Holding company for numerous business interests. Strategies include incubation and acquisition across broad domains from software to real estate to online media.

Scalepath is a leading CEO peer network for small business operators that want to scale themselves and their business. It is the only platform that is both virtual and includes actionable playbooks for the most common problems faced daily by CEOs and their teams.

Board member, investor and representative for the Geekdom Fund this innovative marine autonomy company.

CyberFortress is a San Antonio-based technology company that is the largest private tech company in San Antonio. It is the backup and restore partner of choice for the MSP cybersecurity framework. I serve as Chairman of the Board for the company.

Dura is the Hyper-Niche software company. We are specialists in hyper-niche software products that fit narrow but mission-critical use cases for business customers. We buy software products with no intention to sell and let the owners move on. Sellers know we’ll protect their employees, customers, and reputation. Dura operates 9 businesses currently, Moki, 6Connex, Lane Telecommunications, Vertex Systems, NordicIT and others.

Dry Line Partners is a private equity firm based in San Antonio, TX, formed to acquire middle-market, B2B IT and infrastructure businesses. The CyberFortress business is our first transaction.

The Geekdom Fund is a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage Internet tech startups at the Seed, Seed+ and pre-seed stage. We are based at the heart of the startup ecosystem in San Antonio, Geekdom, but invest throughout North America.

A 360 solution to find, hire, onboard, pay, and retain top Latin American talent. Fill open positions in under 21 days.

As CEO, oversaw strategy and operations of multi-state consumer fireworks retailer and wholesaler with over 150 locations. Hire and manage full-time staff of 25. Order, select and manage the supply chain for fireworks from China. Supervised all aspects of business including regulatory compliance, materials handling, governmental relations, marketing, site acquisition and management, legal disputes and go-to-market strategy. Doubled revenue over five year period from 2006 to 2010.

Codeup was a full-stack, career-focused coding and data science career school in San Antonio and Dallas, Texas.

Red Runner Coffee is a chain of drive-through coffee shops. We sold the business to a strategic acquirer in 2023.

Cofounder of local angel network designed to connect new businesses and startups with individual and family office investors.

RealCo was a unique, long-term accelerator program for B2B software startups that gives them the best chance to raise a Series A.

Interacted with customers, engineering team and company sales staff to determine product direction and implementation based upon market demands. In charge of product direction during WebLogic Server's growth from a $50 million to $500 million product in terms of overall revenue. In this role, I was fluent in articulating customer desires into technical needs consumable by the engineering staff. Assisted engineering management in release schedules and priorities. In one period of 1999, supported over 250 direct sales representatives during the highest growth period for our product.

Authored several books on Java programming and the WebLogic Application Server. My first book was written while still an undergraduate in college. My work has been translated into 3 languages including Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

Supported developers using our C and Java APIs.