Education
Caltech
BS EE/Ec, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Economics 1984-08-01 - 1988-06-01Work Experience
Sava
Current
Sava
H2YO Inc.
Current
H2YO Inc.
Speechpad Transcription & Caption Services
Current
Speechpad Transcription & Caption Services
CloudCar™
2011-08-01 - 2020-09-01
CloudCar™
SUBPAC
2017-04-01 - 2019-01-01
SUBPAC
Seraph Group
2010-01-01 - 2012-03-01
Seraph Group
Speechpad Transcription & Caption Services
2009-02-01 - 2012-01-01
Speechpad Transcription & Caption Services
Core Mobility
2001-12-01 - 2009-10-01
Core Mobility
Carrier iQ
2005-01-01 - 2008-12-01
Carrier iQ
VC International, now Passport Capital
2000-01-01 - 2001-01-01
VC International, now Passport Capital
Skills
Summary
Entrepreneur and investor, currently investigating opportunities to transform healthcare by putting the patient in the center. Started and operated companies in online gaming (Catapult Entertainment), enterprise software (ePeople), mobile (Core Mobility, Carrier IQ), automotive (CloudCar) and most recently healthy sustainable drinks (H2Yo.co). As an angel investor, have invested in more than 40 startups including Canva, Android, Tesla, Life360, Cepheid, Immersion, Ring, WebTV and Blockfolio (acquired by FTX - exciting! :). Started career as an engineer with Apple during Jobs I. Learned to play blackjack and poker at Caltech. Wrote a book on poker strategy as well as two books on programming. Spend my free time in the ocean or on a mountain with some combination of board or wing depending on wind.