AI-powered Automated Sales, Customer Management, & Discovery Platform for Boutique & Independent HotelsTechStars '24

Hiflylabs is a trusted leader in AI solutions, data engineering, data science, and consulting, with over 200 team members

Arconex is a Silicon Valley VC-backed B2B marketplace in the $1TN US construction industry.

Black Geek Week Sessions @ Bloomberg is a platform I created in partnership with Bloomberg to gather top and diverse technologists, engineers, creators, hackers, and thinkers to celebrate creativity, machines, data, and technology, as well as the ideas, innovation, and entrepreneurship that underpin them. All are already geeks with ability and drive. We contribute connectivity, camaraderie, and intellectual discussion that accelerate our community into even higher performers.The community now numbers close to 2,500 and growing.

Cheppers is an IT services company specializing in Opensource CMS, AWS Cloud Services, and DevOps for large companies, universities, and non-profits.

Founder of a tech-driven music company that created and produced destination festivals and concert events globally and an industry leader in music and technology-based brand partnerships, experiential campaigns, and sponsorship platforms. National campaigns include BMW, Barbados, Verizon Wireless, MINI, Heineken, Harman International, Marriott, Nikon, JetBlue, and Volvo.

Inclusion is a non-profit serving diverse communities by providing paths to meaningful employment through coding. Accepted students access free but rigorous courses in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Python. 5/21Inclusion has evolved into a for-profit Techstars powered by J.P. Morgan portfolio company.

Sourced and negotiated U.S. and overseas Series A venture capital to acquire a fintech software company and build a 125-person offshore development shop targeting financial institutions. Negotiated and structured 4 U.S. and international acquisitions, investments, and divestitures.Sold millions of dollars of outsourced software development and/or proprietary systems to a client base ranging from hedge funds and corporations to the derivatives trading and risk management groups of multinational tier-one banks and broker-dealers. Managed all marketing, and PR initiatives.Exited via share buyback by a new investor group.

Derivatives information, tools, and data for banks, institutional brokers, F500 corporates, and hedge funds.Co-founder of the Derivatives Hall of Fame honoring Myron Scholes, Bob Merton, Fischer Black, Conrad Voldstad, Dr Oldrich Vasicek, among others.Lifetime market lesson: leverage kills, leverage and contagion kill absolutely.Lifetime professional lesson: hang out with people much smarter than you. You'll often feel stupid and uncomfortable, but eventually, clarity will emerge.Lifetime Hack: Convey unshakeable integrity and build rigorous ecosystems, and you'll float to the top.Exited via acquisition by Imagine Software, now called TSImagine.