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Founder & CEO
ArcticBlue AI
Nov 2023 - Current(2 years 8 months)
ArcticBlue helps leadership teams validate & scale AI initiatives that create impact and quickly kill those that don't
Founder
Strata stratacc
May 2020 - Current(6 years 2 months)
Relationships are everything. Strata helps you manage the most important asset in your professional life!
Founder
Feedback Loop
Jan 2014 - Jun 2022(8 years 6 months)
Companies use Feedback Loop to on-demand insights from target users... basically customer development delivered at scale. Used by half of the F100 as well as some of the best tech companies around (Uber, Intuit, Amazon, etc).
Acquired by DISQO.
Partner
Casual Corp
May 2012 - Oct 2014(2 years 6 months)
Casual Corp is a venture studio, building companies from scratch and as spinouts from Fortune 500s
CTO
Rally Health
Jan 2010 - Dec 2012(3 years)
Rally Health gives users a stronger, more informed, and more empowered voice in healthcare. We leveraged data (i.e. clinical, self reported, and observed) to drive recommendations for actions to take, benefits to use, or communities to join.
Acquired by United Healthcare.
Lead Architect
zynga
Jan 2009 - Dec 2010(2 years)
Joined to build Zynga's first remote studio. Created Frontierville and worked on a few other Facebook game titles. Supported ~450m users and generated significant revenue selling virtual farm equipment.
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VP - Technology
Infinity Asset Solutions
Jan 2007 - Dec 2009(3 years)
Worked with a small team on asset based lending deals, investment due diligence, managing distressed asset portfolios, appraisals/auctions/liquidations (sometimes with global reach), and an online auction platform.
Design Engineer
Adtran
Jan 2005 - Dec 2008(4 years)
Built software and hardware to power global internet, phone, and video communications.
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Lead Software Developer
Nextworks Inc
Jan 2004 - Dec 2005(2 years)
Part of the founding team, building mobile apps to manage contacts, calendars, and email on Palm devices. Raised a little bit of money and built a native client to communicate directly with Exchange OWA.
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Owner
Thors Hammer
Jan 2001 - Dec 2010(10 years)
Mostly functioned as a mercenary exec/CTO, backed by a team of 10 developers and designers.
Tasks generally included recruiting, fundraising, product management, evaluating acquisition opportunities, and software architecture/development.
Notably:
- built a 40+ person gaming studio from scratch in 6 months as the CTO of a $400m/yr parent company
- released products reaching ~3 million users
- designed and executed global marketing campaigns ($300k spend in 5 days)
Education
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MBA, Business Administration
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Jan 2004 - Dec 2006(3 years)
Completed all PhD coursework and research on decisions under uncertainty; dissertation "pending".
ABD, Computer Science
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Jan 2004 - Dec 2005(2 years)
Completed all PhD coursework and research on decisions under uncertainty; dissertation "pending".
MS, Computer Science
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Jan 2003 - Dec 2003(1 year)
BS, Computer Science
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Jan 2000 - Dec 2002(3 years)
Projects (professional or personal)
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Quartet Health
Good Measure, round 2 Eventually went on to raise $150m+ to integrate behavioral care into primary care.