Beyond Work

The human side

Most of my life has been built around reliable systems: for banks, for PSPs, for platforms under acquisition pressure. The work below is where the same instinct shows up in a different form: communities, causes, and accountability structures that also need someone to keep the plumbing working. I run so they can read is the signature line for one of them. The rest follow a similar shape.

Service

Community & Volunteer Work

Financial Secretary
2015 – Present
Knights of Columbus, Council #2469 (Gilroy, CA)
Dues, member records, financial reporting. Over a decade of running the numbers for a 200+ member council.

The recurring pain of doing this job in spreadsheets and paper-and-pen processes is what led to DuesSync, the dues collection platform now live with pilot councils. The same community roots seeded Nave.live, a multilingual operating system for Catholic parishes, and SundaySquares.org, which runs the councils’ football raffles. Community work seeded real product problems.
Ultra-Relay Runner
2015 – Present
India Literacy Project
200-mile team relay runs to raise funds for literacy programs in India. “I run so they can read.”
Fundraiser
2012 – Present
Movember Foundation
13 years fundraising for men’s health: prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health, suicide prevention. $20K+ raised to date across the run.
HOA President
2019 – Present
Walnut Park Owners Association
Seven+ years on the board of a mid-sized HOA, the last several as President. Budgets, vendor contracts, reserve studies, the occasional difficult neighbor conversation: the practical work of keeping a shared place functional.
Pro Bono Consultant
2014
Taproot Foundation
Volunteer consulting for a nonprofit engagement: product and strategy advice for an organization that needed it and couldn’t afford it.
Member
2020 – Present
Delta Mu Delta International Honor Society in Business
Recognition for academic excellence earned during the Ph.D. program.