Product · Hardware · Software · AI

Product leader building hardware and software products people actually use.

I work at the intersection of physical devices and digital experience — shaping consumer tech and AI-driven products from first sketch to shelf, informed by an entrepreneur's instinct for what people will actually pay for.

Focus
Consumer hardware + AI product
Based
New York, NY
Also
Aviator · Entrepreneur · Product Leader

About

A short version, in plain terms.

I build products where the software has to work in concert with something physical — a device, a piece of infrastructure someone actually holds or lives with. That's a harder problem than pure software, and I've spent my career choosing to work on it anyway.

Across consumer hardware and AI-native experiences, my job is the same: turn ambiguous ideas into things people rely on, and build the case, the roadmap, and the team required to ship them. I've done this inside large organizations and from scratch as a founder — I've started businesses, built them up, and sold them. That instinct for what's worth building never really turns off.

Outside of product work, I fly. I'm a licensed pilot and sit on the board of a couple of aviation businesses — a different kind of systems thinking, but the same appetite for precision.

Domain
Consumer hardware, IoT, AI/ML product, platform software
Approach
0-to-1 launches, cross-functional & distributed teams
Education
Carnegie Mellon University
Elsewhere
Aviation — pilot & board member

Where I've built

Companies and categories, most recent first.
Now
Chamberlain GroupA Blackstone company — Product Leader
Connected home access and security — hardware and companion software built to work together, including early AI-driven product experiences.
Prior
Wyze LabsProduct Leader
Consumer smart home hardware and mobile software, built for scale and shipped fast in a category defined by price-to-value.
Founder
Independent venturesFounder
Built and sold businesses outside the corporate track — the ongoing habit of turning a rough idea into something real, then doing it again.

Skills

What I bring to a product team, in categories rather than buzzwords.
01

Product Strategy & 0-to-1

Taking a product from an open question to a shipped, defensible category position.

02

Hardware + Software Integration

Coordinating physical device constraints with software and firmware roadmaps.

03

Consumer Tech & IoT

Deep experience in connected devices — home, access, and everyday smart products.

04

AI / ML Product Development

Scoping and shipping AI-driven features and experiences that hold up outside a demo.

05

Go-to-Market & Positioning

Turning a technical product into a clear story for the customer who has to choose it.

06

Cross-Functional Leadership

Running distributed engineering, design, and business teams toward one roadmap.

07

Research

Grounding roadmaps in real user and market research rather than assumption.

Beyond the desk

Two things that shape how I think about building.
Aviation

Licensed pilot

Flying is where precision and judgment meet — no room for approximation. I hold a pilot's license, fly for the love of it, and sit on the board of a couple of aviation businesses.

Entrepreneurship

Building & selling businesses

Before and alongside product roles, I've built businesses from the ground up and taken them through to a sale. I'm always tinkering on the next product or company, whether or not it has a name yet.

Education

Where the technical and business grounding came from.
Carnegie Mellon University
M.S., Software Management
Also served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for Strategies for the Software Industry
Virginia Tech
B.S., Business Information Technology

Get in touch

Product conversations, aviation, or otherwise.
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