I work at the intersection of software and industries that move slowly — not because the opportunity isn't there, but because institutional complexity, regulation, and entrenched behavior have made change hard. That gap is where I spend my time. The pattern across every company I've built or helped grow: identify a market where technology can do far more than it currently does, figure out who benefits most from closing that gap, and build toward it.
Co-founded Zimride, one of the earliest ridesharing platforms, at a time when shared transportation was an idea without infrastructure. Helped 2U build and scale its organic growth engine through its public market debut — partnering with top universities to put rigorous degree programs online in a sector that had been resistant to change. Led growth at Grow Therapy from Series A through Series B, scaling access to mental healthcare at a moment when demand had outrun the system's capacity to handle it.
Now co-founding Rafter. There are 100 million single-family homes in the United States — the largest store of household wealth in the American economy — and almost none of them are being actively managed. A water heater failure goes undetected. A slow leak becomes a five-figure claim. The home has been a black box between the day you buy it and the day something goes wrong. Rafter is building the agentic home: an AI platform that monitors every risk, orchestrates maintenance, and manages the full lifecycle of homeownership on behalf of the homeowner. The same logic applies: a complex, regulated market, a real problem, and a technology gap large enough to matter.
