Company Info for kwaai.ai | IcebreakerMembers
I started out as an Industrial Engineer, curious about how things worked and how they could work better.
I taught myself to code, became a systems architect, and then a management consultant helping Fortune 1000 companies streamline complex systems.
But it was during my time as CIO at eCampus.com, through the dot-com boom (we raised $90M) and the bust that followed, that I fell in love with startups.
Not just the ambition, but the chaos, the creativity, the raw urgency to build something real.
A couple of years after the crash, and a stint back in management consulting, I launched my first startup in the online gaming space.
And I’ve been building ever since.
Over the past 20+ years, I’ve:
· Founded 5 companies, including Thrust Interactive (which I led as CEO for two decades)
· Built mobile games and apps for brands like NFL, Mercedes-AMG, PBK Kids, and TBS/TNT/HLN
· Graduated from Flashpoint @ Georgia Tech, where I trained in Deliberate Innovation and the practice of uncovering authentic demand
· Raised millions in venture, angel, and grant funding, including SBIR Phase I & II, and helped others do the same
· Served on boards across healthcare, education, and infrastructure, where innovation meets impact
· Mentored hundreds of founders through Oneday, DivInc, and ATDC
Today, I’m focused on helping founders and innovators create authentic momentum, one relationship at a time.
I’m the founder of Loopstate, where we’re building tools that help people turn conversations into clarity, and clarity into progress.
I also curate The Momentum Loop: a newsletter and community for professionals who grow through relationships.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing everything right, but still missing something, let’s connect.
You don’t need more noise. You need better signals, which will lead to better collisions with the right people at the right time.
What I bring to the table:
· Strategic clarity for early-stage founders
· Relationship-first venture thinking
· Deep experience in gamification, user experience design, and product-market fit
· A wide network across venture, media, sports, and entertainment
· And a builder’s intuition for engagement—shaped by two decades designing games, now applied to behavior change, habit-building, and momentum systems 
• Director of Engineering with 25 years of experience leading multi-Geo (USA, Canada, Mexico, India, Malaysia, Japan, Poland) horizontal and vertical teams. Passionate about system engineering especially around Linux/Android ecosystem.
• Expertise in Handsets, Mobiles, STB/AV, Wireless, Bluetooth/BLE, VSAT(Satellite), SDH(Optical), Embedded system design (Consumer/ Telecom/ IoT), Project/Program Management.
o Android, RTOS, Firmware, Bootloader, UEFI/ BIOS, SDK/ DDK, Program/Logic analyzers, JTAG, Yocto, Linux Kernel/ BSP/ Device drivers, SoC, DevOps, Azure ADO.
• Living at different countries enriched cultural knowledge with experience managing diverse people.
o India: Smartly unblocking critical situation while working on long term solution.
o Norway/Sweden: Innovation, Time Management & adapting for efficiency improvement.
o South Korea/ Japan: Teamwork, Planning, Attention to details, Commitment, Ethics and Quality.
o USA: Innovation, Management, Execution, Cross-functional collaboration, and Scaling. 
