The through-line

Every chapter of my career has had one thing in common: I show up, I figure out what's broken, and I build something to fix it. That instinct doesn't turn off at 5pm.

The base

Denver, Colorado. Moved for T-Mobile, stayed because Colorado is objectively excellent — mountains, trails, 300 days of sun, and a property with enough land to do something genuinely ridiculous with it.

The weekend reality

Somewhere between "serious hobby" and "lifestyle choice," I became an amateur farmer. There's a tractor involved. It has a name. (The name is "Big Red" and yes, I understand that's not original.)

Weekend operations

Amateur Farmer, Professional-Grade Commitment

It started as a lawn. Then a garden. Then there was a tractor involved and some conversations with neighbors about drainage easements, and here we are. The farm doesn't turn a profit. It does provide a useful context switch from optimizing digital acquisition funnels.

"The tractor is the most expensive thing I own that has never once improved my quarterly numbers. And yet."

Equipment
Compact utility tractor
Nickname
Big Red
Data strategy
Tableau dashboard (yes, really)
Primary output
Pride, sore muscles
ROI
Immeasurable (not in a good way)
Would do again
Absolutely, immediately

The origin story

Built to Build Things

It started at 12 years old with a first job, and hasn't really stopped. The businesses look different now — but the pattern is the same.

"From my first job at the young age of 12 to launching a successful eCommerce business while studying full-time to overseeing multi-million dollar digital channels — my career has been anything but traditional. Every time a new gap opened up, I went and filled it. The title caught up later."

Age 12 · First job
Before the résumé started
The specifics are less important than the pattern: showed up, figured out what was needed, did it. That has been the career in miniature ever since.
Age 19 · College
Scorpion Arms, LLC — eCommerce from scratch
Launched a full-scale eCommerce operation while attending Western New England University full-time. Built the multichannel distribution, handled customer service directly, grew it from $0 to $250K in annual sales. Earned an NPS of 89 doing it. Also saved the manufacturing partner $100K in labor costs, which I didn't fully appreciate at the time but seems relevant in retrospect.
Age 23 · Early career
Boston's Restaurant — from loss to profit
Stepped into GM role of a 50-employee, 400-seat restaurant losing $5K/month. Left it profitable, with employee turnover at less than half the industry standard. The P&L fundamentals from that role still show up in how I think about digital channel economics.
Now
The Lab — building at work
The entrepreneurial instinct found a home inside a large organization. The Planogram, the Control Tower, T-Rupt — all self-initiated. The gap was obvious. Nobody had picked it up. So I did.

Home base

Life in Colorado

Moved to Denver for the T-Mobile role. Stayed because Colorado is objectively excellent. The mountains are real, the hiking is serious, and having a tractor makes sense when you have the land for it.

"Denver gives you access to world-class skiing, trail running, and the best sunsets you've ever seen. It also gives you the kind of winters that make you genuinely appreciate your heated seat."

300+
Days of sun per year
Colorado doesn't mess around with weather. Except when it does — then it really does.
14ers
On the bucket list
Colorado has 58 peaks above 14,000 feet. I have opinions about which ones are worth the drive.
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Tractor (so far)
Big Red. Compact utility. More capable than I initially gave it credit for.
Excuses to ski
When Breckenridge is 90 minutes away, the bar for "worth it" drops significantly.