Operator · Builder · Board Candidate
Twenty years putting AI to work across identity, surveillance, and energy — product, operations, and the field — in the most regulated, capital-intensive industries there are. Today I'm building Shield One AI, writing the essays I wish existed on how it's actually done, and taking a select few outside board and advisory roles.
Currently
Founder & CEO
Building Raptor — a cross-platform RMM platform for MSPs. Commercial launch targeted October 2026.
Chief Product Officer
Computer vision AI for security and public safety. US and Middle East expansion.
Long-form essays
On building, operating, and capitalizing AI infrastructure in regulated industries.
Open to select roles
Operator-director judgment — P&L, capital structure, and regulated-industry depth for the board table.
01 — The Work
Most executives do one of these. A few do two. Doing all three — building the product, operating the business, and structuring the capital — is rare, and it is exactly what capital-intensive, regulated, AI-driven companies need.
Build. I build companies from the ground up — corporate structure, customer relationships, and the code itself. I architect and personally ship the product, down to the autonomous edge agents that run on every device in the field. Most CEOs in regulated infrastructure cannot ship code. That changes the economics of building.
Operate. I have run the playbook on the other side — turnarounds at AuthenticID and Ford, MSP integration at Sunset, product turnarounds at Bright MLS and Henry Schein. Quantified outcomes, not aspirational ones: 25%+ EBITDA inside twelve months, 85% defect reduction, 71% technical debt elimination, $14M in net new recurring revenue. The work is documented.
Capitalize. I structure my own deals. QSBS-eligible entities, § 1045 rollovers, ITC/PTC transferability, multi-entity stacks designed for the exit math from day one. Boards and investors usually need three outside advisors to get this right. I bring it to the table.
02 — The Numbers
$98M
Largest division P&L managed
250+
People led across divisions
20+
Years building AI-driven platforms
85%
Defects eliminated at AuthenticID in five months
71%
Technical debt cut at Ford EMEA & India
20%
ARR growth driven via Capital One IDV protocol
$14M
New recurring revenue added at Henry Schein
3
Healthcare MSPs unified into one operation
03 — Writing
The renewable industry has spent twenty years building assets and almost no time building the software to operate them. The existing players are dashboards. The next layer is agentic. Why this matters now, what changes for asset operators, and the three-year window before category consolidation closes.
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Trust is the binding constraint on AI adoption in renewable operations, not capability. Asset operators have been burned by analytics vendors promising self-healing and delivering CSV exports. The unlock is edge-deployed agents that act locally and explain themselves.
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Every utility-scale operator owns inverters from four to seven OEMs across a portfolio. Each speaks its own protocol, portal, and alarm taxonomy. The integration layer is where AI earns its keep — not in prediction, in translation.
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04 — Advisory
I take on a limited number of advisory and board engagements per year, typically at the board, operating-partner, or fractional-CEO level. By referral and after a brief conversation about fit.