
I'm passionate about building bridges between brilliant minds in AI. As founder of AI Tinkerers, we've connecting tens of thousands of active builders with in-person events in 67+ cities worldwide just in the last 3 months. What makes AI Tinkerers special isn't just global scale—it's curation. Every attendee is screened as an active builder. No pitches and zero fluff. When everyone in the room is worth talking to, magic happens. It all runs through a platform I build to empower the community of builders who are setting the pace for the industry. My entrepreneurial background includes scaling Crowd Cow to $50M+ revenue and founding companies acquired by Upwork and Whitepages. As President of Madrona Venture Labs, we created, recruited, fundraised and launched early AI data labelling platform Mighty AI (acquired by Uber self driving unit) and SMS commerce platform ReplyYes (acquired by Nordstrom). As an investor I am an LP in 7+ funds, and an angel and advisor to a great many early-stage AI startups leading the way to an AI-native future.
techstars.com
whitepages.com
mit.edu
crowdcow.com
madronavl.com
aitinkerers.org
upwork.com
Seattle, Washington, United States
Founder
AI Tinkerers
• www.linkedin.com/company/ai-tinkerers
Jun 2022 - Present
Global
Co-Founder & Chairman at Crowd Cow
Crowd Cow
• www.linkedin.com/company/crowd-cow
Feb 2023 - Present
Seattle, Washington, United States
Co-Founder & CEO
Crowd Cow
• www.linkedin.com/company/crowd-cow
Jun 2015 - Feb 2023
Greater Seattle Area
Mentor
Techstars
• www.linkedin.com/company/techstars
Jan 2010 - Jan 2017
President
Madrona Venture Labs
• www.linkedin.com/company/madrona-venture-labs
Apr 2014 - Aug 2015
Seattle
VP of Development
oDesk
• www.linkedin.com/company/odesk
Sep 2011 - May 2013
CEO
MediaPiston
• www.linkedin.com/company/mediapiston
May 2010 - Mar 2013