I build software, create content, and explore the intersection of technology and what it means to be human. My path here wasn’t straight - and I think that’s the best part of the story.
I grew up playing hockey, competed at a high level, and won the Sutherland Cup in my final season. That should have been the high point. Instead, what followed was one of the hardest periods of my life - a combination of identity loss, stress, and experimentation with substances that pushed me into a psychological crisis.
That experience cracked something open. I became obsessed with understanding consciousness, mental health, the nature of reality, and what actually drives human wellbeing. I started creating - writing, making videos, building things - and discovered that communication and technology were how I processed the world.
I taught myself to code, started a marketing agency, built tools for people, and eventually founded Speak AI - a platform that helps hundreds of thousands of people work with voice, audio, and video data.
After winning the Sutherland Cup, a psychological crisis triggered by substances and stress led to a profound shift in how I understood consciousness, identity, and what matters.
Built a marketing and analytics consultancy from scratch, teaching myself development, data, and content strategy to serve clients across industries.
Launched Speak AI with a simple thesis: voice data is the most underutilized business asset. Built the product, the team, and the community from zero.
Scaled Speak AI to 100K+ users, expanded into meeting intelligence, built integrations with Zoom, Teams, and Google Meet, and grew a global customer base.
Rebuilt Speak AI as an AI-native intelligence platform. Became a father. Continuing to explore the frontier of AI, voice, and human communication.
Real stories and hard-won lessons over curated highlight reels. The messy parts are where the insight lives.
Technology should amplify human capability, not replace human connection. I build with that constraint in mind.
The spoken word carries nuance that text loses. I’m obsessed with what becomes possible when we capture and understand it.
A longtime advocate for psychedelic-assisted therapy, open conversation about mental health, and understanding the mind.
Looking for a consultant, speaker, or just want to connect with someone doing interesting work at the frontier of AI and communication.