traffic, $300K to $2.7M ARR in ten months.
education
- 2016 - 2017
MBA · Cornell Tech
MS in Computer Science · University of Illinois Springfield
BE in Computer Science · MVGR College of Engineering