Finding a career where I truly feel at home has been a lifelong journey for me. As far back as I can remember, I’ve always loved computers. I coded my first website on GeoCities at the age of 13, but I was more interested in my punk band in my teens and my metal band in my early twenties. I did all sorts of things for money to keep me and my family afloat while I was chasing the dream of being a full-time musician. And I was pretty good at everything I tried: sales, marketing, bookkeeping, selling things on eBay, and building websites. But nothing really clicked for me long-term until I accidentally stumbled into my ideal job: product management. At last, here was a role where I could be creative, build new software, and learn new things every day. And strangely enough, all the things I’d dabbled in before became huge assets to me as a product manager.
This work can be challenging, but the global product community is filled with some of the smartest, most welcoming people I’ve ever met. We may not have all the answers, but we know how to find them. I’m proud to call myself a product person, and I’m excited to see what happens next.
Timeline
- February 2022 – Created and sold out my first music NFT drop.
- October 2021 – Joined Vouched as first product hire.
- May 2020 – Promoted to VP of Product at TUNE.
- February 2014 – Began the shift into product management.
- August 2013 – Moved to Seattle, WA. Began work at HasOffers.
- December 2012 – Mined first Bitcoin from my PC.
- Fall 2012 – Studied computer science at Regis University.
- July 2011 – Won a music remix competition and spent a week in Ibiza, Spain, learning from top producers in the world.
- May 2011 – Second child born with Down syndrome.
- December 2009 – First child born with ADHD.
- March 2009 – Founded a small affiliate network using HasOffers.
- July 2008 – Began working in the affiliate marketing industry.
- June 2003 – Married Amanda, my soulmate.
- Fall 2000 – Studied music at CU Denver.
- May 2000 – Graduated from home school.
- February 2000 – Started dating Amanda, my future wife.
- December 1998 – Had brain surgery to remove a pituitary tumor.
- Summer 1997 – Started my first punk rock band with school friends.
- September 1983 – Born in Denver, Colorado.