Dec 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Remote

• Board member, investor and representative for the Geekdom Fund this innovative marine autonomy company.

Mar 2022 – Present · 4 yrs · San Antonio, Texas, United States

• Holding company for numerous business interests. Strategies include incubation and acquisition across broad domains from software to real estate to online media.

Oct 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 5 mos · San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area

• CyberFortress is a San Antonio-based technology company that is the largest private tech company in San Antonio. It is the backup and restore partner of choice for the MSP cybersecurity framework. I serve as Chairman of the Board for the company.

Feb 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 1 mo · San Antonio, Texas, United States · Remote

• A 360 solution to find, hire, onboard, pay, and retain top Latin American talent. Fill open positions in under 21 days.

Sep 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 6 mos · San Antonio, Texas & Austin, Texas

• Dry Line Partners is a private equity firm based in San Antonio, TX, formed to acquire middle-market, B2B IT and infrastructure businesses. The CyberFortress business is our first transaction.

May 2020 – May 2023 · 3 yrs · San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area

• Red Runner Coffee is a chain of drive-through coffee shops. We sold the business to Brevity Coffee in 2023.

Nov 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 4 mos · San Antonio, Texas Area

• Incubated and co-founded this software aggregator. Dura is a specialist in hyper-niche software products that fit narrow but mission-critical use cases for business customers. Private equity firm Peterson Partners of Salt Lake City acquired the majority ownership of the business in 2024.

Aug 2016 – Mar 2021 · 4 yrs 7 mos · San Antonio, Texas Area

• Cofounder of local angel network designed to connect new businesses and startups with individual and family office investors.

Aug 2016 – Dec 2020 · 4 yrs 4 mos · San Antonio, Texas Area

• RealCo was a unique, long-term accelerator program for B2B software startups that gives them the best chance to raise a Series A.

Sep 2013 – Dec 2023 · 10 yrs 3 mos · San Antonio, Texas Area

• Conceived and co-founded the company in 2013 as the founding CEO. Codeup was a full-stack, career-focused coding and data science career school in San Antonio and Dallas, Texas. The business closed in December 2023.

Apr 2013 – Present · 12 yrs 11 mos · San Antonio, Texas Area

• The Geekdom Fund is a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage Internet tech startups at the Seed, Seed+ and pre-seed stage. We are based at the heart of the startup ecosystem in San Antonio, Geekdom, but invest throughout North America.

May 2003 – Present · 22 yrs 10 mos · San Antonio, Texas Area

• As CEO, oversaw strategy and operations of multi-state consumer fireworks retailer and wholesaler with over 150 locations. Hire and manage full-time staff of 25. Order, select and manage the supply chain for fireworks from China. Supervised all aspects of business including regulatory compliance, materials handling, governmental relations, marketing, site acquisition and management, legal disputes and go-to-market strategy. Doubled revenue over five year period from 2006 to 2010.

Jan 1998 – Jan 2002 · 4 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

• Interacted with customers, engineering team and company sales staff to determine product direction and implementation based upon market demands. In charge of product direction during WebLogic Server's growth from a $50 million to $500 million product in terms of overall revenue. In this role, I was fluent in articulating customer desires into technical needs consumable by the engineering staff. Assisted engineering management in release schedules and priorities. In one period of 1999, supported over 250 direct sales representatives during the highest growth period for our product.

Jan 1997 – Jan 1999 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

• Authored several books on Java programming and the WebLogic Application Server. My first book was written while still an undergraduate in college. My work has been translated into 3 languages including Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

Jan 1997 – Jan 1998 · 1 yr

• Supported developers using our C and Java APIs.