A seasoned technology executive and database systems pioneer with over 30 years of experience designing and implementing distributed database and storage infrastructure. Held senior executive positions at major technology companies, where he directed kernel-level engineering teams and pioneered heterogeneous database interoperability, distributed query optimization, and consistency models across distributed systems. Founded a cloud storage company leveraging immutable data structures and content-addressable storage, which was acquired by a major technology company. Currently serves as Founder, COO, and CTO of a commercial real estate AI company, applying advanced machine learning to commercial real estate valuation. Holds 13+ granted patents covering database gateways, foreign database access, and content-addressable storage architectures.

Formal Education

  • BS in Computer Science from a leading international research institution

Career Highlights

  • Founded a cloud storage company, creating a cloud filesystem using immutable data structures and content-addressable storage; company acquired by a major technology company
  • Served as Chief Product Officer at a major open-source database company
  • EVP Products and Technology at a leading non-relational database company, helping establish it as an industry leader
  • Member Technical Staff and Director at a major enterprise database company, pioneering procedural gateway and heterogeneous database interoperability
  • COO/SVP Product Operations and Engineering for a major educational technology company, leading a significant turnaround in product adoption and market share
  • Founder/COO/CTO of a commercial real estate AI company, developing machine learning-driven platforms for commercial real estate data management
  • EVP Product Operations at a data lifecycle management solutions company, leading product development in data lifecycle management systems

Expert Qualifications

  • Delivered a keynote address at an AI legal summit on artificial intelligence in legal disputes
  • Holds 13+ granted patents in distributed database systems, database gateways, foreign database access protocols, and content-addressable storage
  • Deep technical expertise in heterogeneous database interoperability, distributed query optimization, and consistency models across diverse database platforms
  • 30+ years of hands-on kernel engineering and software architecture experience with distributed systems and database internals