Welcome.

I’m an experienced CEO, advisor, and entrepreneur with a history of taking ventures from napkin to exit. In EOS terms, I’m a visionary (not integrator) and am adept at tackling big problems.

I have had the privilege of serving as the CEO and/or cofounder for more than a dozen for profit and non-profit companies for almost 30 years. I thrive on product and user experience innovation, entrepreneurship, assembling teams, and bringing new ventures to life. 

I’m an out-of-the-box thinker and innovator—and have authored or co-authored numerous patents and sold one related to visual search to Microsoft.

In mid 1997, I sold my first company to Broadcast.com, where our team became “Broadcast.com Interactive Group” and subsequently built several web-based products that became profitable parts of the company.

In 1998, I left to start Musicforce.com, an ecommerce music brand focused on Christian music, which quickly became the online leader. Within 12 months, we sold the company to Gaylord Entertainment.

In 1999, started Stick Networks and led a team that invented and patented a handful of mobile technologies that just today are showing up in iPhone and Android devices. Through that process, I built a rock-star team of innovators and advisors, including Patricia Roller (founder, CEO, Frog Design)—and got to shake hands with Steve Jobs and pitch our product and platform to Apple’s then COO, Phil Schiller, 7 years before the iPhone was introduced.

From 2000 through 2023 I was engaged as a turnaround CEO, founder, cofounder, advisor, or managing director within several technology, manufacturing, and advertising firms in the DFW area. Through that period I experienced a few hits but moreso, a few failures—and had 3 children and about 1,000 hours of therapy. I also became a huge Richard Rohr fan, fell in love with stoicism, and my life was changed by this book.

In 2020, with cofounder Powell Kinney, I started AllOY, a technology company bringing ADAS and light autonomy to the world of recreational boating. We raised an initial pre-seed round of $1.5m and proved up some of our initial theses—and build a prototype of the technology that allowed a boat to avoid other boats autonomously.

In 2023, I advised on and provided support for the acquisition of a manufacturing company (Robert Shaw Manufacturing) in Fort Worth, TX.

In early 2024, I began researching the oil and gas “mineral interest” market and uncovered a gap. This gap led to a “napkin”, and then a number of customer interviews, and then a thesis, and then ultimately Frontlands (pardon the brevity). I’m grateful for the team that has come together to pursue solving this meaningful problem.

I have an undergraduate degree in film and media from Texas Christian University and lived abroad on and off between 2000 and 1993 - 2000, including Sydney, London, and Brussels. 

I’m grateful to have a loving partner, Julia, and an amazing blended family with 5 amazing kids: Shaw, Madelynn, Ella Kate, Akasia, and Brayden.

I’m a recovering workaholic and love anything creative. I love travel, golf, tennis, and anything on or behind a boat.