About

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”–Aristotle

I am a fortunate father of one awesome daughter, a lucky friend of many wonderful people, a colleague and collaborator to many leaders, innovators, educators and social impact makers, and a community contributor. I am a technology strategist, a presenter and educator, a networking connector & facilitator, a social event planner and host, and a bar owner. I try to give back through community service events. social impact projects, and donations to the causes of my friends and colleagues, and I work on technologies that can adance science/society. I enjoy good movies and the stories they tell, and good whiskey and the stories that come from whiskey with friends (including friends I just met over whiskey). I also have a not-so-secret desire to be Thor (fully unrealized, but I have a hammer).

I work on great things: HPC and AI for science solutions at Google, a wide array of tech events for the Austin Forum on Technology & Society, making the best neighborhood bar in Austin at Remedy, and occasional projects at my consulting company Vizias. I am planning a new podcast and some addtional projects that I’ll share soon. Some of these things are best learned about on my Projects page, my Events & Presentations, or my Whiskey page, others by my social media feeds, and all in the bar if you catch me there or give me a few minutes.

My long-form professional bio is on the Vizias site, and my LinkedIn profile serves as an updated professional ‘status.’ I also share my goings-on pretty and my tastes and opinions on social media. I love meeting new people, so feel free to contact me anytime!