Washington DC-Baltimore Area
I’m a product-first executive with a rare mix of engineering depth, storytelling chops, and business leadership—shaped by building iconic products at companies like Apple, Cisco, Salesforce, and Symantec, and by leading innovation as CEO and founder of Skytech.io. I’ve led teams of 500+, scaled global SaaS businesses from $0 to $1.3B, and launched industry-defining AI and HealthTech platforms—securing patents, building markets, and creating entirely new categories along the way. At Alarm.com, I lead the design of next-gen ambient sensing and AI-powered solutions leveraging AI and real-time data. Half of my career has been spent transforming global brands. The other half launching and growing startups from scratch. In both arenas, I’ve consistently predicted emerging tech shifts (from collaboration and IoT to AR/VR and generative AI) and built products that turned those shifts into lasting business impact. Whether rebooting Apple alongside Steve Jobs, reimagining Cisco WebEx, or pioneering SaaS collaboration tools years before Slack, my passion remains the same: building great teams, inspiring bold thinking, and delivering breakthrough products that change the way people live and work Some other career highlights: 👍Captured 7 million web conferencing users leading to Dimdim's acquisition by Salesforce.com 👍Delivered original Cloud/SaaS enterprise file sync, share & storage solutions as Symantec’s first VP/GM for Cloud; 👍Saved Avid from bankruptcy by out-marketing Apple while building video sharing site that predated YouTube; 👍Built defensive missile technology at Raytheon that saved countless soldiers' lives during Gulf Wars; ❤️I was personally rehired by Steve Jobs to help return Apple to profitability and to craft innovative products and marketing still used by Apple today; 👍Pioneered web services and internet portals leading to the successful sale of Bowstreet to IBM; 👍Converted a failing enterprise software company into consumer file sharing product "Tubes" later popularized by Dropbox 💡 Specialties: AI product strategy | SaaS scale-up | HealthTech innovation | CEO & founder leadership | GTM strategy | Product-market fit | Real-time platforms | IoT & ambient computing | M&A integration | Executive team building | Storytelling & vision setting
Artificial intelligence is one of the most transformative technologies of our lifetimes. I want to help regular people understand what's actually happening - and what it means for their lives.
Product and Market Strategy, New Product Go To Market, AI-based new product development
• Co-create new products and business models in AI, machine learning, augmented reality, smart cities, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, collaboration and security • Provide product management leadership, create and lead executive vision and strategy, manage dependencies and priorities across multiple internal and external teams, maintain and communicate product roadmap and drive go-to-market for AthenaHealth, Barclays, Kaseya, China Telecom, DemandWare, Stanford, NZTA & others • Helped create real time products and services based on real-time gaming platform (MZ) and used the technology to build the world’s first live transportation and IoT grid in New Zealand • Share product and marketing approaches perfected by Apple, authored eBooks on Apple’s retail & marketing secrets downloaded by over 2 million people. Maintained #1 search rank for “Apple Marketing” for nearly ten years. • Recurring guest on major networks, appeared in BBC Television series Business Nightmares and CNBC documentary Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippie; Published 3 books, including Secrets of Apple Marketing & Apple’s Retail Secrets • Speaker at worldwide events, TV and movies as expert and motivational speaker • Author of the Skytech Minute Podcast - a 60 second podcast to help listeners understand the latest innovations happening in their digital world. https://anchor.fm/skytech
Headed up the development of exciting new products to keep the most important things in life safe. Proud to work with a fantastic team delivering a very special form of happiness: the peace of mind that all is well with knowledge that your family, your home and your business are being watched over by people and AI. Managed Alarm.com's Wellness/Personal Safety Team: new products that turn existing devices into smart health sensors; Built Alarm.com's Business Intelligence, Data Science and AI teams: turn data into action while protecting privacy at all costs; pioneer new uses of Generative AI/ChatGPT Drive Alarm.com's Partner Tools Team: make it easy for dealers and partners to build their business while delighting their customers; Pioneer Next Generation products; discover and implement new products using Wi-Fi sensing, radar, UWB, acoustics, wireless power, LoRa, CAT-M, ChatGPT, and more every day!
• Helping create a new world which operates at internet-speed and internet-scale where live data is published, viewed, and reacted to instantly, as it happens. • Created new products - and new business models - around transportation, machine learning, augmented reality, smart cities, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, connected cars, gaming and more.