Updated January 2026. Inspired by Derek’s /now concept, here’s a probably-not-so-quick snapshot of what I’m up to. Here’s my general bio.
I love meeting new people, and if you have a particularly keen interest in any of the projects below, you are welcome to reach out (warm intro best, but otherwise DM on Twitter or LinkedIn being the best channels).
Current Projects
Beyond being an awesome dad and husband, I’m dedicating most of my waking hours to what I believe is my second mountain – building products and services to increase human connection and bring humanity back together again, and after selling my last company in 2019, I’m now pursuing a few projects under this theme.
Relatable: I believe that the most important asset for myself and millions of other professionals is the relationships we’ve surrounded ourselves with. I’ve spent the past ten years building CRMs to help with that, and Relatable is my newest project, bringing together all of my learnings and insights. If you loved Contactually, just wait til you see this. I also publish a weekly newsletter all about relationship building and am finding my voice on YouTube.
AtLost: Immersive experiences have driven some of the most meaning for me over the past few years, and I’m not alone – the wellness tourism industry is predicated to pass 1.3 Trillion in the next few years. AtLost is an experiential marketplace that helps people discover transformational experiences—retreats, workshops, adventures, and ceremonies—through trusted recommendations from friends and connections.
I follow my interest and excitement into a number of other areas, as well:
- Relationship Building: I love human connection. On any given week, I’m hosting a dinner, making introductions amongst people, and connecting 1:1 to deep dive with someone.
- Personal Growth: I’ve made significant shifts in all aspects – physical, spiritual, intellectual, emotional. I’m always happy to talk to anyone about this – most recently
- Advising: I sit on a couple boards, have some advisory relationships, and generally enjoy helping other founders in the arena.
What I’m thinking about
Richard Feynman had this idea of always carrying around a number of problems you’re thinking about, to help hone what you read, think about, and discuss with others. Without further ado, here’s mine:
- What does AtLost look like, to deliver as much positive impact in the world?
- How does Relatable grow to 100M ARR?
- What does the target audience for Relatable need to hear?
- How can I reach more relationship-oriented business professionals?
- What are the second-and third-order effects of everyone having access to LLMs like ChatGPT?
- How do we find a peace in the Middle East?
- What does Modern Friendship look like?
- As always, my own mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health.
- And can’t forget, I’m always, always, eager to find an amazing breakfast burrito in DC or wherever I travel.
Other Stuff!
You can see what I’m currently reading or recently read on Goodreads. Top books I recommend the most are The Second Mountain and A Million Miles in a Thousand Years.
Since Jan 1 2019, I’ve lost ~70 pounds, exercise daily, and meditate daily. I had a 206 week Peloton streak at one point!
Daily DuoLingo user – my streak sometimes takes precedent over my kids – sorry.
I’m learning guitar, and loving it.
I’m not really active on Twitter, so you can follow my ramblings there.
I meditate and journal daily.
I think by writing, and (should) publish some to /posts. If you’re interested, I have invested heavily in building up a Zettelkasten over the last couple of years.
Thankfully our family of four (+ dog) is currently healthy and safe at home in the DC area.
Less recent but still relevant:
- I used to do a teency bit of angel investing – but still love advising in people/ideas/funds I believe in, alongside some STR real estate investing
- Keep Company: I was founding CTO of Keep Company, where we built a platform to help enable effective, scalable, and high-impact group coaching and mentoring programs.
- GoodSphere: I cofounded and led GoodSphere, a cohort-based training collective, helping professionals grow their business – and happiness. We’re leveraging my past ten years of experience building CRM, writing a book, and working on various training initiatives to improve our clients’ relationships to their sphere and themselves, through a combination of habits, tactics, accountability, and mindfulness. Despite starting this in January 2021, we’ve already had ~1000+ clients join our flagship program, reporting incredible results, and become part of our growing community. After our 13th cohort, we decided to move on.
- After selling Contactually, my major “let’s change the world” mission became Camp Social. I believe that one of the biggest problems in the world is tackling the increasing loneliness we feel from the tectonic shifts we are seeing in our society. After years of research into the issue, I’m working on Camp Social, which strengthens digital communities by recognizing, and rewarding members for self-organizing community events. We never found a sustainable business model, so made the decision to focus on other projects in July 2023. 🔗 👋🏽 Camp Social 🔗 The Age of Belonging 🔗 The Next Social Platform Won’t Be Individualistic
- After Contactually (which I co-founded and led as CEO) was acquired by Compass in 2019, I was the GM of CRM at Compass and leading the product team focused on building out that part of the platform, as well as working cross-functionally on helping our customers implement relationship marketing best practices and creating a number of internal training/coaching initiatives. I left in Jan 2021 to pursue new ventures – back to zero!
- I joined On Deck‘s Founder Fellowship in June 2020 – I highly recommend it to anyone in the midst of exploring their next venture.
- After being in survival mode for the past 9 years, I’m focused on improving myself physically, mentally, and emotionally. I was the lead subject in a WSJ column in September.
- We bought a cabin and are now renting it out as an AirBnB
- I’m always working on a number of smaller side projects of varying states, to scratch my “maker” itch and keep my own engineering skills sharp. Projects include a location-driven story, a relationship manager, and a group journaling app. Will these ever see the light of day? I hope so.
- I host a breakfast in DC bi-monthly of awesome people that should know each other. As opposed to the DC Tech Meetup, the 27,000+ member-strong “big tent” meetup I co-founded in 2010, this is small groups, deep conversations. I have a specific formula that’s worked really well!
- I released my second childrens book, if you’re interested! It’s about creativity and finding people to share it with. I did one for my daughters first birthday (she’s four now), so did one for my son’s first.
- Some great books I’ve read recently: The Fourth Turning, Nick’s excellent book on how to host a cocktail party, The Second Mountain (book I recommend to pretty much everyone I talk to, despite some weak parts), The Square and the Tower (frames the current technological shifts in a clear way), A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, Together (incredible book about the loneliness epidemic), Lost Connections (excellent companion to Together), Lessons of History (classic macro view of the patterns in human history)
I’m always happy to connect – best way though is via mutual introduction – otherwise, via Twitter.