RisingWave Labs, is a Series A startup who has raised $40mm to build a fully managed SQL stream processing platform, built on a cloud-native architecture. RisingWave consumes streaming data, performs incremental computations when new data comes in, and updates results dynamically at a fraction of the cost compared to Apache Flink.RisingWave is built with Rust, and is optimized to support high-throughput and low-latency stream processing in the cloud. It guarantees data consistency and service reliability using checkpointing and shared nothing architecture. It has its own native storage for persisting data and serving user-initiated queries, and offers dozens of connectors to other open standards and computing frameworks, allowing users to freely connect to external systems.The product is available as a fully managed cloud service and is also open sourced under the Apache 2.0 license with over +7k stars on Github.

Co-Founder of BuyTheBroncos.com, a DAO with the ambitious goal of purchasing the Denver Broncos, as featured CNBC, ABC, USA Today, Bleacher Report, and Yahoo!We welcomed over 2200 members to our initiative including current and former NFL players.Co-Founder of Connectible, the easiest way to discover, explore, and join DAOs.

I played a key role in bringing on board 26 new customers, accounting for over 10% of the total customer base. This included notable customers like Anthropic, Reddit, and AI2.

Lived and traveled through 19 countries, 12 states, consulted a handful of early stage companies and entrepreneurs, then tried building out a few business ideas (morecoffee.io -- pairing businesses with differing schedules. We help you find a business to partner and share office space with to save money on rent and operating costs)

Early Team Member at Scalyr (now DataSet by NYSE: S)I was the 9th employee and 2nd sales hire at Scalyr, where I played a key role in driving growth from $2M to over $10M in ARR. During my tenure, I helped build the sales motion from the ground up, scaling revenue and contributing directly to the acquisition by SentinelOne (NYSE: S). Now rebranded as DataSet, the platform continues to thrive as a leading solution in the observability space.