Résumé

Work Experience

Skylark Creations LLC – Founder

Denver, CO (2024 – Present)

Founded and run an AI-native creative technology studio at the intersection of ancient insight, humanistic AI, and play—operated as a high-leverage solo "product lab" that uses agents to design, build, and operate products end-to-end.

Designed, built, and shipped or prepared for launch 6+ production-grade apps across iOS, Android, and web (e.g., BuddhaUR, Sagent, BloomEDU, QuickBite, AniMoment, Decomposer) plus the open-source Cursor Environment Docs, each instrumented with analytics, error tracking, and subscription infrastructure
Built an agentic development workflow that lets a single founder approximate a small product and engineering team—using LLM-based coding agents, automated research, and scripted QA to move from idea to production in days instead of months
Launched AI-guided spiritual practice and learning products with encouraging early retention and paying subscribers acquired entirely through organic discovery, while experimenting in adjacent spaces like news analysis, citizen science, climate play, and social coordination
Maintain a live portfolio of 20+ actively developed experiments (e.g., Agentic.ai, Hey Boss, Frolic, Prairie Dog AI Listening), using rapid prototyping and instrumentation to test traction and decide where to focus next

Jointly – Co-founder, CEO & Chief Product Officer

Denver, CO (2018 – 2025)

Led all product and organizational strategy for purpose-driven wellness tech platform, integrating AI/ML to deliver personalized cannabis consumption experiences.

Conceived and launched Spark, first AI-powered virtual assistant for personalized recommendations
Grew app to 500,000+ downloads, tens of thousands of MAUs, achieving 35% 30-day retention
Engineered proprietary algorithms using LLMs and feedback loops from millions of interactions
Led remote, international team of 15+ across engineering, data science, design, and marketing
Authored "Theory of Purposeful Cannabis Consumption," transforming market perceptions

Santa Monica Mountains Cyclery – Founder & Owner

Los Angeles, CA (2010 – 2020)

Built one of Southern California's top cycling retailers, culminating in profitable acquisition by Trek Bicycle.

Achieved 10 consecutive years of revenue and profitability growth
Maintained 4.92 average rating across 1,200+ five-star reviews
Launched innovative drop-ship partnerships, increasing online sales 60% YoY
Negotiated successful exit to Trek Bicycle, validating brand leadership

McMaster-Carr – Director of Operations & Project Leader

Los Angeles, CA (2002 – 2009)

Oversaw $1B+ distribution operation with 300+ staff, pioneering e-commerce innovations.

Led implementation of groundbreaking parametric search for e-commerce
Managed 10,000+ daily shipments achieving 99.4% fulfillment accuracy
Devised same-day delivery programs, increasing metro order volume by 25%

Education

University of Chicago Booth School of Business

MBA, Strategy, Finance, and Entrepreneurship (2002)

Northwestern University

B.A. in Economics & Statistics, Minor in Mathematics (1996)

Oregon State University

B.S. in Computer Science (2016)

Skills & Expertise

Core Competencies

• Product Strategy & Roadmapping
• AI/ML Development & Integration
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Data-Driven Decision Making
• Rapid Prototyping & Iteration
• Go-to-Market & Growth Strategy
• Strategic Partnerships
• High-Level Stakeholder Management

Technical Skills

AI/ML & Retrieval: LLMs (OpenAI, Deep Research, Anthropic), RAG & tool-use agents, semantic search (Weaviate, Chroma), Python (NLP, recommender systems, pandas), XGBoost, prompt/schema design.
Web & Cloud: JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, React, React Native + Expo (EAS build), AWS (ECS, Fargate, Amplify, S3), MongoDB Atlas, Redis, Confluent Kafka, Docker.
Development: Microservices, REST/JSON APIs, CI/CD (GitHub Actions), real-time features (SSE/WebSockets), Agile/Scrum; domain integrations including PubMed semantic search (E-utilities).
Tools & Automation: n8n (workflow automation), Cursor, VS Code, Replit, Render, Vercel, HeyGen (AI avatar video).