About

Having grown up and worked in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area for most of my life, I left the Beltway for San Francisco in 2000 to scratch my Silicon Valley itch.

Unlike many companies that failed during the dot-com bust, I was part of a small team that turned around a fledgling startup that now has annual sales of more than $80 million.

While at the social network Inspire.com, I led re-branding, front-end design and product development, helping the nascent startup pivot into what is now a thriving platform of health and wellness communities.

In May 2009, I founded GovFresh, a website focused on technology in government, called the “TechCrunch of Gov 2.0.” GovFresh has been referenced in Fast Company, Mashable, The White House Blog, Huffington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, TechPresident, among others, and has a great list of civic accomplishments.

My work has been cited by TechMeme, TechCrunch, Mashable, Huffington Post, O’Reilly Radar, TechPresident, Federal News Radio and others.

In my collegiate heyday, as managing editor and editor-in-chief of George Mason University’s student newspaper, Broadside, I led the paper to win its first Associated Collegiate Press honors, despite the school not having an official journalism program. I received Mason’s Student Leadership Award honors for my work and graduated with degrees in International Relations and Government & Politics.

I’ve volunteered for great organizations such as the International Rescue Committee, 826 Valencia, Pathways Hospice and many other international and local nonprofits throughout the years.

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area with my wife, Dena, and our two sons, Elias and Emmett.