Quick Facts:
- Berkeley-based programmer, musician, and father of two.
- Professionally, I specialize in knowledge systems, distributed systems, and leadership.
- Currently the CTO at Endgame, building the future of CRM.
I was born in the Mid-South, in 1984, in Cairo, Illinois (poem). I got in trouble a lot -- thanks, Jolly Roger!
I was raised by:
- John Wild (RIP), a mechanic, Ham Radio enthusiast, and computer hobbyist. At 40, he went back to school to become a nurse.
- Annie Wild, nurse & chef. Mom came from the Philippines to work at Cairo Hospital, where I would eventually be born.
Together, they owned the local auto garage, until we sank with the sinking tide. A once-thriving small city became a ghost town before my very eyes. To this day, when people complain about real estate prices and gentrification, I'm quick to think, "Well it sure beats the alternative." Meanwhile, I'm old enough that I still think of software as an inherently creative, tinkerish, and downright nerdy craft. I long for the times when the theater kids and the hackers were cut from the same cloth, and I hope those times return.
Education & Work history:
- 1999: Moved upstate for boarding school @ IMSA where I got in
troubleless, but still some (thanks NetBus and Back Orifice!) - 2002: Moved to Urbana-Champaign for UIUC Engineering where I fell in love and definitely did not get in real
trouble. - 2006: Moved to San Francisco to join Google, where my founder DNA got me in
troublesometimes. Left in under a year (that was an expensive decision). - 2007-present: Founding engineer at a lot of startups since then. I get to make
troublefor a living now :) - 2012-2017: Founded and ran Keen. It should've been much more successful than it was. I blame the founder.
- I've held various roles as a distributed systems engineer, storage engineer, game designer, game developer, Director of Engineering, and even a Sequoia-backed CEO.
- Founder of Musicluck and Root System and a couple Burning Man camps too.
