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I began my career at fifteen, as a founder and CTO of MotherNature.com. MotherNature.com was taken public in 1999 with a peak market cap of $600M. At nineteen, I co-founded MediaWebcast. A publicly traded “trans-media” company, MediaWebcast reached a peak market cap of $70M. At twenty-one, I launched Odin Metatech, Inc., a private content management company. At twenty-eight, I joined TASER Intl., and at twenty-nine, I became CTO. I am currently the CTO at Geekli.st and advisor to Chatmeter, P4RC and StarsVu.
Experience
Chief Technology Officer
@Geekli.st
Location
San Diego / San Francisco, CA
Dates
February 2013 - Present
Chief Technology Officer
@MojoPages.com
MojoPages helps people from around the world enjoy positive experiences from the very best local businesses.
Location
San Diego, Ca
Dates
May 2012 - January 2013
Chief Technology Officer
@Chatmeter
As the first Local Brand Management (LBM) platform, we help large franchises and agencies with hundreds of locations measure and improve their marketing effectiveness. This is actionable local intelligence that has never been available before.

Finally, a reputation management platform that doesn’t just aggregate reviews and report on social media buzz, Chatmeter helps customers find you and love you.

Chatmeter is a proud member of the EvoNexus incubator.
Dates
2011 - Present
Advisory Board
@StarsVu
StarsVu democratizes the video creation process by empowering socially connected amateurs and professionals to collaborate on high-quality video productions.

Use StarsVu on-line tools to share ideas, write scripts, shoot scenes, edit, produce, market, and distribute quality videos in a systematic and flexible way.
Location
San Diego, Ca
Dates
September 2012 - Present
CTO Advisor
@P4RC, Inc.
P4RC (pronounced pärk) is a mobile engagement platform that rewards mobile users with P4RC points, which can be redeemed for real-world rewards in our marketplace.
Dates
April 2012 - Present
SVP of Engineering
@MindTouch, Inc.
MindTouch is intensely focused on providing exceptional help experiences. Help experiences that create new customers and transform current users into advocates that help one another to become even better with the products they use. In short, help experiences that increase top line revenues and the bottom line by dramatically lowering support costs.
Dates
November 2010 - May 2011
Chief Technology Officer, Evid
@TASER International
Led key development activities within Evidence.com division, which creates SaaS products. Spearheaded development team engaged in improving user experience, overseeing 9 professionals and managing virtualized development environments, including web, database and code repositories. Oversaw search team, supervising creation of a Solr-based system. Developed initial version of Evidence Transfer Manager, a hardware device designed to transfer AXON data to the cloud software stack. Maintained high availability and security standards, working closely with netw
Dates
2009 - 2010
Consultant
@KallOut.com
Refined the "BestGuess" algorithm used by KallOut's proprietary context based search. Managed Amazon Web Service based infrastructure.
Dates
2008 - 2009
Founder / President
@Avalerion, LLC
Led innovative web-based entrepreneurial venture. Spearheaded offshore teams engaged in creating website templates and launching new sites. Identified content sources compatible with company web platform. Created anchor sites to promote network. Negotiated contextual advertising agreements. Launched OpenStockPhotography.org, Blogtelevision.net, Organic Broadcast Project and BlogSieve sites. Managed company technology infrastructure and all facets of operations.
Dates
2007 - 2009
Founder / CEO
@Odin Metatech, Inc.
Launched company that produced unique technology solutions and products, including Odin Organic Framework (enterprise content management system) and Odin Assemble (rapid web application framework). Evaluated client operations and provided guidance and services to enhance content management, search engine optimization, marketing, compliance and security functions. Provided custom software development services. Generated new business. Managed company infrastructure.
Dates
2001 - 2009
Founder / CTO
@MediaWebcast
Launched publicly traded “trans-media” company offering 4 cable TV shows and garnering revenue via cable broadcasting, streaming video, VHS / DVD and international content trades. Managed 4 employees. Created and managed all TV show sites. Maintained infrastructure. Developed MediaLimiter software application to combat copyright infringement. Invited to speak at prestigious streaming video conference.
Dates
1999 - 2001
Founder / CTO
@MotherNature.com
Created and managed world’s largest online vitamin, supplement and mineral supplier (at age 15) and took company public in 1999, reaching a peak market cap of $600M. Created v1.0 website and managed initial infrastructure. Directed team engaged in developing v2.0 of site after acquisition. Successfully grew firm from start-up to mature business.
Dates
1995 - 1999