About
I'm a 5x Founder/CTO, Digital Product Innovation Strategist, and Engineer with credits including leading Virgin America's award-winning digital transformation, Apple's "Today at Apple" program, and serving as Lead Architect for YouTube Music and YouTube TV.
Recipient of 4 Cannes Lions (including Titanium and Grand Prix), 5 Webby Awards, and numerous other industry recognitions for work spanning Fortune 500 companies and high-growth startups.
Career Highlights
- → Built and led global teams of 100+ engineers
- → Delivered products used by millions daily
- → Speaker at Clojure/conj, Heart of Clojure
- → Dual MBA from Columbia & London Business School
Get in Touch
Open to conversations about:
- → Advisory & investment opportunities
- → Speaking engagements
- → Podcasts & interviews
- → Engineering leadership
Background
Currently serving as Co-founder & CTO at Theo Ai, an AI-powered litigation prediction platform helping legal teams forecast case outcomes. We've raised over $10M from investors including NextView Ventures, Run Ventures, and Collide Capital, and built a GC Advisory Board with leaders from Bristol Myers Squibb, GoDaddy, DocuSign, and HP.
Previously Co-founder & CTO at Deep Origin (biotech), CTO at Odeko ($250M funded), Head of Digital Transformation at Viasat (leading 90+ engineers), and Partner at Work & Co where I grew the technology practice from scratch to 110+ people.
My journey has taken me from Brazil to Finland, China, and the United States. At Nokia in Beijing, I led R&D centers and learned that effective leadership transcends language and culture.
When I'm not building products, I'm an ultra-distance runner, board game enthusiast, and aspiring improv performer in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Recent writing
All posts →Disconnect urgency from importance – How to know when the time is ripe
Written in 2009. Updated in September 2026 — the world caught up with this one. When it comes to time management, an important tool on the leader's belt is the ability to say 'no'. Leaders are...
West meets East: why does my Red Bull taste like tea?
Written in 2009. Updated in September 2026 — seventeen years later, the rule held. Back in 2009, Coca-Cola announced its Chinese ambition: triple annual sales of non-alcoholic drinks in China by...
Are you part of a cargo cult, searching for the formula for success?
First drafted in 2008, completed around 2010 — as the examples give away. Updated in September 2026: the rituals only got bigger. Have you ever heard of cargo cults? It is a very interesting...