About

I grew up in Cleveland, the oldest of four boys and the biggest little fan of the 1995 baseball team and LeBron James’ ascendance. Then I went across the country to Pomona College, where I studied economics and math, first performed improv for paying audiences, and got ankle tattoos.

My immediate plans after college fell apart, well, immediately, so I cold applied to a couple jobs and took a customer service role at Facebook. After a stint answering questions and taking down nudes, I moved to the Platform Policy team, where we shut down apps when they were bad. Then I went to Twitter to start and manage their API Policy team. It was mostly more of the same, though we also helped developers build better apps when we could. Alas, Silicon Valley was ultimately not for me.

I moved to North Carolina for my second career, which was helping Know Me conceive, create, and launch their apps. There were also weekends and summers presenting youth programs at a science museum, and countless nights teaching and performing improv, sketch, and standup at DSI. In between all this I took two sabbaticals to ride a skateboard down the eastern seaboard.

Then I moved to Florida to be closer to family: first Melbourne, then Jupiter, and West Palm Beach. I wrapped up my work with Know Me after a major overhaul of their flagship app, and transitioned to helping small businesses and community members with tech-related issues on a freelance basis. Nights and weekends were full of improv with Actor’s Rep and Improv U. For a year and change, I worked full-time (remotely) as a web developer at Brandography.

I now live in Marathon, the midpoint of the Florida Keys. The tick-tock of my career path has swung away from the internet again: come see me on Pigeon Key to learn about the history of the tiny island under the seven mile bridge.