I live in Austin, TX, and have lived in Ann Arbor, C-Springs, Huntington Beach, Lund, Rethel, and a few other places. I am a retired engineer, executive, entrepreneur. I interned in high school and college at NI. My first “real” job was designing ASICs for Compaq’s graphics chips. Next was 3D ASICs for IBM. Then a bunch of startups, one of which was acquired by Synopsys. Others focused on EDA, audio, graphics, metaprogramming, and communications.

I love adrenalin sports, and am currently playing hockey, wakeboarding, and skiiing somewhat regularly. I just bought a kitesurfing rig, but haven’t tried it yet. I also enjoy philosophizing (waxing ridiculous in my case) on just about any subject.