I am a serial SaaS entrepreneur who simply loves building things, whether that means applications or companies that deliver real value to businesses and their customers. My technical foundation goes back to writing 8086 assembly code. Today, I think of myself as a full-stack business leader who thrives on taking a product from its first idea through a successful exit.
I cut my teeth during the wild 1990s internet bubble. I had a front-row seat to the madness while helping build and market corporate portal software. By the time the dust settled, we had grown a four-person shop through an IPO. More importantly, I learned what actually matters and what merely sounds good in a pitch deck.
That experience taught me how outside money and venture pressure can force bad business decisions. I decided I wanted to build companies my way, with sustainable growth and real customer value taking priority over hockey-stick projections and board meetings.
Since then, I have founded and led two successful SaaS companies to exit. The first was Velaro, Inc., a pioneering live-chat platform that I co-founded and bootstrapped to multimillion-dollar revenue. We helped define the live-chat category and built a market-leading product from the ground up.
Most recently, I founded StatusCast, a corporate status-page application that helps companies communicate transparently with employees and customers during service disruptions. After growing and operating StatusCast, I sold it to Xurrent.
At the end of the day, I am a builder. I have worn every hat required to scale a SaaS business, from writing the original code to developing go-to-market strategy, managing finances, leading sales, and taking care of customers. Cut me and I bleed code, but what I enjoy most is running SaaS companies and seeing people get practical value from what we build.