I've spent the last decade building startups as a generalist operator while developing my technical skillset. I'm currently the Chief Operating Officer of Pluto, where we're building applied cryptography tooling for application developers. I also occassionally write long-form posts on my blog (some of my personal favorites below).
Previously, I studied finance and economics at the University of Florida and received an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania. These days, I've continued learning by following a rough personal curriculum focused on a mix of computer science, cryptography, and a bunch of other unrelated topics I find interesting, like longevity, space exploration, and finance.
I also like to cook (see my running list of recipes), play golf, and hang out with my puppy Manu.
- Aliens, AI, and the Great Filter
- A Simpler Guide to Ethereum
- Finding Inspiration
- Choosing Startup Life
- Should the Ethereum Foundation dissolve?
- The Three Body Problem trilogy, by Liu Cixin
- To Hold Up The Sky, by Liu Cixin
- Rogues, by Patrick Keefe
- The Chip, by J.R. Reid
- The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking), by Katie Mack
- Killing Pablo, by Mark Bowden
- The Black Cloud, by Fred Hoyle
- Crypto, by Steven Levy
- The Lathe of Heaven, by Ursula Le Guin
- Phil, by Alan Shipnuck
- The Circle / The Every, by Dave Eggers
