Home: San Francisco, CA. Age: 44. Profession: Founder, product designer, software engineer. Organization: Scuba Analytics, Behavure AI. Title: Founder. Pronouns: He/Him/His. Alma mater: University of California, Berkeley.
Current project: Applying AI to data investigations (new startup Behavure AI). Latest contribution to others: Volunteering at BUILD organization, helping lower income high school students get into college through grit. What’s been your big (or biggest leap)? Starting a company. Hobbies: Guitar, drums, running. Recent travel or adventure: French author Marcel Proust's hometown and haunts outside of Paris, France. Recently viewed and recommended: The movie The Zone of Interest is the most moving I’ve seen. Recent unique acquisition: An early edition of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time.
Moral compass: Do no harm. How do you define an ideal business relationship? Someone who can also be a friend. Who you always feel is pointed the same direction as you. What is your greatest fear? The fear of losing beloved connections. What occupation, other than your own, do you most admire? Lawyers who give their time to the underprivileged. What is your favorite place (or way) to spend money? Etsy. Also, Flora Grubb plant store. What is at the top of your bucket list? African bush/plains. How do you relieve stress? Playing drums.
What was your first paying job? I wrote my own shareware apps for the PalmPilot. What movie have you repeatedly watched? The Goonies. What’s the best advice you received growing up? It's okay to be different. What’s the best advice you received in your career? Be the best at whatever you attempt (from my dad). What is your go-to source of creative inspiration? Music, writing thoughts on a notepad. What company or organization do you most admire? Camp Kesem; BUILD. What personal circumstance has had the greatest influence on your life? Having leukemia as a child, having autoimmune illness as an adult.
What is your big idea?
That more truth in the world done right can improve the world.
What change are you working on to effect in your profession or field? Working on Scuba Analytics and Behavure AI to bring transparency into complex data. What change would you like to see in the world? Artificial intelligence used for good, not evil. What mega-trend most concerns you? Using data against people instead of for people.
What title would you choose for the movie about your life? The Present Day. Who would you like to spend an evening with, in heaven? Marcel Proust or Warren Buffett. As a kid, what did you first want to be when you grew up? A scientist. I loved to learn. After your loved ones, what object would you first save from your burning home? My hard drive with my code and notes. How would you choose to spend tomorrow, if you knew it was your last day on earth? In nature. With loved ones, focused on the present.
Personal mission: To create the best relationships I can in this life. Personal motto: To live in the present moment. To do no harm. Favorite quote: “Infirmity alone makes us take notice and learn. And enables us to analyze processes which we would otherwise know nothing about. A little insomnia is not without its value in making us appreciate sleep” (Marcel Proust). Desired epitaph: He made us laugh.
