ShrinkNotes
Truly simple, truly private.
End-to-end encrypted practice-management software for psychotherapists. Designed, built, and shipped end-to-end with React + Node.js.
Product & Design Leader
I design, build,
and ship
digital products.
20+ years driving products from concept to launch — expert in UX design, full-stack development, and rapid prototyping, now accelerated by self-hosted AI agentic systems. VP-level work for defense, healthcare, and critical infrastructure, plus a shelf of things I’ve founded on the side.
- 20+Years shipping product
- 5SaaS startups founded
- 283Podcast episodes
- 12MUsers reached (CalHEERS)
Selected Experience
Two decades of high-stakes product work
From defense and healthcare to real-estate fintech — leading design and engineering teams to ship software that matters. The full case-study portfolio lives one click away.
VP of Product
Hypergiant2023 – 2024AI-powered geospatial decision tools for NORAD / NORTHCOM and critical infrastructure — with multi-million-dollar business impact.
VP of Product Design
Rex2021 – 2023Design & product strategy across 10 startups, leading a team of 15 and building scalable design systems.
Technology / Design Director
Fjord · Accenture2018 – 2021Directed a $6M program for F-35 data viz, California’s ACA enrollment platform (12M residents), and USPS.
Founder
Osmek2006 – 2018The world’s first SaaS headless CMS — designed, architected, and grown to 2,000+ accounts.
Work delivered for
- NORAD / NORTHCOM
- Lockheed Martin
- USPS
- Shell
- State of California
- IBM
- Cisco
Things I’m Building
The independent projects
A software company, an apparel brand, a newsletter, a podcast, and a book of poetry. The stuff I make when no one’s assigning it.
Sovereign Goods
There is no 2nd best.
Bitcoin-inspired apparel brand — 20+ original designs across shirts, hats, and home goods. Brand identity, photography, and storefront, all in-house.
Strength + Curiosity
Essays at the edge of ideas.
My newsletter on strength, curiosity, and building things — from product and technology to philosophy and the examined life.
Shores of Ignorance
283 episodes. 300+ hours.
A weekly conversation on philosophy, religion, and current events. I co-host and handle the audio and video engineering.
Music
Songs, written and recorded.
Original music I write, play, and record — all gathered in one place to stream.
Coming soon
Poetry · BookGood Morning
A book of poems. Coming soon.
My debut collection of poetry — currently in the works. Read the introduction to see what it’s about.
Let’s talk
Got something worth building?
I’m taking on select product & design consulting. If you’re shipping something ambitious, I’d love to hear about it.