Today's focus
Finding founders to invest in at the Seed stage. Keeping Scrut.io secure.
Persona
Helping companies GTM, find PMF, and build solutions to make technology more secure. Long-time operator interested in problems that plague both large and small companies with their respective challenges.
Affiliations
Current tech stack
- Google Workspace, Zoom, Cron, Bear, Brave, Slack, 1Password, Notion
Hobbies
- Snowboarding, Running, Classic video games, Cooking/Trying new food
Season of Yes
Always up for coffee, whiteboarding, and video calls. Snowboarding is a big plus or going for a run.
Coffee order
Short oat latte
Fun fact
I worked in the Obama administration in 2012, hoping to get congress in DC to care about cybersecurity, where I met my girlfriend, now wife. Though priorities, really I was looking to meet my now wife, while occupying myself with cybersecurity.
Role models
Multitude of friends and colleagues over the years who made an early impression on different ways/perspectives, but also growing up as the child of refugees.
Why Seattle?
Seattle native, have traveled and lived in other places and Seattle is still for me a place I can work to live, instead of live to work. The city has grown and evolved so much, there's so much to love about the change that is constant - while messy, that's no different than anywhere else. Having seen Seattle evolve growing up here, on balance has been positive. The opportunities and sheer scale of those opportunities is exciting enough!
Praise received
That they value my help, input, and contributions.
Featured
Activity
Tradecraft
Areas of expertise
- Cybersecurity, technical and strategic.
- M&A, functional and commercial.
- Startups, investing/fundraising/ops.
Areas of expertise
Collaborative values
Anyone that's willing to do away with convention/tradition.
Collaborative values
Decision drivers
Relationships and people-first. Can't build alone, can't succeed alone. Can be relationships with your customers, with whomever, if you aren't prioritizing that and you're just being transactional, I don't believe you will succeed long-term.
Decision drivers
Lifelines
Lifelines
Legacy
Having meaningful relationships with my family (wife/son), with my friends/colleagues, helping anyone I could with what I am good at. Making a positive impact on the lives of as many people as possible. No matter how trivial or grand the impact.
