Founder & CEO
I've spent 25 years building companies at the frontier of internet technology — from early search and streaming video to content networks and e-commerce. I've been part of teams that shaped how people use the web. Today I run Ragu.AI and build AI-native products across communication, biometrics, and personal AI.
See what I'm buildingEvery few years, a technology shift changes how businesses operate. I've been early to each one — not as an observer, but as a builder. I hold a granted U.S. patent (10,021,455) for a system that uses luminaire-based optical communication to identify content and determine viewership — an early step in the thinking that led to Nourova, for which I have a patent pending (US 18/330,111) — a real-time AI system that reads biometrics and continuously adapts content based on physiological response.
Designed an interdisciplinary program combining engineering, business, and liberal arts at the University of Pennsylvania — years before "e-commerce" was a widely used term. The university later adopted a formal version through Wharton.
At iWon.com, our small business development team discovered that a significant share of URLs typed into browsers were misspelled. We turned those broken links into search results — an innovation that helped shape how people search the web today. The search business grew substantially and contributed to an acquisition by Ask Jeeves.
Built My Video Daily, applying distribution strategies from the search world to streaming video. The platform scaled rapidly in its early months, becoming one of the fastest-growing video properties at a time when YouTube was still in its infancy. Successfully exited the business in 2008.
Built what became the Answers Network — growing from a handful of niche sites to hundreds, with a team that scaled to dozens of people. The network reached 32 million monthly visitors. Developed the playbook for programmatic content creation and distribution at scale.
Applied distribution-first thinking to e-commerce, building a discount marketplace through innovative paid acquisition and cross-platform growth strategies. Successfully exited the business in 2023.
Saw a pattern familiar from the internet's early days and search before that. Started deep research, built a team, and developed a production RAG platform — which became Ragu.AI.
Every major technology wave requires the same thing: someone who's already built through one to help you build through the next. I work with founders and CEOs who are ready to run their businesses with AI — not just talk about it.
90 minutes. We get on a call and actually build something together — an app, a workflow, a tool, a prototype. You walk away with something functional, not a deck of recommendations.
Ongoing advisory for leaders who want a strategic partner embedded in their business. Organizational AI roadmap, async access, and the judgment of someone who's built through multiple technology transitions.
Through Ragu.AI, my team builds production-grade AI systems for premium brands — the kind of infrastructure that runs quietly and reliably at scale.
AI-native products, enterprise infrastructure, and new protocols for how people communicate and create.
Enterprise AI infrastructure for luxury and premium brands. Production-grade systems for companies like Berry Bros & Rudd, Black Tomato, and Brooklyn Travel.
Visit ragu.ai Current · FounderBiometric feedback AI that reads real-time physiological signals and continuously adapts content based on your response. Patent pending.
Visit nourova.com Current · FounderA communication protocol where context travels with the message. Share ideas with the understanding behind them — intent, focus, background, and evidence.
Visit tezit.com Current · FounderAI personal assistants for teams. Each team member gets their own PA that communicates with others, manages context, and coordinates across channels.
Visit mypa.chat Current · FounderAn AI-built apps marketplace where the community backs projects, watches AI agents build in real time, and earns revenue shares when apps launch.
Visit theaicoder.com Current · FounderContent and advisory on AI-native business operations. The playbook for running a business with AI as a force multiplier.
Visit vibewrk.comOn building with AI, running companies, and what happens when you stop treating intelligence as a tool and start treating it as infrastructure.