I'm a native Texan, born in Houston and currently live in Austin. I'm married to my awesome wife Rebecca, who joins me on most of my adventures. We hike a lot and have had the good fortune of visiting a few National Parks (Mt. Rainier, Big Bend, Yosemite).

I'm currently an independent (self-employed) software developer. I'm previously worked at Indeed, Microsoft, Cisco, and Cray prior to co-founding my startup.

I've previously lived in San Jose (CA) and Seattle.

I greatly enjoy travel and have been over much of the U.S. (except the East Coast) and a decent amount of Western Europe and Scandinavia.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love travel and meeting interesting people.

Interests

Professionally: Entrepreneurship and web application development.

Personally: Art (of all eras), music (of most eras), good food, history, architecture.

• arts
• architecture
• dining
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• computer science
• entrepreneurship
• history
• science
• software
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
I'm a big fan of 70s and 80s rock (e.g., Guns n Roses, Talking Heads, Queen, Journey).
As for modern music: Muse, They Might Be Giants, St. Vincent

Movies:
O Brother Where Art Thou
The Godfather
The Dark Knight
Birdman (I'm a fan of the long take)
King's Speech

Books:
A Song of Ice and Fire
The Count of Monte Cristo

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I previously co-founded and grew a startup to 30 employees.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have a masters in Computer Science, specializing in Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing.

I'm also a history buff and love learning about the history of every place I travel to. I especially love discussing the historical significance in art and music.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States