Welcome to
a Fantastic World
“All for a single piece of art. I had witnessed vision and design and power melded into something new; something fantastic. I knew from that moment I was meant to build big, complicated, beautiful things.”
I build technologies, organizations, and stories that imagine a fantastic future. From my theory of persistence, which sits at the heart of my sci-fi writing, to pioneering conversational AI that transformed the relationships between doctors and patients, to creating groundbreaking tools that are transforming the relationship between authors and their readers, I thrive at the intersection of imagination and execution.
My current project is Spoken, bringing authors and readers together around great audio stories that are made possible by technology. Before Spoken, I co-founded Conversa, a platform that connected patients and care teams using conversational AI. Along the way, I’ve built technologies that span personalization (WebMD), collaborative movie-making (JumperCut), ontology-driven knowledge graphs (OntoLogic.ai), and concept-based health record threading (WellMed).
A little about me …
Originally from Wanamaker, Indiana, I received my medical degree at Indiana University School of Medicine and a Masters degree in Public Health from Oregon Health & Science University. After beginning my surgical career, I pivoted to building innovative tech. Following the sale of Conversa in 2021, I pivoted again, this time to follow my dream of completing my debut sci-fi novel, Taming the Perilous Skies.
I now split my time between writing and building companies, and between Sauvie Island and Oceanside, Oregon. I restarted the Oregon Crusaders to support youth education in the performing arts, and continue to be a fanatic for resonant harmonics, whether by brass, voice, a big organ (he-he), or strings. On the side you’ll find me moderating discussions on r/antigravity, botching the Italian language, or throwing the ball for my Labrador retrievers.
Whether crafting AI, exploring new realms in physics, or writing stories about imagined worlds, I’m driven by one constant: a belief in the transformative power of ideas.
