About me

Last updated Feb. 23, 2020

• Born and raised in the midwest (STL).
• Learned to code hacking on TI-83+ calculators.
• Built software for and ran several HvZ games.
• B.S. in mechanical engineering ('11) from @University of Missouri.
• Research focus in finite element software and optimization.
• Built a side business on Facebook's platform.
• Located in the bay area (San Mateo, CA).
• Co-founder @Zapier, making automation more accessible.
• 2012-2019, Zapier CPO
• 2019-Now, Head of Zapier Labs.

More interesting stuff

• My role as “Chief Hole Filler” at Zapier.
• Y Combinator podcast interview on scaling remote product teams.
• Interview on finding Zapier's product market fit.
• Interview on designing a remote culture.
• How Zapier got its name.
• Why the Zapier color is orange (#ff4a00).

Archive

Older stuff, maybe less interesting!

• Scaling Zapier's product org beyond one team.
• How to make 8BitDo (SN30, SN30 Pro) work with iOS 13
• A UX analysis of credit card UI forms.
• An LXML parser exploit I found and documented.
• Something I observed about the random walk that led me to Zapier.
• Documentation for a process I've used for how to give a talk.
• Reverse engineered TI's “TestGuard” to build a workaround (“SafeGuard”).
• Won a community bounty for reverse engineering some HTC dialer software.
• KnoopVsZombies — an open source Humans vs Zombies game engine which powers Mizzou HvZ, Truman HvZ and BSU HvZ.
• Startup PR Generator a parody startup weekend project.
• GraphMon a side project for Facebook platform monitoring.
• A personal growth essay on introversion.
• My frustrations with systems that don't play well together.
• Pioneer DVR harddrive recovery tools I built.
• AIMwhois my first web app.