How I got here.
Short version. Five panels.
Five rounds of layoffs at Purple.
"There's got to be a better way."
I took the leap.
Full time CTO for a small startup.
Check #1 came.
Check #2 didn't.
One of the worst downturns for engineers ever.
I finished the job anyway.
Then built one more, for equity. Both have pilot clients today.
AI is easy. Nobody was walking people through it.
So now I do.








