I’ve spent my career building things: software companies, engineering teams, the software itself, and most evenings, dinner. Dinner is nice because you can ideate, execute and ship in an hour or so instead of months… scratches that itch.

A few key projects and products I have been on include the original .zip file creation of PKZip, DoomEd, NeoTrace, McAfee Firewall, Relativity, and Venue.

I started programming young and never really stopped. Over thirty years I’ve been a founder, a CTO, and a startup advisor. The tech changes but the patterns and challenges remain the same, even in an age of ascendent AI. I’ve built and run engineering organizations, shipped products across more platforms than I care to count, and learned the expensive way which corners can be cut and which ones always collect their debt. I’ve been a manager of managers but I still write code.

I’ve lived a lot of places. A few years ago I chose Big Sky, Montana for the mountains. The natural beauty and ability to ski or hike any or every day keeps me happy and healthy and living every day where other people travel to vacation is always special. I work remotely with clients anywhere. I will come see you if it must be face to face, but may I suggest you come here and get a few half days of skiing or hiking in while we work through it or plan it?

The recipes on this site are real and cooked often. I maintain them for my own reference as well as to share with people I inevitably end up talking with food about, as well as my daughters who inherited that appreciation of executing a great dish. The essays are my ruminations I thought worth sharing, be they trivial or profound, sometimes you just have to get it out.

If any of this sounds like someone you want to work with, the Services page explains how that goes, and email is the best path.