Year of Dragon
Born 2000. Nokia 3310—126M sold. Snake, SMS, ringtones.
Dial-up era.
Five years old
The PSP—widescreen gaming in your pocket. 480×272. UMDs. Elementary school: sports, curiosity, climbing trees.
Retina
The first iPad. The Retina Display and FaceTime made this the year smartphones went mainstream. Teen years beginning.
Still no laptop. Still mostly outside.
Big screens
Apple's first move into big screens led to 222 million sales—their highest-selling series ever.
First laptop around 15. Finally getting my hands on the digital world.
First startup
Cofounded Sytch—a mobile app to help graduating high school students find their next steps, and a Q&A platform for life's questions that rewarded positivity and helpful feedback.
A lesson in perseverance. Better Help was just getting started around then too.
Everything paused
COVID. The world stayed home. The Switch sold out. Building things in the digital world.
So did how we build and connect.
First real job
Inventory management, warehouse fulfillment, and reporting for Universal Lacrosse—one of lacrosse's largest equipment retailers.
Operations. Systems. Getting things shipped.
SaaS startup
Joined TripWorks—a Morristown, NJ startup building booking software for tour and attraction operators. The travel space. Real product, real scale.
Building the future of how experiences get sold.
Cofounded again
Nineteen Auto Group—cofounded, built, and learned the hard way. First real sting of failure, both financially and emotionally.
Came home to NJ. Still learning.
AI-first
Apple Intelligence and Samsung's Galaxy AI dominating the market. The focus shifted to AI-first hardware.
Building things in the digital world.
Here we are
Technologist. Builder. Still curious.
